For those looking to buy a new home in Illinois, price is nearly always a top consideration. Unfortunately, the desire to find a nice but affordable home can leave buyers vulnerable to real estate scams. Some scams have plagued property buyers for at least a century,...
Is a little white lie on your mortgage application really a big deal? Back in the free-wheeling heyday before the mortgage crisis of 2007-2008, a lot of less-than-scrupulous mortgage brokers may have turned a blind eye to application fraud (or even encouraged it), but...
If you haven’t purchased or sold a home in some years, or if this is your first such transaction, you might be surprised at just how sophisticated some real estate scammers can be. Residential real estate transactions in this part of Illinois can easily run well into...
