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7 best real estate schools in Illinois (IL) for 2024

Housing Wire

If you’re looking for the best real estate schools in Illinois to complete the required 75 hours of class time you’ll need to get a broker’s license, we’re here to help. In Illinois, real estate agents are called brokers. Self-paced. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5

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Avoid Appraisal Disciplinary Action with These Do’s and Don’ts

McKissock

Changing the appraised value simply for the purpose of meeting the contract sales price is not a good reason. Such an act might appear to make everybody happy, e.g., the lender/client gets to make a loan, the real estate agent gets a commission, the buyers get the house, etc.

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Top Ten Reasons Why It Is Great to be an Appraiser!

Appraisal Today

bath 6,873sqft 1.97acre lot The spectacular style of the two-bedroom dwelling was the talk of the town when it was custom-built in 2004 for a married musician couple. Could a seller credit damage the chance of appraising at the purchase contract? These questions weren’t asked a year ago, but welcome to the 2023 housing market.

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How Are Appraisal Complaints Enforced?

McKissock

Each state has its own set of administrative procedures used to handle disciplinary complaints against licensees of various professions, such as appraisers, real estate agents and broker s, doctors, nurses, accountants, etc. Administrative procedures.

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DataDigest: New data shows how brokerages, agents, landlords & homebuilders were reshaped by the pandemic

Housing Wire

Business Dynamic Statistics data reveal that 2021 was a year of major growth for homebuilders but steep contraction for landlords (called “lessors” in the BDS). It was also a year in which many agents and brokers started new firms.

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8 Signs of a Possible Real Estate Bubble or Burst

McKissock

We saw this happen in such areas as Las Vegas where you had many individuals that were not your typical investor that were able and willing and buying real estate on speculation. Use of creative financing such as seller contracts. Number of persons employed in the real estate sector declines.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for March 2022

Lamacchia Realty

Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Her desire to help her clients earned Shauna the title of Rising Star in the September 2021 issue of the South Shore Real Producers Magazine !