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Is board close-minded about open meetings?
Q: I am a member of a large multi-unit condominium association. To what extent is our association governed by the open meetings act? Can resident owners be permitted to ask questions or make reasonable comments to board members or the property manager...
Tags: Condos, Interior Policy, Real Estate Buyers, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics
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Condo policies can help or hurt property values
It takes more than a neat, attractive condominium or town house to make a sale at a fair price. Buyers have heard the horror stories of steep special assessments and deteriorating buildings. They expect the association to make a good impression as well as...
Tags: Property, Condos, Finance, Real Estate, Values
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Condo prices cut in Lake Park Crescent closeout
A closeout sale of five condominium units is under way at Lake Park Crescent, a 68-unit condo and row home development in Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood. Gordon Ziegenhagen, vice president of developer Draper and Kramer, said more than 25...
Tags: Condos, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Kenwood
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Lending industry not ready to ease strict mortgage standards
WASHINGTON — With home prices rising in many markets around the country, might mortgage lenders start loosening up their hyper-strict underwriting rules and extend loans to buyers who now find themselves on the sidelines? Could current...Tags: Finance, Homes, Fannie Mae, The Washington Post, Freddie Mac
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Two U.S. agencies try to get lenders to ease tough mortgage rules
WASHINGTON — Two federal agencies with far-reaching influence over the mortgage market are working on a problem that could affect the ability of many consumers to obtain a home loan: How to encourage private lenders to ease up on their...Tags: Trials, Health, Fannie Mae, The Washington Post, Litigation
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President Obama speaks at Roanoke campaign event
The road to the White House clearly goes through our viewing area. Before an estimated crowd of 3,040 people, President Barack Obama gave a campaign speech Friday evening in downtown Roanoke. Obama, who is seeking a second term as president against...
Tags: John McCain, George Allen, Mitt Romney, Jim Webb, Elections
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Glendale, Burbank home market still stalled
A lack of consumer confidence and high number of homeowners who owe more on their homes than they're worth continue to keep the housing market from making a recovery. But burgeoning buyer demand is leading to bidding wars that are pushing up median sale...Tags: Homes, Real Estate Sellers, Condos, Real Estate, Inventories
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High foreclosures earn Chicago spot in FHA program
The Federal Housing Administration said Wednesday it has tapped the Chicago area, along with three other housing markets hit hard by foreclosures, for a pilot program designed to stabilize neighborhoods and slow the increase in abandoned homes. The...
Tags: Tampa, Berwyn, Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Financial and Business Services, Foreclosures
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German bank under fire in Florida and at home
In hundreds of cases, the money trail from foreclosed and abandoned homes in South Florida leads across the Atlantic to Germany and this country's largest investment bank. Deutsche Bank was a heavyweight financial player during the American mortgage...
Tags: Miami International Airport Fire (2011), Real Estate, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Crime, Law and Justice, Values
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Lakeshore East high-rise on track for February opening
Lakeshore East's eighth residential high-rise tower is on schedule for a February opening. Coast is a luxury rental property under construction at 345 E. Wacker Drive in Chicago, on the northwest corner of the $4 billion, 28-acre master-planned...
Tags: Media Industry
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Snagging a low mortgage rate requires steady paycheck, good credit
Sun SentinelJust how do you get one of those super low mortgages? This week, Freddie Mac reported home loans hit new historic lows with the 30-year fixed interest rate averaging 3.53 percent and 15-year fixed rate loans dropping to an average 2.53 percent. South...Tags: Miramar, Real Estate, Homes, Finance, Loans
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Condo prices cut at Lake Park Crescent
Prices have been slashed on CityHome condos at the Lake Park Crescent development in Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood.
Once priced at $219,000, the one-bedroom units, which occupy the ground floors and include patios, are now $109,800. The...Tags: Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Geneva (Kane, Illinois), Kenwood, Passenger Cars, Leslie Mann
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