Saturday, November 07, 2009

New Chicago Area Code

Chicago has a new area code of 872 and anyone that is getting a new phone number will get that as their area code. Since that person could be living among those that have 773 or 312 now everyone in the city of Chicago no matter what area code you have will have to dail 1 and then the 10 digit number. This starts as of today, Saturday, November 7th.

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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Chicago Condo and Chicago Homes News - $8000 Tax Credit

Senate votes to renew $8000 tax credit. Now it is off to the House Floor and should be up for a vote sometime today, Thursday. If and when the House passes it, it will then be off to the President's desk for signing.

For those of you on the fence about whether to sell your Chicago Home. If this passes, now might be a good time to do so. In the past, the holiday season meant that the housing market would slow down. If this tax credit passes this may not be the case this holiday season. To give you more of an incentive, not only will the first-time buyer of $8000 maybe extended but $6500 will also be available to other buyers who have lived in their current property for 5 years or more.

Looking for a Chicago property whether it be a Chicago condo or a Chicago house contact me for your consultation. Let me help you determine whether now is a good time to buy or sell a Chicago property.

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Monday, November 02, 2009

Chicago Condo and Real Estate News

Another milestone has been reached in getting the homebuyer tax credit extended and expanded. Senate has reached a compromise to extend the $8000 tax credit to first-time homebuyers and $6500 to current homeowners who have to lived in their residence for 5 years or more.


The passage is still not clear but this is a positive step in the right direction.


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