With an average home sale price in September 2006-September 2007 of $1.15 million, you'd think that Hinsdale, an upscale Chicago suburb, wouldn't be affected by the housing slowdown. This story reports that some Hinsdalites are running into the same sort of troubles that we've seen in the subprime real estate market.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080117/us_nm/usa_housing_prime_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080117/us_nm/usa_housing_prime_dc