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2007
All of us at Dean's Team wish you a Most Blessed Christmas! May you receive what you wished for, spend all the loving time with your family and friends that you've waited for, and return safely from your journey to be with them. Remember, it will be those little details from today - the light ...
12/24/2007
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Christmas Eve, folks! Got most of my gifts (only one more little one to go!) Today is wrapping day for me - before 2PM!Today is the big day for stores beginning with "W"! You know, "Walgreen's," "Wal-mart," etc.Every year, Chicago's 24-Hour News Radio Station, WBBM AM 780, and reporter Jim Ben...
12/24/2007
Hope you're enjoying your Sunday afternoon, everyone. All of your Christmas Shopping done?In scanning today's Chicago Tribune, and today's column by Real Estate Editor Mary Umberger, I read an interesting couple of paragraphs that average home equity across the U.S. has fallen by 10% since 2001....
12/23/2007
On the Northwest Side of Chicago, in the affluent neighborhood of Sauganash, an untimely foreclosure last July has left a number of residents holding the bag on significant incomplete or shoddily-finished items.The Sauganash Place Condo Association President, Bathsheba Birman, complains of a desi...
12/22/2007
Man, getting tired of it snowing around Chicago every, single weekend this December! Anybody have a better way - or a bigger snow thrower?In 1998, it was Spencer Johnson's Book, "Who Moved My Cheese?" that gave many Real Estate Practitioners pause for thought about the changing real estate marke...
12/21/2007
Good afternoon, folks! After today, there are only 4 more shopping days until Christmas, so I guess it's time for my little dog Buddy and I to hit the road, and hit the stores here in Chicago!Here are a few Last Minute Shopping Tips,courtesy of Laura T. Coffey at MSNBC.com. Also please review ou...
12/20/2007
As Larry and Curly used to say each Christmas, to their third partner who was playing Santa Claus -Moe, Moe, Moe!Those who know me know I'm not the very religious sort! I don't pray as often as I should (although prayers definitely do increase when we head to Las Vegas each year). Sue and I are...
12/20/2007
This cheering up comes with a side dish of cold water in the face!In the month of November, according to RealtyTrac.com, as reported in today's Chicago Tribune, (also see our BlogChicagoHomes.com posting), U.S. foreclosure filings dropped 10% versus the October, 2007. The bad news - the 210, 950...
12/19/2007
Hi, everyone -Went to an INCREDIBLE SEMINAR in Downtown Chicago today by Tony Di Cello, Mastery Coach at Keller Williams, entitled "Thriving in a Shifting Market - Dare to be Remarkable!" Just another great reason to be affiliated with the Keller Williams system - great training (this one FREE ...
12/19/2007
As I am sure you know, a "Short Sale" occurs when a borrower's lender (or, in most cases today, lenders - plural) agree to accept less than the outstanding loan balance for a borrower in distress, behind in payments, and about to go into foreclosure. Here in Chicago IL, however, completing a sho...
12/18/2007
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