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La Grange, Wilmette and Arlington Heights topped a recent DePaul University list of the most commuter-friendly suburbs in the Chicago area, the Chicago Tribune reports. The study looked at 20 transit suburbs and ranked them on 47 factors including: the availability of commuter-rail service daily, number of departures and how walkable the stations were.
In other news:
Foreclosure filings increase in 60 percent of large U.S. cities. (Bloomberg)
Chicago-area foreclosure activity jumps 28 percent in first half (Crains)
Q-C home sales up 8.2 percent over last year (Quad-Cities Online)
