Ilyce Glink
Ilyce Glink is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist, television reporter and radio talk show host who is widely known for her expertise on trends and issues in real estate and finance. Her syndicated column, "Real Estate Matters," offers common sense information and practical insights for anyone thinking about buying, selling, rehabbing or refinancing a home.
Glink is the author of many books, including the best-selling "100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask." Glink's work has been published by newspapers nationwide, including Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and The Washington Post, as well as by magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens, Worth, Bride's, Chicago and Working Woman. She is host of a weekly radio talk show on Newstalk 750 WSB radio in Atlanta. She also contributes commentaries to "Sound Money" on National Public Radio. She spent eight years as an on-air producer reporter for WGN-TV in Chicago, and is currently producing and hosting the Ilyce Glink Video Minute, which is distributed on the Internet.
Glink has hosted her own nationally syndicated radio talk shows and has been the money expert for national television programs, including "Lifetime Live." Glink has served as a real estate and personal finance expert on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," NBC's "Today," CNBC's "The Money Wheel," CNN and CNN-FN.
Glink's many awards include Best Consumer Reporter from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the First Money $mart Award. Her books "100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask" and "100 Questions Every Home Seller Should Ask" received high honors from Chicago Women in Publishing in 1994 and 1995, respectively. She also received the Best Consumer Magazine Article award (1997) and Best Television Report (2006) from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
Ilyce Glink Samples
ARMs tied to LIBOR feeling a pinch
Q: My mortgage is adjustable, tied to the one-year LIBOR. My interest rate does not reset again until next September, but I cannot help but notice that this LIBOR has gone through the roof since last August.
Is landlord responsible for tenant's personal property in mix-up over electrical service?
Q: I recently purchased a nice four-bedroom apartment in Miami. When I purchased the property, it had only one "folio" or tax number.
Lenders under no obligation to help distressed borrowers
Q: We purchased a home in year 2006.
Ask the Real Estate Lawyer: Are times really tough for mortgage loan servicers?
Q: I think you should consider the cost incurred in servicing delinquent loans before declaring that lenders profit from servicing them.
Refinance offer may entice, but shop around
Q: I enjoy your column each week.
Independent reviews may give relief to some victims of unfair foreclosure
We received another typical email recently from a homeowner frustrated with the runaround her lender has given her over her troubled mortgage. The woman has been trying to keep her house out of foreclosure for the past 18 months.
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