For those who’d been monitoring Chicago mortgage rates ahead of last week’s Federal Reserve interest rate cut, the news that followed was less than definitive. The Fed’s decision to lower their overnight lending rate for […]
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Selling Your Chicago Home Yourself? Don’t be Surprised if…
The single inducement for selling your Chicago home yourself is responsible for most FSBOs (“For Sale by Owner” offerings, pronounced “Fizz-BOW”). It’s some bottom line arithmetic that seems at least worth considering—the attractive notion of […]
What Chicago Real Estate Home Loan Term is Misunderstood?
Long before well-prepared Chicago homeowners arrive at the signing table, they will have been aware of the factors mortgage lenders pay attention to—foremost among which is their bill-paying history. For years, they will have avoided […]
Good Times Make It Time to Sell Your Chicago House
Whenever the U.S. economy is booming, there are naysayers who view it as terrible news. It’s not surprising since economists can disagree about just about anything and point to statistics that prove their point. A […]
Buying and Selling Chicago Homes at the Same Time
USA Today quoted an eye-opening figure. It’s one that probably means that it describes one of the most common of circumstances that might apply to Chicago home buyers of any age or income group since […]
How Prospects for Buying a Home in Chicago Just Grew
For Some, Buying a Home in Chicago Rates a Second Look If you find yourself suddenly revisiting the idea of buying a home in Chicago, it won’t surprise you that you’re not alone. Lately, it’s […]
Chicago Open House Visitors Notice 10 (Make that 4) Things
It was the Washington Post’s real estate reporter Michele Lerner who came up with the list of the most important “10 things” house hunters look for when they stop by Chicago open houses. The ‘ten […]
Retirement Security and Insecurity — and Chicago Real Estate
The title alone was slightly chilling. Chicago readers didn’t have to be anywhere near senior discount age to furrow their brows if they happened to come across last week’s white paper, “Retirement Insecurity 2019.” Worse […]
Rate Surprise Could Energize Chicago Real Estate
On Friday, Chicago’s real estate outlook ended the busy month with a genuine surprise—one that could well augur an extension of Chicago real estate’s traditional peak selling season. The news was significant enough to […]
When Should Your Chicago Real Estate Planning Begin?
Any Chicago home sale, like everything else, tends to go better when preparation has been carefully thought out—and then acted upon. For homeowners who suspect that they will be selling sooner or later, there are […]
