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Chicago Tribune Real Estate News
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Updated: 3 hours 51 min ago
Despite builder's bankrupty, board election can move forward
Q. The builder of my condominium association went bankrupt before the association was turned over to the unit owners. We have a management company running things that is not answerable to anyone. The property manager tells us that we cannot form our own board until the bankruptcy proceedings are complete. Is this correct?
'We are a neighborhood of families'
Archer Heights a close-knit, working-class community in convenient location
Traffic flies by on Archer Avenue as if it were taking off from a runway at nearby Midway International Airport. The six lanes of concrete — two for parking and four for navigating one of the city's famous diagonal streets — resemble a runway. It's wide, straight and exudes an all-business attitude.
Traffic flies by on Archer Avenue as if it were taking off from a runway at nearby Midway International Airport. The six lanes of concrete — two for parking and four for navigating one of the city's famous diagonal streets — resemble a runway. It's wide, straight and exudes an all-business attitude.
Chicago area home sales plunge in July
Despite significant price declines, housing market dries up after federal tax credit ends
During three decades of working for Allstate Corp., California native Roger Parker never shed his desire to grab his surfboard and a good wave, and he thought he'd be able to return to that lifestyle when he retired 18 months ago.
During three decades of working for Allstate Corp., California native Roger Parker never shed his desire to grab his surfboard and a good wave, and he thought he'd be able to return to that lifestyle when he retired 18 months ago.
Decorating a 9,000-square-foot mansion
Starting from scratch can be freeing, exhilarating — and scary. Interior designer Scott Sanders tells how he achieved continuity in furnishing and decorating an oversize family home
Starting from scratch can be freeing, exhilarating — and scary. Interior designer Scott Sanders tells how he achieved continuity in furnishing and decorating an oversize family home.
Starting from scratch can be freeing, exhilarating — and scary. Interior designer Scott Sanders tells how he achieved continuity in furnishing and decorating an oversize family home.
Good-faith closing cost estimates get real under new loan rules
Mortgage lenders must now pay the difference if a loan's closing costs come in higher than they estimated, which means no more lowballing to lure customers.
Facing new penalties if they lowball estimates of upfront mortgage costs, lenders and brokers appear to be coming clean about how much borrowers will pay.
Facing new penalties if they lowball estimates of upfront mortgage costs, lenders and brokers appear to be coming clean about how much borrowers will pay.
Manufactured Home Foundation Certifications
If you are selling or buying a manufactured home, then most likely a foundation certification will be required. For all FHA and VA loans, an engineer's foundation certification is required that states that the home is placed on a permanent foundation that complies with the "HUD Permament Foundation Guide for Manufatured Homes", dated 1996 by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
We have partnered with the engineers at Foundation Certifications to provide a turn-key foundation certification service to you. You may place your order online by going to http://www.FoundationCerts.com/order.
