There is obviously plenty of gloom and doom news in the media about the struggles of national new home builders and the fact that new home starts are at the lowest levels nationally in the past 16 years is certainly an indication that some areas were obviously a little overbuilt.I Love Good News
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12/19/2007
Ouch, I did not even realize how long it has been since my last post on ActiveRain for Barrington real estate until I tried to log in and failed on my first three attempts. Not being able to remember my log on for AR certainly was a reminder that I've been AWOL for over a month. It's not that I
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12/18/2007
So.. I'm checking my Las Vegas Real Estate e-mail account. (Yes I'm licensed in two states which is absolutely mind boggling to say the least and the traditions vs. common sense is worthy of a book.) Obviously we all know what happens when the local association gets ahold of our e-mail address --
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10/31/2007
The Illinois Association of REALTORS (IAR) has just released the September 2007 sales report for Illinois statewide sales. Statewide, median home prices for Illinois edged up 0.8% and the average sales price went up 4.6%. You can read the press release from the Illinois Association of REALTORS he
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10/25/2007
To push a price or not when it comes to selling your Barrington Home? That's a question that can only be answered with experience and a big factor that a true real estate professional knows how to answer. It's obviously no secret (unless you do not read the paper, watch TV and have no friends) th
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10/06/2007
A new twist on the real estate game with old ideas. From Crains Chicago Business --> http://chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=26512 The concept behind listing homes at a lower fee to attract buyers is nothing new -- just the way money is being raised to start these new companies up. W
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09/27/2007
As promised in my previous post concerning the Illinois Association of REALTORS yearly convention, I would post about my experience and what I thought. Overall, the experience was pleasant and a very well coordinated event. In all honesty though, I thought it would be much bigger considering ther
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09/23/2007
This is going to be really interesting -- especially considering the past two weeks that I've been through (a story for a later time, trust me) and I can't wait to go to the Illinois Association of Realtors convention. I have a very funny feeling that it is going to be interesting to say the leas
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09/19/2007
Advertisements pushing lists of foreclosure real estate with the promise of making money in purchasing real estate that has been foreclosed on and the several services selling online subscriptions for lists of foreclosure real estate is on the obvious rise for obvious reasons.It's really not that
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09/14/2007
Supply and demand determines any and every real estate market.... period. It's not hard to find an article that blames the current meltdown in real estate on the cheap and easy loans available and I somewhat agree on this but in a different light.Cheap money enabled new home builders to build dev
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09/13/2007
