The Year of the Short Sale - 2012! Are You A Good Candidate? - 05/31/12 10:05 AM
If you have been looking for a home or thinking of selling your home in the western suburbs of Chicago, you probably have run across articles that 2012 is the "Year of the Short Sale"! So why all the fuss? Here are a few possible reasons that you as a home seller or as a buyer may want to reconsider a short sale as an option:
1. Top banks due to results of various lawsuits have amped up their short sale process promising improvements and quicker decisions on submitted short sales. Whether Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, Citigroup or Ally...improvements … (0 comments)

Pre-Approved? Follow these Commandments and Get to Closing! - 05/17/12 01:36 PM
You have your pre-approval in hand and are ready to start viewing a couple of dozen homes with your favorite real estate agent.  But before you head out the door remember the following 10 Commandments brought to you courtesy of Karen Deis of Origination News.  She stoled it from her favorite real estate agent who stole it from someone else....thanks to the originator of these Commandments....from another thief!
Commandments When Applying for a Mortgage Loan   1. Thou shall not change jobs or become self-employed.   2. Thou shall not buy a car, truck or van unless you plan to live … (5 comments)

Do Multiple Offers Indicate an Upswing in the Market? Is your Highest and Best Your Best? - 05/09/12 10:01 AM
Although I have been reading about multiple offers becoming more common in AZ, FL, and other states like many things until it actually happens to you it does not hit home.
 
So it was with some surprise that it finally has started to happen in my area, here in the suburbs of Chicago.  In the Oswego, IL area I have been hearing from many agents that they are now getting multiple offers on their well priced listings even short sales!  Lo and behold, on one of my more recent listings it finally has happened.
Now whenever I get that on … (1 comments)

 
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Evelyn Santiago Realtor® Traditional Sales - Short Sale IL - FL

Oswego, IL

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Evelyn Santiago - Dynamic Real Estate Network, Inc.

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