by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Jan 21, 2014 | Real Estate
When the economy tanked and the housing market collapsed, neighborhoods and towns that are considered affluent or wealthy saw a high number of homes go into foreclosure. When the economy started to recover, though, a lot of those same homes stayed vacant, since home...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Dec 31, 2013 | Chicago, Real Estate
A report from CoreLogic detailing the latest national foreclosure statistics has shown that Chicagoland’s foreclosure inventory has decreased 31 percent since October 2012. The numbers show slow but steady progress, but that doesn’t mean Chicago is off the hook just...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Dec 24, 2013 | Real Estate, Vacant Property
When a homeowner puts their house on the market, the goal is naturally to seek the most amount of money they can get for the property. In an ideal housing market, the seller would find an interested party quickly and sell the house at an agreeable price....
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Dec 17, 2013 | Real Estate
Selling your home is stressful to begin with. But doing so during the winter, when grass is dead, the leaves from the trees have fallen, and the natural beauty of the lot your home is on has faded for the year makes it that much harder. It’s simply not as appealing...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Nov 12, 2013 | Real Estate
When you’re in the market to buy a new home, you’ll probably see a lot of short-sales and a lot of foreclosed homes being offered up at bargain-basement prices. While this may seem like a huge incentive to snap up a great house for a great price, there are some things...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Oct 15, 2013 | Real Estate
We’ve all seen it—a cluster of homes that look vacant, with overgrown grass, maybe some broken windows. Unfortunately, because a lot of cities housing is laid out according to income level, it’s not uncommon for entire blocks or neighborhoods to face...