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Home prices continue to fall

While Chicago home prices don’t seem to be affected much by the continuing price decreasing that we see throughought the country, it is still obvious that the housing market continues to be unfavorable to people looking to sell their property.
The median single-family house price in the United States fell to $220,800, which was down […]

Real Estate Agents are increasing their fees

During the housing boom, home sellers were in the driver’s seat with real estate agents circling around their property and they were offered very low commission rates. These times seem to be old gone and the roles have changed a bit.
According to Steve Murray of Real Trend, the average commission rate in 1991 […]

Home Prices Decline

Home prices have shown few signs of any turnaround, and a new report sees the downward slide continuing. Major housing markets showed worse declines. The Case-Shiller index covering 20 top metro areas for the month of June fell 3.5 percent, and the 10-city index dropped 4.1 percent year-over-year.
“The pullback in the U.S. residential real estate […]