How Do You Build Your Credit?

March 28th, 2011


You may anticipate a major purchase that could require the leverage of credit within a few years. To position yourself for favorable terms, you can begin to build your credit strength. Using account types such as credit cards and auto loans, you can improve your credit profile.

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Opus Announces Sale of Highland Landmark V Office Building

March 27th, 2011

Opus Development Corporation today announced the sale of the Highland Landmark V office building in Downers Grove, Ill. to an unidentified private investor for an undisclosed sum, with the sale closing March 14, 2011.

Dave Everson, vice president and general manager, Opus Development Corporation, represented the seller and Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers represented the purchaser in this direct transaction.

Highland Landmark V is a 251,235 square foot, eight-story, multi-tenant office building in the Highland Landmark Office Park, which is located at the southeast corner of I-88 (East-West Tollway) and Highland Avenue in Downers Grove.

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Prices Say It’s Time to Think Studios

March 27th, 2011

WHEN New York’s real estate market was at its dizziest height, $1 million studios had become routine and buyers with less than $250,000 to spend were almost surely headed out of Manhattan, perhaps even to another state.

But in a clear sign that the city’s recovery is still elusive, the studio market has gone soft again — just as it did in the last recession. Prices have dipped to 2005 levels, making it possible to find studios in Manhattan in the $200,000s — lots of them. And they don’t all face a brick wall or involve a lengthy hike to the subway.

The average price for studios dropped to $404,326 in 2010, from a high of $500,479 in 2008, according to the Douglas Elliman Report, an analysis of the decade’s sales data. A recent se

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Real Estate Prices in Mumbai Set to Decline

March 26th, 2011

Real Estate prices in Mumbai are set to decline further in overheated markets as sales have fallen due to unaffordable pricing, brokers and market analysts said. Developers, so far holding on to their prices, have started offering discounts to woo buyers to mobilise fund inflows through sales as money flow from other channels have dried up. Residential property prices in Mumbai, the most expensive market in India, have already seen a correction of 20 per cent from the peak level and it is expected to decline further in the range of 15 to 25 per cent, said analysts. A similar trend is expected in some pockets of supply-constrained Delhi market but too much correction is not expected in the NCR region, where prices are more or less stable and still affordable, analysts said.

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How to Ship a Container to Wrangell, AK

March 21st, 2011

If you are considering moving to the Wrangell, Alaska area, you can ship your household goods and vehicles by container. You don’t have to be moving to the state to container ship something to Alaska though. When shipping via container to Alaska, the shipping is typically done from the West Coast of the United States, such as a port in Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; or Seattle, Washington. You cannot ship a container on your own.

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