Housing News Today – January 2023
New Home Sales Up as Mortgage Rates Moderate While new home sales received a slight bounce in November from lower mortgage rates, the housing market [...]
Proposed Legislative Changes—What Do They Mean For You?
"The JULIE Board of Directors recently approved a bill proposal to amend the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. These substantial revisions include amendatory [...]
Housing News Today – December 2022
Single-Family Housing Contraction Continues Elevated mortgage rates, high construction costs for concrete and other building materials and weakening demand stemming from worsening affordability conditions continue [...]
Housing News Today – September 2022
July Single-Family Starts Fall to 6-Year Low In a further sign that the housing market continues to weaken, new home sales in July fell to [...]
Housing News Today – August 2022
Single-Family Starts Fall to Two-Year Low Increased interest rates, building material supply chain bottlenecks and elevated construction costs continue to put a damper on the [...]
Backlot BBQ Bash – August 10th, 2022
After a fun day of great food, conversations, and supporting a great cause, the Backlot BBQ Bash came to a close. While the event [...]
Illinois Law Requires All Employers To Provide Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
The State of Illinois requires that ALL Employers, with any employees, must provide sexual harassment prevention training once every year. The Department of Human Rights [...]
Housing News Today – July 2022
May New Home Sales up in Advance of Fed’s June Rate Hike After posting four consecutive monthly declines on rising mortgage rates and worsening affordability [...]
Here’s what you need to know about the Contractor Liability Unpaid Wage Law
Join Corey Stern of Chitkowski Law Offices, the Legal Council of the Building Industry Association of Greater Chicago and Michael Mannion, Lobbyist for HBAI [...]
CONTRACTORS CAN PREVENT UNLIMITED LIABILITY BY NARROWING INDEMNITY CONTRACT CLAUSES
In a case involving a Public entity, a General Contractor and a subcontractor/lien claimant, the issue of an indemnity clause revealed that the General Contractor [...]
