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Tax hike burdens buyers
Tribune reporterThe cost of Mario Greco's new home just went up by $7,000. That's his estimate of how much additional cash he'll have to bring to the closing table when his family's Northwest Side house is completed in November, now that Chicago aldermen have bumped...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, State Budgets, Real Estate, Death
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Budgeting, saving are keys to home ownership
Special to the TribuneBuying a home for the first time is a lot like bungee jumping, says Richard Cohen, author of "It's Not About Rate: The Right Way to Get a Mortgage." "It's scary and exciting at the same time" says Cohen, who has counseled hundreds of first-timers as a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Loans, Real Estate Agents, Budgets and Budgeting, Leslie Mann
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DEAL ESTATE
Free parking for one year! A free flat-screen plasma TV! Your choice of a free car or furnished condo! In the market for a new condo? You may be in luck. With the housing market in a serious slump, these are just a few of the freebies that anxious...Tags: Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Chicago Sports Tickets, Real Estate, House Building, Real Estate Agents
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Class open on foreclosures
Tribune staff reporterForeclosures class comes to order -- in the bustling public aisles of a records room in the Cook County Circuit Court clerk's office. Mary Richardson hands three rapt students their "textbook," a 35-page printout, and starts the day's lecture on how to...Tags: Auction Service, Real Estate, Death, Real Estate Agents, Financial and Business Services
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'Bottom' proving elusive
Tribune staff reporterWith prices predicted to keep falling through the coming year or even longer, one might question the wisdom -- even the sanity -- of buying a home now when even better bargains probably await. But people are buying. Armed with attractive mortgage...Tags: Contracts, Freddie Mac, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pennsylvania, Hemorrhaging
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Don't blow this chance to prep home
Chicago Tribune reporterThere is a silver lining out there for homeowners who, despite being eager to sell their homes, have opted to sit on the sidelines and wait out the current market's malaise. They've got months, rather than weeks, to ready their houses for listing next...Tags: Home Inspection, Utah, Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate, Chicago Tribune
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Even in this climate, there's no rule like an old rule
Special to the TribuneWhether you're a buyer, seller or borrower, chances are you're confused. With the mortgage and housing markets in such flux, how can you make a sound decision? Experts point out that traditional "rules" of real estate still apply. Here is a how the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Modesto, Real Estate, Chicago Tribune
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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: California, Economy, Business and Finance, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Lifestyle and Leisure
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More realty agents are seeking a 'green' edge
The Wall Street JournalIn a bid to stand out in a sagging housing market, an increasing number of real estate agents are marketing themselves as eco-friendly -- connecting environmentally conscious buyers to "green" homes and helping sellers make their homes more eco-sensitive....Tags: Marketing, Consumers, Real Estate Agents, Tax Credits, Energy Saving
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Private sanctuaries
Nathan Skillicorn spent much of the last three years searching for a distinctive condominium to call his own. But as a Chicago Realtor, he knew better than most that many available condominium residences seem stamped out of the same cookie-cutter mold....Tags: Renovation, Christianity, Real Estate Agents, Architecture, Roman Catholicism
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Agents keep the conversation going
Special to the TribuneA billboard near the intersection of I-55 and Kingery Highway outside Willowbrook tells a lot -- by what it doesn't say -- about how the real estate business is changing. The sign, advertising Wexford Homes at Stonebridge Woods in Homer Glen, touts the...Tags: Real Estate, Gold Coast, Real Estate Agents, San Diego (San Diego, California), Clubs and Associations
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Doors shut on open houses
Home sellers shouldn't be upset if their agents don't want to hold weekend open houses. After all, they usually don't work. Some sellers view "opens" as a right. If their agents balk at sitting in the living room for four or five hours on a Sunday...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Danbury, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Real Estate
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