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Baird & Warner to match Realtor and employee donations for Haiti

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Baird and Warner’s CEO, Steve Baird, on Baird and Warner’s plans to raise money for the Haitian relief effort: B&W Good Will Network Haiti Relief from Baird Warner on Vimeo. It’s another example of why I’m proud to be a Realtor with Baird and Warner! Click to continue...

How to search Chicago homes for sale by map

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Sometimes finding the right home location takes some drawing. Such is the case with a home search I just started for a couple wanting to live walking distance from the Brown Line or the Ravenswood Metra Station. Based on some additional requirements (e.g. not too close to Wrigley Field ), I outlined the area to Click to continue...

Baird & Warner named “Favorite Luxury Real Estate Services”

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Baird & Warner’s Luxury Portfolio program was recently honored by real estate professionals as “Favorite Luxury Real Estate Services” for Chicago’s suburbs in the annual Agents’ Choice Awards sponsored by Chicago Agent Magazine. Agents’ Choice Award winners were selected by Chicago Agent Magazine’s readers, who voted on 17 different categories through an online poll. If Click to continue...

Baird & Warner releases mobile search for Chicago Metro Area homes for sale

October 12, 2009

Ever gone by a home for sale and wanted more details right then and there? Ever been in a neighborhood and wondered about the prices of homes for sale there? Now you can have the information you want when you want it for free with Baird & Warner’s new mobile search application for cell phones. Click to continue...

Steve Baird on the state of the Chicago Metro Area real estate market

August 5, 2009

Baird & Warner President & CEO, Steve Baird, recently shared his thoughts on the state of the Chicago Metro Area real estate market. In the current issue of Chicago Agent Magazine, Steve shares, “After a long wait, it appears the market has generally stabilized and we have even begun to see some improvement, albeit modest. Click to continue...

Map MLS search on BairdWarner.com – Follow the instructions!

July 22, 2009

BairdWarner.com’s Custom Map Search is a great way to search for homes for sale when you already have a specific location in mind. However, it’s not too forgiving, if you don’t follow the instructions exactly as noted. First, enter the your search criteria. Second, zoom in to the area you wish to search. Third, select Click to continue...

View neighborhoods at street level on BairdWarner.com!

July 11, 2009

Not only can you search all Chicago Metro Area homes listed for sale on BairdWarner.com, now you can view their neighborhoods using Google’s street views! To see the street views for the area around a listing, click on the Community Guide link below the home’s photos. Once the Google Map appears, click on Show Street Click to continue...

Baird & Warner CEO on Consumers and the Market

December 14, 2008

Recently Baird & Warner President and CEO Steve Baird shared his thoughts on the current state of the housing market in the Chicago metro area. Steve joined Baird & Warner in 1980 and became president in 1991. Click to continue...

Renters, Find Out If Your Building is in Foreclosure

September 25, 2008

A new service on BairdWarner.com lets renters find out if the building they are renting in is in foreclosure. Renters in a building that is foreclosed could be evicted. To use the service: 1. Go to BairdWarner.com 2. Click on Property Search 3. In the Rentals Section, click the link to check if your building Click to continue...

How Good are National Real Estate Websites for Searching for Homes for Sale?

July 16, 2008

Monday’s Wall Street Journal included an article, “How to Sell a House When You Have to Sell it Now“, by David Crook. Mr. Crook is the author of “The Wall Street Journal Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook”. In the article Mr. Crook tells home sellers to list their homes on leading real estate websites which include Click to continue...

BairdWarner.com Dynamic Maps Now Searchable

June 26, 2008

Previously BairdWarner.com users could see where a home for sale was located on a map and add amenities such as schools and public transportation to that map. Now powered by Google Maps, BairdWarner.com users can use those maps to search for homes in their price range. As you can see below, a search using price Click to continue...

Make the Most of BairdWarner.com’s Search Form!

March 30, 2008

Have I mentioned that BairdWarner.com was named the best site for real estate search by Chicago Magazine? Yet, many home buyers registered on BairdWarner.com don’t take advantage of the full power of the search form (shown below). Depending on your monitor’s resolution, many users only see the top part of the search form and don’t Click to continue...

Chicago Magazine Names BairdWarner.Com Best for Real Estate Search!

February 6, 2008

The February 2008 issue of Chicago Magazine (currently on newsstands) includes BairdWarner.com as one of 171 Great Chicago Web Sites. Regarding BairdWarner.com, the article states, “Almost every real estate site these days lets visitors search property listings from the Multiple Listing Service. The search tool at BairdWarner.com is the best, with a nifty Google Maps Click to continue...

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