July 2007

Rogers Park, Chicago Websites

July 30, 2007

On Saturday I showed condos in Rogers Park. If you’re looking for good information on Rogers Park, here are a couple of helpful websites (besides this one ). RogersPark.Com has a business directory, calendar of events and lists several blogs about life in Rogers Park. According to the site, Rogers Park is the 5th bloggiest Click to continue...

How a Buyers Agent can Let Down a Buyer

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Perhaps one of the best ways to understand the value of using a buyers agent is to look at what happens when a buyers agent doesn’t do her job. Before recently meeting with a seller I printed the previous listing sheet for her home. It showed that the home had 3 bedrooms and a full Click to continue...

Searching for a Home in a Specific Neighborhood has its Challenges

July 25, 2007

The other night I was on the phone with a buyer who inquired about Gold Coast houses for sale. I ran a quick search in MLSNI* for listings with Gold Coast as the subdivision and the system returned only 2 houses. The next day I ran a search of Near North Side houses (which would Click to continue...

Chicago’s Uptown Mixes the Old and the New

July 22, 2007

Yesterday I met with a couple of gentlemen who rent in Uptown and are now ready to buy. One of the more interesting parts of Uptown is the commercial district around the intersection of Lawrence and Broadway. The photo on the left is of the west side of Broadway just north of Lawrence. The Green Click to continue...

4 Chicago Suburbs Named One of the Best Places to Live

July 19, 2007

Four Chicago suburbs made the Money Magazine’s Top 100 Places to Live this year. Southwest suburb, Lisle, earned the #20 spot. Money’s editors noted the popularity of Lisle Community Park and the town’s approval of a downtown development project to create a mixed-use complex of shops, condominiums and office space. Libertyville, a northern suburb, earned Click to continue...

TLC’s “Moving Up” Show Seeks Chicago Area Buyers & Sellers!

July 17, 2007

It’s show time again! This morning a producer from TLC’s “Moving Up” Show contacted me seeking buyers and sellers in the Chicago area with outgoing personalities and unique design tastes for new episodes of the show. “Moving Up” follows a chain of new homeowners who move into one another’s homes and documents their design and Click to continue...

South Loop Prairie District Treasure: Marshall Field Jr. Mansion

July 15, 2007

One evening while walking in the Prairie District Neighborhood in the South Loop on my way to meet with a seller, I came upon a stunning collection of 19th century mansions. Walk along the 1900 south block of Prairie Avenue and you’ll feel like you’ve been transported back in time! One of the mansions shown Click to continue...

Buyer Agents have the Same Responsibilities for New and Resale Sales

July 12, 2007

Yesterday a buyer and I did a final walkthrough of the condo she is buying in the Prairie District of the South Loop. Towards the end of the walkthrough the builder’s representative commented to me that in her experience many buyer agents don’t attend their clients’ walkthroughs. In fact, she mentioned that many buyer agents Click to continue...

Helped a Seller in Stephenson County

July 9, 2007

This past weekend a client emailed me that a friend of his is frustrated trying to sell his house and is looking for a new agent. The house has been on the market over a year. A quick check of the home’s listing on Realtor.Com showed me that the agent is doing less than a Click to continue...

Most Expensive Home Listed For Sale in the United States

July 7, 2007

Check out mortgage blogger Dan Green‘s post, “Would You Pay $6,750,000 To Sell Your Home?” to learn about the most expensive home listed for sale in the U.S.! Click to continue...

Northbrook Median & Average House Prices Increasing, So Are Market Times

July 4, 2007