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Value, not price, key factor when looking to buy home
Today, buying a home may feel a lot like buying stocks: You'd prefer to wait until the market finally bottoms out. The only problem is getting the timing right. The price of existing single-family homes in 20 major metro areas has declined every month...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Buyers, Lifestyle and Leisure, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate
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Agent choice calls for realism
When Mark and JoAnn Ciano sold their Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., ranch, they listed it with Ivana Crecco, a real estate agent they chose largely by instinct. "She always made us feel like she was there to help us," Mark Ciano said. "From day one, we felt we...Tags: New York, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate Sellers, Homes
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Pros, cons of hiring a buyer's agent
If you are considering buying a house or condo during this peak home-buying season, an issue that has probably crossed your mind is, "Who represents me in this home purchase?" When visiting a weekend open house, it pays to understand that the friendly...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate Agents, Condos, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate
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Precise pricing spurs buyers on the fence
THE WASHINGTON POSTGot a house to sell but worry about standing out from the competition? Consider this: A research team at Cornell University has found that people will pay more for a house if its listing price does not end in a bunch of zeros. In other words, the...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Research, Prices, Washington, DC, Real Estate Sellers
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Get ready for spring home sale
The Washington PostHaul away the Christmas tree and hang the for-sale sign. Homeowners shouldn't dally if they want to sell their houses in spring, the peak season for real estate transactions. "If they know they want to move by summer, now is not too early to" start,...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Sellers, The Washington Post, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Governor's ally sought tollway contract
Tribune staff reportersAn Illinois doughnut mogul forged ties last year to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, through campaign donations and a real-estate deal involving the governor's wife, while seeking to expand his Dunkin' Donuts business into the state's tollway oases, according to a...Tags: California, Real Estate Agents, Restaurants, Northbrook, Patricia Blagojevich
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Court decision targets mystery closing fees
A federal district court has handed down a ruling in a class action that could have a direct effect on the fees you pay to the real estate company at closing, whether as a buyer or seller. The decision targets one of the most common practices adopted...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Television, Real Estate Sellers, Washington (U.S. state), Real Estate
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Trump's a grump about column on his 'priceless' tips
CONSUMER CONFIDENTIALDonald Trump wasn't happy with Wednesday's column about his seminars on profiting from the foreclosure market. I know this because I was instructed by his executive assistant to give Trump a call after the column ran, and when Trump came on the line,...Tags: Bankruptcy, Schools, Golf, Lifestyle and Leisure, Adult Education
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Drug-test firm boss charged in fraud
Tribune staff reportersThe owner of a Chicago drug-testing company with a long-standing no-bid state contract has been charged with billing the state for more than $2 million in drug screenings it never performed. Anita K. Mahajan first came under government scrutiny last year...Tags: Prisons, Science and Technology, Patricia Blagojevich, Judges, Prosecution
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Capitol Hill Eats Own Pork
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, Jefferson Smith, now that we need you? A naïf sent to the U.S. Senate on a fluke in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Smith (played by Jimmy Stewart) discovered that his mentor had slipped a provision into a "deficiency bill" to...Tags: David Dreier, Washington (U.S. state), Ken Calvert, Republican Party, Political Corruption
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Gary Miller can always get what he wants
GARY MILLER, you make a grown man cry. Using your congressional staff, and your official letterhead, to score some tickets to see the Rolling Stones? That's a violation of federal law and leaves us, frankly, shattered. According to a Dec. 12 story in...Tags: California, Elections, Democratic Party, Diamond Bar, Real Estate
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Jones Lang acquires N. Carolina firm
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., boosting its burgeoning business in North Carolina, has acquired Corporate Realty Advisors for an undisclosed price, the Chicago-based firm announced Tuesday. Corporate Realty, based in Charlotte and Raleigh, advises businesses...Tags: North Carolina, Real Estate Buyers, Charlotte, General Electric Company, Interior Policy
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