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Being a Home Buyer is Stressful...but being a First Time Home Buyer in this particular market can be even more stressful.  The news on the radio, TV and online is giving you all kind of information....but one thing they all have in common is they are repeating the same message over and over....BU...
02/01/2010
With all the hoopla over first time buyers.....did everyone forget about first time cash investors? With home prices the lowest ever......many productive agents are getting calls from potential investors/home buyers who have less than $25,000 cash and want to buy their first investment property o...
01/31/2010
Choosing the Right Neighborhood, will it affect foreclosure investments? Looking in areas where there are neighborhoods overrun with foreclosures should be avoided.  These are the neighborhoods with the steepest price decreases however they are also the ones that carry the largest risk of further...
01/28/2010
"I hear so much about foreclosures" is now a good time to buy? Chicago land has one of the highest rate of foreclosures ever...there are unbelievable prices on homes...some as low as $8000.  These kind of prices make many buyers want to buy foreclosures, however their are other questions buyers s...
01/26/2010
It is finally here, we have all been waiting to see how BOA was going to change their short sale policy to "expedite" the process...THIRD PARTY INTERVENTION!!! A lot of us agents have been playing volleyball with Bank of America/Countrywide (BOA) now for months...excuses after excuses.  They have...
01/10/2010
Matteson, (pronounced Mat-te-son) Illinois located 30 minutes from downtown Chicago covers a 12 square mile area, with a population according to the last census data of 16,579.  Nestled between Tinley Park and Olympia Fields, Matteson enjoys easy access to I-57,I-90/94,I-80 and I-294. Residents c...
12/29/2009
WELL, THE $64,000 QUESTION OF HOW THE HOUSING MARKET WILL APPRECIATE FAST HAS BEEN ANSWERED BY THE BANKS.  YES...THE SAME BANKS THAT TOOK THE MARKET UNDER WILL ALSO BE THE ONES THAT WILL HELP THE MARKET RECOVER FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   NOW I KNOW YOU WANT TO KNOW....HOW COULD THAT BE? THE ANSWER CAME...
12/23/2009
You get that email from a buyer who is interested in buying a home for $15,000 or less. They heard somewhere that there were homes out there for that price and they have want to buy one. As a agent, I am sure there are many thoughts that go through your mind.....one thought is "here we go, anothe...
11/29/2009
  The market always heals from the bottom up" according to Paul Bishop, National Association of Realtors Vice President of Research. According to the recently released sales numbers 47% of buyers this past year were first time home buyers.  Surpassing the previous high record of first time purcha...
11/19/2009
  Fannie Mae Is Now My Landlord? Well when you think they have thought of everything, Fannie is now in the Landlord business!!  I am not sure how I feel about this and whether or not it will realistically make a difference in the process of filtering the problems out of the market.  However, it ...
11/08/2009
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