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Class open on foreclosures
Tribune staff reporterForeclosures class comes to order -- in the bustling public aisles of a records room in the Cook County Circuit Court clerk's office. Mary Richardson hands three rapt students their "textbook," a 35-page printout, and starts the day's lecture on how to...Tags: Death, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Property, Financial and Business Services
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'Bottom' proving elusive
Tribune staff reporterWith prices predicted to keep falling through the coming year or even longer, one might question the wisdom -- even the sanity -- of buying a home now when even better bargains probably await. But people are buying. Armed with attractive mortgage...Tags: Freddie Mac, Tickets, Super Bowl, Contracts, Pennsylvania
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Don't blow this chance to prep home
Chicago Tribune reporterThere is a silver lining out there for homeowners who, despite being eager to sell their homes, have opted to sit on the sidelines and wait out the current market's malaise. They've got months, rather than weeks, to ready their houses for listing next...Tags: Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers, Home Inspection, Newspaper and Magazine, Utah
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Even in this climate, there's no rule like an old rule
Special to the TribuneWhether you're a buyer, seller or borrower, chances are you're confused. With the mortgage and housing markets in such flux, how can you make a sound decision? Experts point out that traditional "rules" of real estate still apply. Here is a how the...Tags: Real Estate, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Property
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Judging a home by its siding
In today's real estate market, anxious home sellers -- or those merely thinking about selling -- might well heed a finding of the latest annual remodeling study: It's what's outside that counts. Each year Remodeling magazine, a trade journal, studies...Tags: Real Estate, Economy, Business and Finance, Palm Springs (Riverside, California), Building Material, Metal and Mineral
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More realty agents are seeking a 'green' edge
The Wall Street JournalIn a bid to stand out in a sagging housing market, an increasing number of real estate agents are marketing themselves as eco-friendly -- connecting environmentally conscious buyers to "green" homes and helping sellers make their homes more eco-sensitive....Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Consumers, Marketing, Property
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Private sanctuaries
Nathan Skillicorn spent much of the last three years searching for a distinctive condominium to call his own. But as a Chicago Realtor, he knew better than most that many available condominium residences seem stamped out of the same cookie-cutter mold....Tags: Christianity, Real Estate Agents, Renovation, Arts and Culture, Kensington
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Agents keep the conversation going
Special to the TribuneA billboard near the intersection of I-55 and Kingery Highway outside Willowbrook tells a lot -- by what it doesn't say -- about how the real estate business is changing. The sign, advertising Wexford Homes at Stonebridge Woods in Homer Glen, touts the...Tags: Real Estate, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Property, Real Estate Agents, Gold Coast
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Doors shut on open houses
Home sellers shouldn't be upset if their agents don't want to hold weekend open houses. After all, they usually don't work. Some sellers view "opens" as a right. If their agents balk at sitting in the living room for four or five hours on a Sunday...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Real Estate, Lifestyle and Leisure, Danbury, Texas
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Sellers shoot for YouTube hits
Tribune staff reporterFind your next home on YouTube. That's the latest promise of the phenomenally popular Internet video site and its brethren, where, in addition to viewing such cultural treasures as wedding bloopers and clips from "The Simpsons," you can shop for real...Tags: Real Estate, Companies and Corporations, Google Inc., Tools and Hardware, Contracts
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'Priced to sell' is all in timing
When listings fly off the shelves as fast as agents can stock them, it doesn't seem to matter what price sellers put on their homes: Someone will offer more. But when nothing is selling, pricing is key. Price the place too high and it will languish,...Tags: Real Estate, Prices, Marketing, Chicago Tribune, Real Estate Sellers
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Right now, home sellers, greed is not the answer
If you're thinking about selling a house this fall, keep in mind this real-life real estate parable. It's all about pushing the envelope -- being too greedy -- at the very moment your local market may be past its price-growth peak and is slowly cooling...Tags: Real Estate, Freddie Mac, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Alan Greenspan
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