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Ilyce Glink is the author of ten books, including the bestselling 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask. Her nationally syndicated column, "Real Estate Matters," appears in more than 125 newspapers and Web sites, and her online "Ask Ilyce" columns are read by hundreds of thousands of people every month. She is a top-rated radio host on WSB Radio in Atlanta, the Home Equity blogger at CBS MoneyWatch.com, host of the Internet program "Expert Real Estate Tips," managing editor of the Equifax Personal Finance Blog, and publisher of ThinkGlink.com.
What a First-Time Homebuyer Needs to Know By Ilyce Glink In the current market, first-time homebuyers have their work cut out for them. In the past, when the market was going up, first-time homebuyers’ main concern was finding a home—any home. Their secondary concerns were…
Written by Ilyce Glink on June 6, 2011
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Housing Market Predictions: Home Values Continue to Sink By Ilyce Glink By any measure, it’s been a tough week for the real estate market: According to the latest S&P Case/Shiller Index, home values have fallen back to where they were in 2002, although in some…
Written by Ilyce Glink on June 3, 2011
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Buying an REO or Foreclosure: What You Can Expect and What Can Kill the Deal By Ilyce Glink These days, many homebuyers are turning to foreclosures and taking advantage of the drop in home prices. A foreclosure—or a “real estate owned” (REO) property—is a property…
Home Repairs: Do It Yourself or Hire Help? Spring is here, and so is the time to make all those home repairs you have been putting off all winter. But do you do the repairs yourself or hire a contractor? There are pros and cons…
Can I Save My Home From Foreclosure? By Ilyce Glink I’ve been traveling across the country this month, speaking to hundreds of employees about financial wellness. The speech is called “Everyday Money,” because I believe it’s the basic choices you make every day with your…
What’s Going On with Foreclosures? By Ilyce Glink A recently published RE/MAX survey of fifty-four major markets found that national home prices are down an average of 5.9 percent, compared with February 2010. This steep decline suggests a couple of things about the greater housing…
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