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For homebuyers and sellers, it's all about compromising
Is this the year to sell your home? Is it time to buy? National headlines are proclaiming a housing market recovery. The inventory of homes available for sale is down dramatically, and as a result, market time has dropped and that is breeding local...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Realty, Pat Quinn, Real Estate Buyers, Loans
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What not to fix when selling a home
It's so easy, once you're in the clutches of home improvement, to keep improving. The new paint makes the cabinets look bad. The new cabinets make the appliances look bad. The new appliances make the floor look bad. The new kitchen makes the bathroom...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Personal Service, Real Estate, Home Improvement
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Buying foreclosures requires patience, and a little more money
It's still possible to buy a foreclosure and make it the home of your dreams. It's just harder these days. Investors, both individuals and national corporations, are rushing into the market with the intent of turning foreclosed properties into cash-...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Finance, Real Estate Buyers, Rentals, Fannie Mae
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House's renovation takes decades off its age
Everything must go. That thought drove me as I cleared out my parents' home of 50 years. Little did I know, once everything was gone, the real work would begin. The ultimate goal was to get the 1,700-square-foot, ranch house emptied, fixed up and on the...
Tags: Rentals, Building Material
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How to sell your home fast
Our neighbors recently put their home on the market. They received an excellent offer within 24 hours of listing the property and got more money for their home than I thought they could.
Meanwhile, two other neighbors have had their homes listed for a...Tags: Realty, Marketing, Employers, Rentals, Real Estate
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Selling a home: The new realities
I've been hearing lately from homeowners who are preparing to list their homes for sale. They know the market isn't great, but they've been waiting for a year or two to move on with their lives (this is known in the industry as "pent-up demand") and...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Rentals, Human Interest, Real Estate, Homes
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Here's a new one: Being too broke to sell
Most anybody in the mortgage business will tell you that August was a month that will live in infamy: The market was in turmoil, as doubts about the stability of subprime loans spread to other sectors of the mortgage world. How bad was it? A survey of...Tags: Justice System, Chicago, Illinois, Real Estate Agents, Services and Shopping
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Judging a home by its siding
In today's real estate market, anxious home sellers -- or those merely thinking about selling -- might well heed a finding of the latest annual remodeling study: It's what's outside that counts. Each year Remodeling magazine, a trade journal, studies...Tags: Magazines, Chicago Real Estate, Metal and Mineral, Palm Springs (Riverside, California), Books and Magazines
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Think you know what it's worth? Think again
Here's one of those glass-half-empty/glass-half-full bits of news: Recently online company househunt.com surveyed real estate agents and concluded that 51 percent of U.S. home sellers are getting 95 to 100 percent of their asking prices. You can look...Tags: Services and Shopping, Sales, Chicago Cubs, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents
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Dispute over Crittenton Place in Hampden
Baltimore has so many hidden streets and lanes, it is no surprise that a place called Crittenton Place stumped the members of the Baltimore City Planning Commission. For the better part of two hours Thursday, I listened to an urban saga about a piece of...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, New York City, Social Issues, Hamilton, Hampden
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Realtor group testing agent ratings program
Consumers love to rate the products they've bought, the movies they've watched, the restaurants they've eaten in, even the doctors they've visited. The National Association of Realtors is testing a program that allows homebuyers and sellers to review...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Realty, Consumers, Real Estate, Companies and Corporations
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Penny Pritzker resigns from the Chicago school board
Billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker resigned from the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Pritzker declined to provide a reason for the resignation. Pritzker is being vetted as a potential candidate for U.S. Commerce...
Tags: Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago Teachers Union, John Kerry, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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