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Tee time New-home buyers go for the green
Special to the TribuneCountry club living always signifies prestige. It suggests the good life: upscale residences with views of acres of manicured green space, socializing at well-appointed clubhouses, unlimited golf at your doorstep. That high-end ambience still exists, but...Tags: Arnold Palmer, Clubs and Associations, Dining and Drinking, Golf, Bars and Clubs
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6 homebuying mistakes and how to avoid them
If you've been thinking about buying a home, especially if you're a first-time buyer, folks in the real estate industry want to send you a message: Come on in, the water's fine. This may indeed be a great time for you to buy. But learn about common buying...Tags: Rentals, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate, Loans, Housing Industry
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Ryan Dempster: Chicago Cubs starter pitching his Lakeview mansion
Special to the TribuneIn a move that will help to thin out what may be the heftiest local residential real estate portfolio of any Chicago Cubs player, starting pitcher ace Ryan Dempster has placed a 13-room mansion in Lakeview on the market for $2.25 million. Dempster, 32,...Tags: Rentals, Ted Lilly, Soccer, Jeff Samardzija, Wrigley Field
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Check out the neighborhood carefully before buying a home
Imagine that you are an eager home hunter who can't believe your luck. The newly listed property you are touring exceeds all the criteria on your wish list: It's sparkling clean with every amenity you desire. The price is right, too.
But you step outside...Tags: Rentals, Transportation, Real Estate, Vehicles, Irving Park
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Searching for green home getting easier
Chicago TribuneLet's say you've decided you want to buy an eco-friendly house. How would you find one? Not very easily, although the process is getting simpler. The starting point for most consumers (and their real estate agents) in a general search for homes with...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Real Estate, Chicago Tribune, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Clubs and Associations
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10 tips for downsizing Baby Boomers
Many Boomers tired of waiting for the real estate market to improve to sell their homes might want to consider making a move now. The housing market appears to be stabilizing and home sales are picking up. And, while owners may not get as much for their...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Companies and Corporations, Real Estate Sellers, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Mortgages
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When available, quick delivery homes help you make a fast move
Han Sohn needed a place to live and he needed it fast.
The newly retired college professor and his wife had already sold their house in Champaign and were living with one of their children in Glenview. Wanting to live near their kids, the couple looked...Tags: Building Material, Metal and Mineral, YouTube, Economy, Business and Finance, Town & Country Corporation
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How social media can help you find the home you love
Tribune staff reporterChances are you're already using social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Digg and YouTube in your personal life. So why not use social media to connect with someone who can build you the house of your dreams? If you're not checking out builders...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Labor Day, Google Inc., YouTube, Real Estate Agents
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Time for homebuyers to get savvy about appraisals
If you haven't bought or sold a home since May 1, 2009, you may not be aware that there have been drastic changes to a part of the process previously considered perfunctory: the appraisal.
Last year, a new regulation called the Home Valuation Code of...Tags: Art and Craft Supplies, Real Estate, Companies and Corporations, Loans, Clothing Accessories
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Now's the time to take advantage of price reductions, other incentives
Often, the most enticing incentive for a home buyer is a lower priced house. That lesson hasn't been lost on builders in the Chicago area and nationwide. In the wake of the expiration of the Federal Home Buyers Tax Credit on April 30, the most popular...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Companies and Corporations, Dining and Drinking, Condos, Chicago
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National real estate picture doesn't always apply to Chicago area
Hardly a day goes by where the real estate market doesn't make headlines. However, a lot of that news is based on national data, which is really just an average of the whole country and doesn't apply to any one particular place.
Chicagoans know that...Tags: Rentals, Real Estate, Financial and Business Services, Economy, Business and Finance, Inventories
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