What are your 2025 Home Buyer Resolutions? Every year, Ilyce and Sam offer their readers New Year’s resolutions for home buyers, home sellers and their personal finances. This year, they've also added their 2025 Housing Trends. These are their 2025 Home Buyer Resolutions. Despite high hopes for lower interest rates, 2024 continued to be a [...]
Buying a Condo Building A reader wants to know how they could buy a condo building big enough to live with friends and family Q: I would love to buy one entire condo building, but not a multi-building complex. Then, I could have all my friends and family live “together” with me. How would I [...]
Co-Signing a Mortgage? You'll Need These Docs Q: My daughter is buying a home. The mortgage company wants me to submit a ton of information in order to be her co-signer. They want all pages of my bank statements for the last three months and my tax returns for the last two years. They also [...]
My View is Blocked: What Can I Do? A reader bought a lot 50 years ago with an unobstructed view. Then, trees grew. Q: Fifty years ago, I purchased a lot in a community in Maryland. I paid a higher price for this lot due to its better view. Several years after buying the lot, [...]
2024 Home Buyer Resolutions Every year, Ilyce and Sam offer their readers New Year’s resolutions for home buyers, sellers and their personal finances. These are their 2024 Home Buyer Resolutions. Have you made your 2024 home buyer resolutions yet? It’s been a tough few years for home buyers. Since the start of the pandemic, mortgage [...]
A reader wonders how to calculate the square footage of a home Developers calculate the square footage of a home in different ways. Which can be confusing. Q: I read your column regularly and have a question. I recently attended an open house for a 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo in a south suburb of Chicago. [...]
Do Lease Obligations Follow a Home Sale? What do solar panel and liquid propane gas service contracts say about buyer who purchase homes with these contracts in place? Q: We purchased a home with liquid propane (LP) gas service to heat the pool. We did not heat the pool and did not use the LP [...]
If you're planning to buy a home in 2022, you'll be facing a tough go. There are too few homes and too many buyers. If you want to be a buyer this year, here are some Home Buyer Resolutions you can make that will help. For more tips, sign up for Ilyce Glink's free Love, [...]
How much can I afford to spend on a house? There are four factors home buyers should evaluate when setting a budget to buy a house and avoid this situation. How Much Can I Afford to Spend on a House? Taking a realistic look at finances and setting a firm budget is a crucial step [...]
Who pays for title insurance when selling a home: the buyer or the seller? The answer depends on the customs and practices of each individual state. Q: Is it mandatory for a seller to pay for title insurance in Oregon especially if they were sole owner of home from the day it was constructed? A: [...]
