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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Midwest Country Realty Inc,</title><link>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/default.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 61019.2)</generator><item><title>2010 HomeSteps Fall Promotion</title><link>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/2010/09/30/2010-homesteps-fall-promotion.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4e5c4085-3f16-4dc3-b037-7eae752f1ec5:766475</guid><dc:creator>Midwest Country Realty INC.</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/comments/766475.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/commentrss.aspx?PostID=766475</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;ATTENTION HOME BUYERS HOMESTEPS IS OFFERING: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;2-Year HomeProtect Limited Home Warranty*** On Owner Occupant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"&gt;Up to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:#cc0000;"&gt;4.0%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; actual buyer&amp;#39;s closing cost on Owner Occupant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"&gt;If sold by by 12/31/2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"&gt;For more information and all Terms please&amp;nbsp;visit &lt;a href="http://www.homesteps.com/"&gt;www.Homesteps.com&lt;/a&gt; or ask your local Realtor for more details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=766475" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Fannie Mae Buyer Promotion</title><link>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/2010/09/30/fannie-mae-buyer-promotion.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4e5c4085-3f16-4dc3-b037-7eae752f1ec5:766467</guid><dc:creator>Midwest Country Realty INC.</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/comments/766467.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/commentrss.aspx?PostID=766467</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a name="promo-one"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;New Buyer Incentive &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fannie Mae is offering buyers up to 3.5% in closing cost assistance&amp;nbsp;HomePath properties through December 31, 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Buyers and selling agents must meet the following qualifications to be eligible for the incentive:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;HomePath property sale must close &lt;strong&gt;on or before December 31, 2010 &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; close within 60 days of offer acceptance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Only owner occupants purchasing a HomePath property will receive up to 3.5% in closing cost assistance&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Buyers and selling agents must request incentive upon submission of initial offer in order to be eligible.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;For more information and to view all terms please visit their website at &lt;a href="http://www.homepath.com/"&gt;www.Homepath.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=766467" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Closing+costs/default.aspx">Closing costs</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Foreclosures/default.aspx">Foreclosures</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Homes/default.aspx">Homes</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Fannie+Mae/default.aspx">Fannie Mae</category></item><item><title>Short Sale Vs. REO/Foreclosure</title><link>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/2010/01/16/short-sale-vs-reo-foreclosure.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4e5c4085-3f16-4dc3-b037-7eae752f1ec5:598399</guid><dc:creator>Midwest Country Realty INC.</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/comments/598399.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/commentrss.aspx?PostID=598399</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;SHORT SALE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Homeowner owns the property&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Buyer enters into the executed contract with the homeowner, subject to lender approval&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Property is generally occupied by the owner or tenants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Sold As Is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Timeframe from execution of contract: Can be anywhere from 2 to 6 month or more depending on the lender.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;REO/FORECLOSURE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Lender owns the property&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Lender enters into the executed contract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Utilities are often disconnected and the property maybe winterized&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Property is vacant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Sold As Is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 10pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Timeframe from execution of contract 2 weeks (cash deal) to 30 days depending on the lender.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=598399" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Reo/default.aspx">Reo</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Lender/default.aspx">Lender</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/AS+IS/default.aspx">AS IS</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Time+frame/default.aspx">Time frame</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Bank/default.aspx">Bank</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Short+Sale/default.aspx">Short Sale</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Foreclosure/default.aspx">Foreclosure</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Bank+owned/default.aspx">Bank owned</category></item><item><title>Thinking of putting a  LOW offer on a Foreclosure?</title><link>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/2009/11/02/thinking-of-putting-a-low-offer-on-a-foreclosure.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4e5c4085-3f16-4dc3-b037-7eae752f1ec5:565721</guid><dc:creator>Midwest Country Realty INC.</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/comments/565721.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/commentrss.aspx?PostID=565721</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Are you thinking of writing a low offer on a Foreclosure?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; You may want to think about it before you do. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;There are many Foreclosures on the market right now.&amp;nbsp;Banks are competing against each other!&amp;nbsp; This means that&amp;nbsp;the list&amp;nbsp;price may be low already.&amp;nbsp;The banks&amp;nbsp;don&amp;#39;t want their inventory just sitting on the market; they want it&amp;nbsp;to sell FAST!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Banks are less likely going to over price a Property.&amp;nbsp;They take alot of time and&amp;nbsp;review many professional opinions before they come up with a list price.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;You as a buyer should&amp;nbsp;keep this in mind when writing an offer.&amp;nbsp; This may mean that when you are going to write an offer and the house is priced low or&amp;nbsp;below market you as a buyer may be competing with other buyers. There are many buyers out there&amp;nbsp;right now hunting for deals. This is&amp;nbsp;the market everyone was&amp;nbsp;waiting for!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If a Foreclosure is in good condition and priced low, a investor or buyer may put a higher offer than the list price to win the bidding process.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Do your research&amp;nbsp;before you decide to write a low offer because it may end up&amp;nbsp;making you lose&amp;nbsp;a good deal to start with.&amp;nbsp;Your Real Estate Professional can help you with the most recent&amp;nbsp;neighborhood Sold and List Comps.&amp;nbsp; This way when you finally find the deal of a life time you can make a great offer on the property.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=565721" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Reo/default.aspx">Reo</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/writing/default.aspx">writing</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Offers/default.aspx">Offers</category><category domain="http://www.midwestcountryrealty.com/blogs/barbara_dziura/archive/tags/Foreclosures/default.aspx">Foreclosures</category></item></channel></rss>
