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No place like home
Special to the TribuneSilence is golden? Shannon and Steve Tauschman won't hear of it. "Too much quiet creeps me out. I don't like nature or crickets and I don't like walking in the woods." But living near the tracks in an urban area like Chicago, she feels, is nirvana. "Give...Tags: Steppenwolf Theatre, Chuck Green, Real Estate Agents, Restaurants, Family
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Computer dating principles applied to buying a home
Consumers soon may put the same kind of research and analysis into deciding where to buy or build a home as corporations do when looking for a site for a new store, predicts Jack Dangermond, president of the Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc....Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Marketing, Demographics, Entertainment, Companies and Corporations
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Alternate ZIPs
Special to the TribuneSome residential communities are so trendy their ZIP codes are well known and real estate agents are battle-scarred from bidding wars. Others, not so much. In the Chicago area, there are myriad neighborhoods, subdivisions and suburbs that are great places...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Housing Authority, Housing and Urban Planning, Real Estate Agents
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Measuring the safety of reverse loans
With an estimated 77 million Baby Boomers about to hit their golden years, the reverse-mortgage market is heating up. Not necessarily by the senior set, less than 2 percent of whom have decided to turn the equity in their homes into cash by taking out...Tags: Death, Chicago Mortgages, Wells Fargo & Co., Countrywide Financial Corp., Economy, Business and Finance
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Looking for mortgage? Find the right niche
Despite the meltdown in the subprime-mortgage sector, lenders continue to devise new and unusual ways to finance niche borrowers. For example, there are loans that provide a bit of security for an estimated 16 million professionals often considered first...Tags: Fannie Mae, Banking, Minority Groups, Death, Chicago Mortgages
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A real no-fee mortgage? So says Bank of America
Home loan industry competitors are searching for gimmicks, but Bank of America insists that its "No Fee Mortgage Plus" plan announced May 8 delivers what the name implies -- without raising interest rates to applicants. The new program comes with none of...Tags: Banking, American International Group, Chicago Mortgages, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial and Business Services
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Lending giants offer more ways to slam it into reverse
How are Baby Boomers carrying hefty first and second mortgages going to pay them off? Millions of homeowners refinanced in the "refi boom" years of 2003-04, taking out new 15- or 30-year loans. So some Boomers in their late 50s and early 60s have big...Tags: Banking, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Death, Chicago Mortgages, Florida
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Getting a mortgage still feasible
Special to the TribuneTrue, mortgage foreclosures are rising and many home buyers with subprime loans are in trouble. But, "the sky is not falling in," says Bill McNamee, president of the Illinois Association of Mortgage Brokers. There are still plenty of reputable lenders...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Death, Chicago Mortgages, Chicago, Leslie Mann
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Say goodbye to the specialized mortgage options
Like a spreading infection, restrictions on credit are moving into new and more specialized niches of the mortgage market. The latest to feel the pinch: *Cash-out refinancings. *Loans with anything less than full documentation of borrower income,...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Stock Options, Chicago Mortgages, Florida, Companies and Corporations
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Loan pipeline shaken not severed
The term "mortgage meltdown" has become so common -- on TV, in headlines and even in casual conversations -- you might assume that this is a tough time to get a mortgage. But the reality is starkly different: Mortgage money is plentiful, the majority...Tags: Fannie Mae, Connecticut, Chicago Mortgages, Manchester, Los Angeles
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Plenty of incentive to comparison shop
It would be folly for new-home buyers not to at least consider using the mortgage company affiliated with their builder. After all, research shows those who use the in-house lender are more than satisfied than those who go elsewhere for financing. But it...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Chicago Tribune, Mortgages, Chicago Mortgages, Companies and Corporations
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Look before slamming it into reverse
Reverse mortgages are held out as an excellent way for house-rich, cash-poor seniors to tap into their equity without having to sell and move. And they may well be a good choice for some people. But they are not the only option. A reverse loan is meant...Tags: Chicago Mortgages, Local Government, Politics, Energy Saving, Family
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