Record Information Service's Press Releases

Local Public Records Company Launches Website for People
Posted On: May 2009
Editor: Tiffany Binate One of Chicagoland’s premiere data gathering firms is finally making its vast Illinois public record databases available to the public. Check Illinois... Read More

Online Private Eye allows you to monitor self and other’s public records
Posted On: May 2009
Editor: Tiffany Binate Want to know if your customer filed bankruptcy? If your ex-wife got a DUI? Or how'd you like to know if you have a lien on your property? Now you can... Read More

I'm a tenant renting a foreclosed home. Help!
Posted On: May 2009
Editor: Tiffany Binate May 2009 Question: I'm a tenant in a condo that was foreclosed. What, if any, are my rights? Answer: Tenants are often the last to know that the rental property they are... Read More

Legally Snoop on your Neighbor via the Web
Posted On: April 2009
April 21, 2009, Sun Times News Group For 17 years, Jeff Metcalf has been providing public record information to a variety of clients, such as concerned parents, elected officials, and this... Read More

New WatchIllinois site offers e-mail alerts to keep tabs on public records
Posted On: April 2009
New site offers e-mail alerts to keep tabs on public records By Anna Marie Kukec Published: 4/10/2009 This recession has forced a lot of worried consumers to keep a closer eye on nearly... Read More

Record Information Services Acquires Foreclosure Report of Chicago
Posted On: April 2009
Record Information Services Acquires Foreclosure Report of Chicago Editor: Tiffany Binate Record Information Services Inc. is excited to announce the acquisition of The Foreclosure Report... Read More

Background Check Service finds Chicago Tribune audience
Posted On: August 2008
Editor Tiffany Binate Record Information Services (RIS) has formed a partnership with the Chicago Tribune to allow their online visitors to tap into their public record databases,... Read More

The flip side
Posted On: June 2008
Agents and brokers are holding the foreclosure door wide open for buyers looking for a bargain. Mary Umberger June 22, 2008 Two years ago, Jason Pietrucha read the foreclosure writing on the... Read More

Housing Bulletin-Where the Foreclosures Are
Posted On: December 2007
Do you know someone who has recently lost or is about to lose his house in a foreclosure? If you don't, you may very soon-and that's true whether you're rich, poor, or somewhere in the... Read More

Poorer neighborhoods hit hardest, but wealthy, middle class also squeezed
Posted On: December 2007
The home mortgage meltdown isn’t just gutting the poorer parts of town. It’s beginning to hammer wealthy and middle class Chicago neighborhoods like Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square,... Read More

Big homes, large loans raise rate of foreclosure
Posted On: July 2007
Weed complaints are up in Highland Park, and so are foreclosures. "A good amount" of the gripes, said assistant city manager Patrick Brennan, "is attributable to the increase in... Read More

ONLINE GUMSHOE
Posted On: May 2007
ONLINE GUMSHOE: Interested in sleuthing on your new neighbor, co-worker or friend, such as finding out whether they've ever filed for bankruptcy? Want to check on a real estate deal? A new... Read More

Elburn board member won’t run for re-election
Posted On: January 2007
Elburn’s village board will change at least one of its members this year. Village Trustee Jeff Metcalf, who has served on the board for the last eight years, has decided not to seek another... Read More

Foreclosures on the rise in Chicago
Posted On: July 2006
Rising mortgage interest rates and high consumer debt loads are sparking a rise in Chicago-area home foreclosures, a marketing data collection firm said Thursday. The increase in foreclosures is... Read More