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Move over
Special to the TribuneDeb O'Dell is a working mother of two who has been renting since her divorce several years ago. "I initially did feel that I had missed the housing boom," she says admits of her first years in the two-bedroom 1,200-square foot Oswego home she shares with...Tags: Business Enterprises, Condos and Houses, Condos, Old Town (Chicago, Illinois), Bodies of Water
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Rising tide washing over rentals
The rent is going up. I don't know of a gentler way to put it. Apartment rents should increase 2 to 11.5 percent this spring, according to a survey by the Chicagoland Apartment Association, a trade group for landlords. That's a huge range, reflecting...Tags: Environmental Issues, Property, Rentals, Services and Shopping, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Asking--nicely--for 2nd look by appraiser
Much to their chagrin, many buyers, sellers and owners are finding that their homes aren't worth what they thought. At least not in the eyes of the professionals hired to tell lenders what the places could fetch if borrowers failed to make their payments....Tags: Real Estate Agents, Property, Chicago Tribune, Values, Marketing
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Prime deal killers? Home inspections
It used to be that "buyer's remorse" was the No. 1 deal killer. Not anymore. Buyers still get cold feet. Frequently, it's nervous rookies who have never made such a large purchase -- often at the urging of well-meaning parents who scream "You're paying...Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Mortgages, Home Inspection, Death, Contracts
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Nothing open and shut about deal closings
Headed for your real estate closing? No matter which side of the table you'll be on, have a Plan B. That's because a new study of real estate agents found that one-third of home-purchase transactions in September, October and November were postponed or...Tags: New York, Real Estate Agents, Chicago Public Library, Kensington, Los Angeles
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No place like home
Special to the TribuneSilence is golden? Shannon and Steve Tauschman won't hear of it. "Too much quiet creeps me out. I don't like nature or crickets and I don't like walking in the woods." But living near the tracks in an urban area like Chicago, she feels, is nirvana. "Give...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Family, Steppenwolf Theatre, Hospitals and Clinics, Wisconsin
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Computer dating principles applied to buying a home
Consumers soon may put the same kind of research and analysis into deciding where to buy or build a home as corporations do when looking for a site for a new store, predicts Jack Dangermond, president of the Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc....Tags: New York, Housing Industry, Health and Safety at School, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Alternate ZIPs
Special to the TribuneSome residential communities are so trendy their ZIP codes are well known and real estate agents are battle-scarred from bidding wars. Others, not so much. In the Chicago area, there are myriad neighborhoods, subdivisions and suburbs that are great places...Tags: Interior Policy, Real Estate Agents, Family, Bars and Clubs, Condos and Houses
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Measuring the safety of reverse loans
With an estimated 77 million Baby Boomers about to hit their golden years, the reverse-mortgage market is heating up. Not necessarily by the senior set, less than 2 percent of whom have decided to turn the equity in their homes into cash by taking out...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Countrywide Financial Corp., Career and Workplace, Mortgages, Death
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Looking for mortgage? Find the right niche
Despite the meltdown in the subprime-mortgage sector, lenders continue to devise new and unusual ways to finance niche borrowers. For example, there are loans that provide a bit of security for an estimated 16 million professionals often considered first...Tags: Family, Mortgages, Native Americans, Economy, Business and Finance, Internal Revenue Service
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A real no-fee mortgage? So says Bank of America
Home loan industry competitors are searching for gimmicks, but Bank of America insists that its "No Fee Mortgage Plus" plan announced May 8 delivers what the name implies -- without raising interest rates to applicants. The new program comes with none of...Tags: Prices, Mortgages, The Washington Post, American International Group, Economy, Business and Finance
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Lending giants offer more ways to slam it into reverse
How are Baby Boomers carrying hefty first and second mortgages going to pay them off? Millions of homeowners refinanced in the "refi boom" years of 2003-04, taking out new 15- or 30-year loans. So some Boomers in their late 50s and early 60s have big...Tags: Ventura (Ventura, California), Countrywide Financial Corp., Mortgages, Career and Workplace, Arizona
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