Real estate news
Mary Opfer Team #1 in Cary Area
Sales
for 2007
The Mary Opfer Team
was # 1 in Cary Area Sales for 2007! Sales
in Cary alone were over $14 million.
Statistics gathered
from the McHenry County Association of Realtors
Homeowners: Can't Pay? Just Walk Away
More and more borrowers are watching
their house values sink while the cost of their loans
skyrockets. What to do? Skip out on the mortgage all
together.
Top
Ten Ways Sellers Can Guarantee
Their Home Won't Sell
1. Be casual, not serious, about selling.
A sage once quipped, "Money is only important
when you don't want something enough." Real
estate expert R. L. Brown said that if half of
the 58,000 sellers in Maricopa County removed
their for-sale signs we'd be at normal inventory
levels.
'REMAX' Is Top Internet Search Term
A recent study by
Hitwise, an online competitive intelligence
service, ranks ‘REMAX’ as the second most
popular used real estate search terms on the
Internet. The study looked at Internet searches
completed in November 2007.
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Property Taxes In IL...Know Your Rights
As a homeowner, there are some important things
to know about taxes on real property and about
tax bills in order to ensure that your property
is assessed appropriately and fairly. This
brochure will help you understand what is
involved in the property taxation process and
your rights.
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You're Not Alone If You're Having Trouble Paying
Your Mortgage
The housing boom led to a record home-ownership
rate of nearly 70 percent, but some homeowners
now face problems making their mortgage payments
and can’t refinance their loans. Over the last
few years, lenders invented new types of
mortgages to help families buy their first homes
and refinance their existing mortgages.
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in PDF format and will open in a new window
Realtor.com and Remax Top Search Terms
A recent study by
Hitwise, an online competitive intelligence
service, ranks ‘realtor.com' and ‘remax' as the
two most frequently used real estate search
terms on the Internet. The study looked at
Internet searches completed in September.
New Radon Law
Effective date is January 1,
2008, the Illinois Radon Awareness Act will go
into effect, requiring disclosure upon the sale
of residential real estate property.
RE/MAX
Website: Best In Chicago 2006
The
RE/MAX website for Northern Illinois,
www.illinoisproperty.com, was named the Best Real Estate
Website in the Chicago
area by suburban real estate agents in the 2006 agent
poll conducted by Chicago Agent Magazine.
Buyer's
Incentives for a Slow Market
In a slowing
market, sellers can find it tempting to believe
in magic solutions. With unsold inventories
growing in most areas, some sellers resort to
offering flashy incentives for buyers.
Everything from big-screen TV's to vacation
packages are being tacked onto listings in the
hope of luring in interested buyers.
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