Channel: Chicago Real Estate Home Buzz (aka abodebuzz.com) 


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Real estate resource of news, information property listings & market statistics for buyers & sellers
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The Award-winning Somerset Townhomes at The Residences of Downtown Lake Zurich are here, and we are over 50% sold! It’s happening. Lake Zurich is rediscovering its heritage as a quaint,...
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Here in Chicago there is a big stink over raising the property transfer taxes to pay for the ailing transit system. Currently here in Chicago, buyers pay $7.50/1000 and sellers pay...
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Many of my clients have been excited to hear that the government has increase the Federally insured lending limits to over $700,000 without the loan being considered a jumbo (ie higher...
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Chicago Transfer Taxes May Move Burden to Sellers Well it seems the City Council is getting the message that by increasing the transfer tax on buyers by 40% will act...
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Appeal your 2006 Cook County Taxes Again! The City of Chicago and the Cook County Assessors office announced today that all property owners in the City can appeal their...
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Scroll over the box below for video tour of my latest single family home being offered for sale in Chicago's Bucktown Neighborhood on the north side near Armitage and Oakley. Visit... This...
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Bond prices and home loan rates were all over the place this past week. Some of my lenders told me that there were 1/4 point swings in one day! Why this flurry? The Fed has been dropping...
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Syndicated columnist, Lou Barnes has hit the nail on the head regarding how inflated media coverage of the current downclick in rate adjustments have been and how I as a realtor have...
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Loan rates for residential mortgages are down again as the economy continues to put pressure on the downward trend for fixed loan rates. The questions I am hearing from my clients is...
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Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to fall Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 3.78 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.55 percent,...
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The latest Chicago Home BUZZ report has almost been completed (just awaiting final few weeks of the year) but the results are staggering. The overall decrease from 2006 to 2007 in the...
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As many of you have probably heard, the Federal government has implemented a policy which would give an estimated 1.2 million homeowners out there an extention on their 'teaser rate'...
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Fannie Mae, the country's largest buyer of mortgages on the secondary market decided the risks to continue with the housing market decline put too much pressure on their return for
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Chicago's much talked about controversial spire highrise slid in under the press radar and was granted the $2.2 billion loan this week for the 115-story residential tower located at...
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The Bush administration has come out strongly against the anti-predatory lending bill being introduced by Congress. Their biggest objections are the limitations being imposed on lenders...
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This article was written by Chicago Crain's columnist Alby Gallun. The state of affairs in the residential real estate market has not seen such a significant slow down in this quarter...
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The County has released the new tax due date for the county taxes FY2006 are due December 1, 2007. Since that day is a Saturday they will be actually due that Monday, December 3. That...
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Twin Assault U.S. President George W. Bush will outline reforms on Friday to help struggling subprime mortgage borrowers, and his central bank chief will deliver a speech which will...
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Here is a link to the newest MLS map search service I offer all of my clients and non-clients. Its a fast and effective search tool which allows you to enter your search parameters,...
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This article written on CNNMoney.com site is interesting and while the general gist of the article is a bit slanted towards polyanna (the market jitters from last week and the US Fed...
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Welcome to my map. When you visit the site just for kicks, add a picture and where you live/work and together we can grow this puppy all over the world. Pretty cool.... If you'd like...
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The Illinois legislature is still preparing to vote on an increase to the transfer tax to pay for mass transit. For the average police officer, firefighter, health care worker and teacher...
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Here is a list of recent foreclosure properties in COOK COUNTY 07/17/07 07CH0018808 Mutual Bank vs. Nicholas Mitchell, 1050 E Oakton St, Des Plaines, Commercial Property, $2,206,900 07/17/07... This...
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The slumping housing market is going to hamper Chicago's economy over the next several months, despite a strong job market and increased spending by area businesses. The local economy...
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