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Every year, Ilyce and Sam offer their readers New Year’s resolutions for homebuyers, sellers and their personal finances. This is part one of their thoughts on the housing market and their 2025 Home Buyer Resolutions.

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Q: I placed my condo in a living trust for estate purposes. I am the beneficiary of the trust and I can amend, add and remove administrators. However, I am not the trustee of my trust.

I was a board member of our ...Read More

Reader comment: I recently read your column in the Chicago Tribune, and I’d like to share my experience of selling my home on my own.

I had an appraiser come to my home. He was hired by the buyer’s mortgage company. ...Read More

Q: My mother- and father-in-law want to act as the mortgage lender for me and my wife when we purchase a new house. We would like to help them figure out the steps they need to go through in order to document, register, ...Read More

Q: A friend is buying his parents’ home. He is using an online lender. He doesn’t have a real estate agent, and there is no written sales contract. The lender says his parents can gift him the house and the lender will...Read More

Q: I need a release paper from the title company. The unfortunate thing is that they are no longer in business. I am unable to find them or anybody that can help me. I am helping my dad and he is 87 years old.

A: We hear ...Read More