Beth Brace's (bbrace) Blog

Government Obama to the rescue to 2011....wait a minute.   Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion...

THe Front Door Tells The Story I am always asked what to do to get my home ready to sell. I feel there a many ways to add value with a lot of elbow grease and time. First off is to paint your front door. This is the best first show of what the house has to offer. If is in great shape ,it says com...

New Home Sales Are Down This is the kind of news that is exactly what I knew was coming. Now that the government is out and the credit is ended, maybe just maybe we might be able to bottom out and start to rebuild. This is the slowest sales pace since the Commerce Department began tracking data i...

Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks and the winning of the Stanley Cup. It is a fun place to be and the party is just starting. THe Parade is on Friday and the celebration is just beginning. Whoo hoo.

Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve Luxury  Homes, Oak Brook, Hinsdale, DuPage,Il   There is a lovely area just north of Odgen Avenue that has some of the woodsy homes in Hinsdale and Oak Brook. It is surrounded by the Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve. This area is home to many wildlife and an abu...

Chicago is Down in Equity Value This is just released and it is interesting to note that if you are not buying, you should be for prices are at their best now.   First American CoreLogic just released its first quarter report on negative equity in the United States. The Chicago market has more ho...

Southeast Hinsdale, Homes that are Moving, Hinsdale, Du Page County, Il. The area in Hinsdale that is known as Southeast Hinsdale, is the top living area of the town according to the area residents. What exactly does that mean? Well I will try to explain. The area I am defining is approximately f...

We are close to the bottom of the market,Warren Buffet agrees!   In a report that I read , Warren Buffet says The worst thing in the world is if you had some crazy artificial program” to spur residential starts, “or we’d have this overhang for a while,” Buffett said at a press conference. “I want...

First American CoreLogic is sueing Zillow and others. First American CoreLogic is sueing 6 firms for the use of their patented Automation Valuation Model. It seems that these companuies use this in there service and have not given credit to CoreLogic. The other firms involved are Zillow, Seattle ...

The Comforts of a Home   Photo via live like you blog   Nancy Lancaster was a great interior designer and here are a few of her simple rules to follow in establishing a room with comfort. THis is from the new book The Great Ladies Decorators.     "1. In restoring a house, one must first realize i...