Author Archive for Mitch Levinson
Trulia Adds Rental Properties
Below is a Press Release from Trulia, this is a GREAT story for one of the top search engines for real estate.
Trulia Expands, Launches Comprehensive Rental Search Engine
Consumers Can Now Search Millions of Units in Multifamily Buildings, Agent Represented Rentals and Landlord Submitted Properties
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2010 – Trulia.com ( www.trulia.com ), [...]
The National Housing Environment
In July of 2009, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) conducted a study that consisted of an eight page questionnaire sent to over 120,ooo consumers that purchased a home between July 2008 and June 2009. The list of consumers was obtained from Experian, a credit and financial services company that maintains an extensive database of [...]
2009 Profile of Illinois Home Buyers and Sellers
The Illinois Association of Realtor’s (IAR) released “2009 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers in Illinois,” a study by the National Association of Realtor’s (NAR). This study, originally released in November 2009, is GREAT information for Realtor’s, Home Builders, Mortgage Brokers and any other Real Estate Professional that does business in Illinois. This study was [...]
Refinancing Your Home Now Can Save You Cash Tomorrow
Chicago home owners have a chance they may not have again in the immediate future: historically low interest rates (about 5%). Many economists fear and predict a surge in inflation soon. Meanwhile, the federal reserve has pushed rates to lows never seen in 50 years and it is only a matter of time before they [...]
USGBC’s LEED Green Building Program Use Falls
The Allen Matkins/CTG/Green Building Insider Green Building Survey takes a poll of 1,600 design and building professionals from the U.S. every year for the last 4 years.
Not surprisingly, green construction represents the fastest growing sector of the building industry. And support for it as a practice continues to be high as 92% of those surveyed [...]
