New Lenox, IL Real Estate News

  Lincoln-Way Area Public Schools Back in Session Soon for School Year 2019-2020  It seems like summer just began ... but the 2019-2020 school year is soon kicking into gear for Lincoln-Way Area school children and their families ... To help Lincoln-Way Area families prepare, engage (and show sup... 08/08/2019

  Be Prepared! Act Proactively! Gather & Retain this Documentation & Info for Future Mortgage Application  There is typically one bit of knowledge that the overwhelming majority of home buyers already know when they contact me for a mortgage ...   They know they'll need to provide "a boatload" of... 07/22/2019

  Summer of 2019 - Pools, Splash Parks, & Water Parks to Enjoy Throughout Will County It's Summertime! Kids all across Will County and our entire nation are out of school for the summer.  And that's leaving many parents to deal with the age-old question ... "How do I keep 'em busy during the hot ... 07/08/2019

   UltraFICO & Experian Boost Good Solutions to Your Credit Challenges?  Ever since the announcements regarding the new credit scoring systems "UltraFICO" and "Experian Boost" were made last year (and their subsequent implementation earlier this year), questions regarding their use, legitimacy, a... 06/21/2019

  Do You Have Plans for the Weekend? Those Plans Should Include Checking Your CreditAnother weekend is just around the corner ... do you have plans?    Silly question, I know.  But even if you already have a boatload of activities on your calendar, carve out enough time to add one more important ... 06/10/2019

  Taking The Mystery Out of Credit Score Calculations Credit ... Credit Building ... Credit Repair ... Credit Reports ... Credit Scores ... Credit Scoring ...  I feel a bit like Bubba in Forrest Gump at times when I speak or write of credit-related things ...  Why?  Because such a large number of... 05/29/2019

  Don't You Think I'm Sexy???If Not, You Should  Americans are fascinated with houses.  The internet, advertising, magazine racks, and TV viewing schedules revolve around them.  No matter whether it's buying, building, repairing, remodeling, decorating, flipping, investing, improving, beautifying... 05/16/2019

  A Decade of Housing Healing: Has it Created Opportunity for You?  It's now been around a decade since the big housing market crash ...   While many housing markets have cooled a bit, as of late ... the Home Equity Report for the last quarter of 2018 (and a quarterly overview of the distribution... 05/07/2019

  Thinking About Buying Your First Home?How to Prepare Buying a home ...   While the end result ... a home of your own ... is an exciting thing to ponder, it also can be a bit nerve-wracking, can't it?   All sorts of questions race through your mind once you decide to buy ...  What do I need to d... 05/02/2019

 PUD VS Condominium: Serious Differences Exist  PUD and Condo (Condominium) ... I'm sure you've heard or read these terms when talking or reading of something real estate-related.  They're kind of odd sounding.  Hard to forget. But beyond their rather funny names, what are they? What are their ch... 04/26/2019

 Want an Advantage When It's Time to Buy?Be Ready With Your Mortgage Pre-Approval  A scenario I'm all too familiar with played out once again over this last weekend ... A phone call came in from a prospective home buyer.  They wanted to get pre-approved for a mortgage.  Their realtor had advised ... 04/09/2019

  Easter Egg Hunts in the Lincoln-Way Area - 2019 The Lincoln-Way area, located in the far southwest suburbs of Chicago, is made up of 4 main communities ... Manhattan (my hometown), Mokena, New Lenox, and Frankfort.   Each of these four towns and their surrounding areas has seen major population... 04/04/2019

 Do You Have Pets?  Need Room for Them to Roam?  Our son, John, and his family recently added a new member to our family ... Lily.  A sweet playful beautiful black puppy. Lily is now Marilyn's and my "furry grandchild" and is quickly establishing her place in our lives.   As with all our grandchi... 03/25/2019

  What CAN Go Hand-in-Hand? Home Buying & Student Loans! Conduct a search on the topic "Home Buying with Student Loans" and pages and pages or articles, information, advice, and opinions pop-up ...  "Do Student Loans Affect Buying a House?" "How Student Debt Can Ruin Home Buying Dreams"  "Here's ... 03/18/2019

  The Language of Mortgage ... What You Need to Know Possessing a knowledge and understanding of the terminology you will use while seeking and securing a mortgage loan is immensely important ... Being familiar with the words heard and used also makes the process flow more fluidly and easily for ... 03/08/2019

 Finances and Budgeting Lessons for Youngsters In and Around New Lenox Having an understanding of the basics of finances and budgeting is increasingly important in today's world.  How cash "flows" is something everyone should know. As a Loan Officer, I can tell you though ... too many people do N... 02/27/2019

  When Applying for Your Mortgage, It's "FATE and RATE" Most of the loan applicants I work with come to me already aware of the fact that their credit scores and credit history contribute to and affect the interest rate quote they will receive upon application for a mortgage ...   They also know ... 02/12/2019

 NOW is the Perfect Time to Review Your Credit Below you'll find a weather report shared for the Chicagoland area just  recently ...  Rain and thunderstorms are expected today before Chicago temperatures plunge from the mid-40's to single digits ... It's well known that Chicagoland weather is not... 02/08/2019

 Breaking Down Monthly Payment Estimates for Borrowers  When prospective borrowers first contact me, their main focus is often on the following 3 things ...   What their prospective total monthly housing expense will be   What money they'll need to buy/finance a home The chances of their being ap... 02/04/2019

 What You DON'T Know CAN Hurt You When Applying For a Mortgage  Are you familiar with the saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you?"   According to the  "Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs", it's derived from the saying ... "So long as I know it not, it hurteth mee not" ... first seen in literature... 01/28/2019