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Home-listing websites can help, but also hurt
In the old days, if you were looking for a new place to live, you picked up the newspaper, looked at the real estate classifieds, put on...
Get the full story >>Navigating the short sale process
For homeowners upside-down on their mortgage — owing more on the loan than the house is worth — foreclosure isn't necessarily...
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Former Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Scott Linebrink has taken a $70,000...
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During the housing boom, many real estate agents found it extraordinarily tough, if not impossible, to come up with even ballpark asking...
Get the full story >>Surviving a short sale: An insider's view
Chris Willette became a short-sale expert the hard way: He did his own.
Get the full story >>What you should know about selling on your own
If you think the greatest question of all eternity is "what is the meaning of life?" then you haven't been in the real estate market lately.
Get the full story >>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...
Get the full story >>Kitchen design with resale in mind
Used to be when you designed a kitchen, you did it to please yourself. Like it or not, now someone else needs to buy in.
Get the full story >>Investors to the rescue of housing market
Who is going to lead the housing market out of the doldrums?
Get the full story >>The realities of unloading a time share
Q: I recently read your suggestions on how to get rid of a time share. You suggested attempting to give your time share back to the...
Get the full story >>Taking the fear out of foreclosure
People fear foreclosure almost as much as they fear death. But unlike death, foreclosure can be prevented.
Get the full story >>'Pricing integrity' paying off for Renaissance developers
It's only 32 units spread over four buildings, but a phased project in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood has received "good neighbor" kudos...
Get the full story >>Summer tips to heat up your condo sale
Too many condominiums for sale. Prospective buyers are on vacation. Mortgage money is hard to get. Don't let those pesky realities prevent...
Get the full story >>Ex-Bear takes a big hit on home sale
Former Chicago Bears offensive tackle John St. Clair has just taken a major...
Get the full story >>Chicago condo prices see price gains but more needed
Sales prices of condominiums within the city of Chicago recorded a third month of year-over-year improvement in May, a small positive sign...
Get the full story >>Home values continue downward churn
March home prices in the Chicago area and nationally sank to lows not seen since the housing bubble burst, and the widely watched S&P;/...
Get the full story >>Fewer homeowners are underwater on mortgages
The number of homeowners underwater on their mortgages in the U.S. declined slightly during the first three months of the year.
Get the full story >>Civil union law extends property owner protections
Richard A. Wilson, a partner at Grund & Leavitt, offers his views on how civil unions would affect the ownership of real estate.
Get the full story >>Gift tax keeps on giving until 2012
Q. In a recent column, you indicated that a giftor's lifetime tax exemption is $1 million. However, after searching this out, I believe that...
Get the full story >>Sinking values prompting homeowners to consider strategic default as best option
As more people do the math, they may decide to walk away from their mortgage, even if it ruins their credit.
Get the full story >>Need-to-know tax savings information
There are ways to lighten your tax load whether you're living in your home or selling it.
Get the full story >>Delaying repairs can haunt owners when it's time to sell
Buyers don't expect roofs in need of replacement and major plumbing and electrical issues. They want those fixed, or there's no sale.
Get the full story >>They did what to that house?!
You've heard of McMansions, but what about Frankenhouses?
Get the full story >>FICO tool helps ID borrowers most likely to strategically default
FICO Inc. this spring conceived a scoring tool that not only identifies the type of borrower most likely to strategically default, but,...
Get the full story >>Practice these safe showing habits
As crime victims go, real estate agents don't hold a candle to taxi drivers, who suffer the highest rate of homicide of any particular...
Get the full story >>New reverse mortgage opens options for seniors
Q. I have been a student of retirement living since 1962, when I was an executive with one of the major developers of active retirement...
Get the full story >>By ZIP code: Little growth in home prices
At best, Chicago-area home prices are bouncing along the bottom or getting less bad as the depreciation rate slows. At worst, they...
Get the full story >>Numbers add up to bad quarter for housing
The absence of federal homebuyer tax credits meant an almost double-digit decline in Chicago-area existing-home sales during the first...
Get the full story >>Once you rent out your house, it's no longer your home
I have a question and I can't seem to find the answer on the Internet. Perhaps mine is not a common situation.
Get the full story >>Chicago home prices hit post-bust low
Home prices in the Chicago area in December hit a new low since the housing market peaked in September 2006, falling to levels not seen...
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