Time is Running Out – First Time Homebuyer Credit

Today is August 16th.  If you are in the market to buy a home, you have approximately 45 days to find a home and get it under contract if you want to ensure you can take advantage of the first time home buyer tax credit.
Why 45 days?  Because in forty five days, it will be around October 1st which is the latest [...]

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Home Buyer Seminar – Saturday, June 6th

This Saturday, June 6th I will be hosting  comprehensive home buyer seminar at Perl Mortgage’s main office located at 2936 West Belmont at 10am.  The seminar will provide all the inside information serious buyers need to know about purchasing a home in this crazy market. 
We will discuss everything from getting qualified for a mortgage to [...]

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Don’t forget to ask for seller concessions!

With the housing market stagnant there are a lot of sellers looking to get their homes sold. For buyers, this means you have the pick of the litter and there are quite a few good deals out there. However, buyers and sellers often forget to look beyond price in their strategies for purchasing [...]

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Interesting Videos

These videos have been making their way around the internet.  Not saying it is all the Democrats fault, but you do have to wonder how they get away with just always saying “it’s Bush’s fault.”  While there is some truth in the videos, what the they should have also pointed out more forcefully was the greed [...]

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Find Your Perfect Neighborhood!

One of the beautiful things about living in Chicago is that it is a city of neighborhoods.  In addition, each neighborhood has it’s own personality and in some ways you can almost tell where people live just by the way they dress and look.  Much like the ubiquitous eHarmony personality test, a new website, Liveherechicago.com uses [...]

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