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Hone in on These Home-Related iPhone Apps

Selling a home? Buying a home? Improving a home? Maintaining a home?
There’s an app for that.
Chicagoland Real Estate Forum found some of the best mobile applications available for iPhone and iPod Touch that can assist with your housing needs. They are all free and available for download at the iTunes store.
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Insurance Discounts for Green Homes

There are two types of green insurance policies for homeowners.

One covers buildings that already meet stringent efficiency and sustainability standards. The other offers the option to replace any losses incurred on the property with more environmentally sensitive materials.

Short Sales May Finally Shorten Up

The Treasury Department has stepped up in their efforts to help lenders and servicers facilitate the ability to short-sell a piece of property.  A short sale is a transaction in which the lender, or lenders, agree to accept less than the mortgage amount owed by the current homeowner. In some cases, the difference is forgiven [...]

Buying A Home Via Short Sale – Tips For Chicago Buyers

Maybe you’ve heard someone talk about short sales, the transaction involving negotiating the purchase of a home with a lending institution, typically below market value and less than the mortgage owed for the property.  These types of transactions are difficult to execute for a number of reasons including the time it takes negotiate with the [...]

Chicago Neighborhood’s Walk-Ability Scored

When a home buyer is looking at Chicago real estate and which neighborhood to purchase a home or condo in, one should take into account its ‘Walk Score’.  Developed by Front Seat, a civic software company out of Seattle Washington (which is the 6th most walkable city in America), the idea is to determine what [...]