North Harbor Drive

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Entries from April 30th, 2010

Current mortgage rate will maintain at a low rate

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

After the tax credit running out, I would have time to sit down and think about to refinance our home. Just checked the current 15 year fixed rate with 25% down is around 4.375%, our current rate is around 5.25% which is almost 1% higher. But the bad thing is that we have to come […]

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Time is running out for tax credit!

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

It’s only less than 10 hours before missing out on a credit up to 8,000 dollars for first-time home buyers and 6,500 for existing home owners. Lots of real estate agents are going to work until midnight tonight. I know our office at 565 Quincy is going to open unit 12:00 midnight. Just received e […]

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Staging Your Home For First-Time Buyers

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Staging Your Home For First-Time Buyers Selling downtown Chicago homes is more difficult in the current market than it has been in the past. Potential home buyers are priced into areas that they wouldn’t have been able to afford a few years ago. Making sure that your condo is staged appropriately to appeal to these buyers […]

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