Area homes remain affordable [Central Illinois]

Area homes remain affordable [Central Illinois] Central Illinois remains one of the most affordable regions in the country to buy a home. According to Zillow.com, a Seattle-based online real estate service, the Peoria-Pekin area was listed as one of the top five least expensive metropolitan areas in the United States with a rating of $91,984 …

Publix real estate: Where flipping is a pleasure

Publix real estate: Where flipping is a pleasure Looking to get rich quick in real estate? Forget flipping condos or snapping up fixer-uppers – that’s so 2004. The real action these days is in Publix-anchored shopping centers, which have been soaring in value even as home prices have slumped. For the latest example, look at …

Real estate agents see marked improvement

Real estate agents see marked improvement Across Southwest Florida, real estate agents are reporting sales, showing activity and buyer interest that suggests the region could be emerging from its real estate doldrums. In January, Michael Saunders & Co.’s call center received 3,375 serious inquiries, “which matches almost exactly the call activity at the height of …

Marco’s house of shame and blame

Marco’s house of shame and blame It is said that when bulldozers leveled the house at 1791 Waterfall Court, a foot-long snake slithered from the rubble and a small mischief of rats scurried off the property. Jan Wollemann’s house, or the house in which Jan Wollemann lived, is no more. A Naples lawyer sold his …

Clough: Lawsuits build on canceled condos [South Florida]

Clough: Lawsuits build on canceled condos [South Florida] Buyers of canceled condo projects in downtown West Palm Beach are becoming increasingly angry – and frantic – over unrefunded deposits on units, and unfulfilled contracts. Dozens of buyers fell for sales pitches promising gleaming high-rises. Instead they wound up with fading sales brochures. Most upsetting: Some …