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Foreclosure Update 2012

Posted by Merrill Ottwein
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on Sunday, 15 April 2012
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A review of the incidence of foreclosures in Metro-East, the reality of "good deals" and if foreclosure threatens:
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Quoted from "The Fuzzy Math of Home Values"...a Smart Money article.

Posted by Merrill Ottwein
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on Monday, 21 November 2011
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This report from The Wall Street Journal's "Smart Money" discounts the valuation processes used by Zillow, Trulia and others.

 
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New References to Help Follow the Real Estate Markets

Posted by Merrill Ottwein
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on Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Here….we have three new references for you, to help follow the real estate markets in southwest Illinois.
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10 Mistakes First-Time Home Buyers Make

Posted by Merrill Ottwein
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on Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Quoting from:  DEAL OF THE DAY by Lisa Scherzer (Author Archive)

        Note that this agency would not let you make any of these mistakes, and in Note # 4, she recommends our national association!  Verbatim from this point on:
  ......buying a home comes with plenty of potential missteps. Here are 10 all-too-common mistakes first-timers make
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Six Signs That the Housing Market May be Changing

Posted by Merrill Ottwein
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Six Signs That the Housing Market May be Changing
By Blanche Evans, as published in Realtor.com
(A verbatim reprint; July, 2008, old but advice considered timeless)
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