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September 17, 2015
Why Now is the Time to Invest in Brazilian Real Estate
Brazil will always be a beautiful and exotic locale with beach-side condos and vacation homes in demand. The Brazilian vacation rental market is in good standing with AirBnb and similar services providing high-end vacation homes available for rent, bringing in thousands of dollars of revenue. Why are these homes good investments? Due to tumultuous […]
August 4, 2015
3 Top Home Renovations To Increase Property Value
Homeowners are usually overwhelmed with the many projects needed to make their properties stand out from the neighborhood competition and to appeal to prospective buyers. Whether you’re putting work into minor projects or more extensive renovations, how can you really be sure that your improvements are worth the invested money, time, and effort? To start, you can stick with updating […]
August 3, 2015
5 Big Impact Tips For Your Small Kitchen
While the kitchen is arguably the most important room in the home, most owners living in small spaces can’t usually justify a large-scale project for the kitchen of their dreams. Instead of dealing with the stress of a major renovation, there are many alternative ways to create meaningful design to enhance the space. These five […]
January 7, 2011
Practical Thinking for the New Mortgage Rate Environment
If you have not been considering a real estate transaction recently, this may come as news to you, but the price for mortgages is on the rise. The question, however, most often posed by borrowers in these volatile times is whether the salad days of the sub-4.5% mortgage rates are well behind us. order cialis […]
December 10, 2010
Mortgage Rates Skyrocket on Tax Cut Compromise
This week was bad for rates, really bad. If you are not in the industry, it is impossible to describe what happens when you see rate increases like we saw this week, so I will once again defer to history to illustrate what occurred. cialis online doctor “It’s fire and it’s crashing! It’s crashing terrible! […]
November 4, 2010
HUD Revamps Requirements for FHA Condominium Project Approval
tamoxifen 80 Life just got a whole lot tougher in the wonderful world of condominiums. HUD recently announced that they are requiring all condominium projects undergo re-approval. This literally means that every condominium development that successfully underwent the previous process will no longer be approved and they must reapply for approval to be eligible for […]
September 24, 2010
Cook County's New Foreclosure Mediation Program
The Circuit Court of Cook County Reaches Out to Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure cheapest kamagra uk According to a recent Chicago Sun Times article, “Foreclosure filings catapulted 66.4 percent in Cook County in August from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac’s latest report. . . and [f]ilings in the Chicago metropolitan area spiked 36.1 percent […]
September 23, 2010
Wonderful Time-lapse Video of Summer in Chicago
A gorgeous look at Chicago in a 3 minute time-lapse video.
August 25, 2010
Three Programs for Drowning Homeowners
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August 10, 2010
Major FHA Changes Coming on September 7th
viagra canada prescription FHA (Federal Housing Administration) insured loans are headed for a big change. For those unfamiliar with FHA mortgages, these loans are insured by the government, which allows for flexible approval guidelines. This insurance is paid for by the borrower as an upfront premium collected at close and as a smaller premium collected […]
July 16, 2010
Negotiating – A Lost Art
Today’s chaotic market presents pricing, communication, marketing and mortgage challenges that vary with each transaction, each listing, and each buyer. However, one often overlooked component common to every transaction is the lost art of negotiating. I call it a “lost art” because many sellers focus solely on marketing and advertising when choosing an agent, and […]
July 12, 2010
5 Things to Know When Buying a Condo
The condominium is a great type of property. It provides the joy of ownership with minimum amount of maintenance, but it is also a type of property that strikes a bit trepidation into the heart of lenders. Think of it as the difference between running the 100-meter hurdles versus a simple 100-meter dash. You get […]
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