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It's a tough time to buy a house. For some, with the right amount of capital and good credit, the falling home prices in Chicago signal a time for opportunity. For others, attaining a loan and securing a property to buy is even more challenging. Recently a Chicago Real Estate think tank released numbers that said, although Chicago's real estate prices fell last year, they did not fall as much as the rest of the U.S.