Real Estate
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Mortgage rates drop to four-year low, may spark salesDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages have dropped to just above 5 percent, a four-year low, and suburban lenders and real estate agents are hoping the decrea...
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Condominium market expected to rebound early next yearDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - You would have to be living in a '50s-style atomic bomb shelter not to be inundated with the fallout from the latest bombshell about plummeting financial markets, stagna...
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Michael Vick cuts price for Atlanta mansionDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In jail and owing millions, former quarterback Michael Vick has cut the price of his luxury Atlanta home to $4.1 million, from $4.5 million, after a year on the market. ...
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Elections can alter buying patternsDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - With the election firmly behind us, Terry Banker, president of Coldwell Banker Primus in Oswego, hopes people are now looking forward instead of backward and are ready t...
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Loan modifications are elusive in today's marketDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I have been giving my clients an article you wrote about a year ago advising borrowers having payment problems how to request a modification in their loan contrac...
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Reference from old landlord isn't a verbal contractDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I lived at an apartment community for many years, but my lease was not renewed because I was falsely accused of breaching my lease. I have found another rental ho...
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Comparing contractors to home inspectors is like apples and orangesDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. We're selling our home, and the buyer wants his brother, a contractor, to do the inspection, instead of hiring an actual home inspector. We've never heard of this...
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Battery packs work well in emergenciesDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. We often have electric power outages. I checked into installing a backup generator, but the cost is too high. Is there anything I can use to keep a lamp, my computer ...
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Making 'short sale' may not help homeowners facing foreclosureDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A short-sale can help some troubled owners to bail out of their homes, but sometimes accepting a foreclosure sale is better. Q. I am in foreclosure, and there is no way ...
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Courthouse Square a great fit in downtown WheatonDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - With restored facades and renovated interiors, the DuPage County Courthouse and State's Attorney's Office Building mix with new residences nearby at Courthouse Square. T...