Dean's Team Chicago Real Estate Blog
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2008
Hey, folks - Chicago Cubs WIN! More importantly, they beat the hated rival St. Louis Cardinals tonight at Wrigley Field, in a nationally-televised game. Hey, you St. Louisans - don't mean to rub your noses in it, but - WHOOO-HOOOO! We all know the importance of staging a home to sell - getting...
08/10/2008
Hope you're enjoying your weekend, folks! Beautiful, sunny, and mid-70's temperate here in Chicago this afternoon. Question for you guys - and, ladies, too, of course chime in. Does what you wear as you do your work as a Real Estate Practitioner matter anymore? Do clients really care? Back in t...
08/10/2008
THE CHICAGO IL REAL ESTATE MARKET, AND OTHER THINGS CHICAGO, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A LITTLE WHITE DOG! Good Morning, you AR Dogs! Hey, this doesn't have much to do with Chicago Real Estate - but it's a pretty incredible story, and a bit disturbing. Muslim religious police in Riyadh, Saudi Ara...
08/08/2008
Good Morning, All! I ran into some interesting data yesterday in The Wall Street Journal which summarizes very well how things have change in mortgage lending in a couple of years. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 0.91% of all prime loans that originated in 2007 were in "se...
08/08/2008
Good Morning, Everyone! I was just thinking - the first tank of gas I ever bought in my life - way, way back in February, 1973 - from a Standard Station in Park Ridge IL, across from Lutheran General Hospital, and down the street from my high school - cost $4.20! FOR THE WHOLE FILL-UP! I rememb...
08/07/2008
In and around Chicago, median home prices have fallen as much as 9% over the past year. But why haven't real estate taxes followed? Unfortunately for homeowners, Assessed Property Valuations are based on the prices of similar homes that sold within the past two or three years- and some of these ...
08/06/2008
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Good Morning, Folks! Another hot day on tap for Chicago, after a crazy weather week - and very scary thunderstorms and high winds on Monday night. These days, even a Mortgage Commitment Letter is not enough to assure a home closing. Nearly-weekly changes to lending rules, and Private Mortgage I...
08/06/2008
Good morning, AR! Here's the latest Stat Summary on the Chicago Real Estate Market, based on data pulled yesterday evening, August 3, 2008 - The "bottom" of the real estate market. Have we seen it? Or, is it near? Active Listing Inventory continues its pattern of stability we have seen over the...
08/04/2008
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Hey, gang - hope all is well with you on this late Sunday night. Nice night here in Chicago - cooler than mid-day, nice breeze, less humid. This one baffles me - please provide your insight. I'm sure, over the past couple of years, all of us have increased our efforts and expenditures on web mar...
08/03/2008
Hope you're enjoying your Sunday evening folks! Want to get my blogging done early tonight - want to catch that Mad Men TV Show on AMC Cable in a few minutes. Is there any silver lining to the recent dark housing market cloud - here in Chicago, and, perhaps, in your neck of the woods? Perhaps, i...
08/03/2008
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