If you’ve found a home for sale that looks great online, but you’re curious about its immediate neighborhood, Google Maps may have the views you’re looking for! The blue areas in the map below show that street level views are available for most of the city of Chicago and are expanding out into much of […]
Many Home Buyers Expect Market to Improve with New President
44% of all home buyers believe the housing market will improve once the new President takes office in January, 2009 according to a recent survey for Move, Inc. by Harris International. Move, Inc. runs Realtor.com. The survey also revealed that 80% of all renters plan to purchase a home someday with 47% planning to purchase […]
IRS Capital Gains Exclusion Less Now, If You Rent Your Home
Mortgage blogger Dan Green brings to light a little publicized impact of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 in his recent post, “With The New Housing Law, The $250,000/$500,000 Capital Gains Exclusion Is Gone“. This is a must read, if you are considering renting out your primary residence!
How a Buyer Agent Can Blow a Deal
How a Plumbing Inspection Paid for Itself Many Times Over
A month ago I wrote about a buyer’s inability to have a house’s plumbing tested during the home inspection in “Inspecting a Winterized Home for Sale in Aurora“. The city of Aurora had turned off the water since the seller hadn’t paid the water bill. After the seller’s agent paid the bill, the agent, an […]
