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Mortgages & Lending

Selling a Home???? Make your buyers first 6 months payments!

by Troy Schuricht | March 28, 2008

Need an incentive to help move a home?
The answer is PITI Abatment. Do not let the financial jargon scare you. For years production builders have used this incentive to move inventory. Now every seller/investor has the opportunity to participate.
What is PITI Abatement? [...]

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Commentary

The Importance of Real Estate Inspections: Be A Detective when Buying Property

by Mike Farmer | March 11, 2008

The other day I went to a listing appointment and gradually asked enough pointed questions and did enough research that I passed on listing the property. Upon first glance the lot seemed simple, but I noticed some odd layout to the side of it that made it unclear where the property lines ran. After doing [...]

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Real Estate Law

A Primer on Escrowed Funds

by Joshua M. Marks, Esq. | October 15, 2007

Upon signing the agreement of sale in most residential real estate transactions, the buyer pays an “earnest money deposit”, which signifies his intention to purchase the property. Typically, the earnest money deposit is held in the escrow account of the listing broker (who represents the seller) and is applied toward the buyer’s down payment [...]

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Commentary

Why Are We in a Real Estate Freeze?

by Joshua Dorkin | December 14, 2006

Wonder why the real estate market is in some crazy pseudo-gridlock? I’ve read many explanations of the current post-bubble-pre-collapsing housing market, but none of them hit it on the mark like the one I’m about to share with you.
Actually, according to Diane Swonk, chief economist for Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, “we [...]

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