Need a house with 3 or more full bathrooms? You might want to look in Naperville where 43% of houses for sale have 3 or more bathrooms.* After my recent blog post, “Naperville 4 bedroom houses for sale“, a Naperville dentist wrote a comment asking about the distribution of houses for sale by number of […]
Where to Look for Contemporary Homes in Chicago’s North Suburbs
On Sunday a gentleman called me inquiring about contemporary homes in the north suburbs. I immediately suggested he and his wife consider Highland Park. I’ve shown many contemporary houses there. Shown left is a contemporary home a couple of my clients were very interested in. Unfortunately for them, the sellers accepted an offer before my […]
Highland Park – More Contemporary Homes Than Neighboring Suburbs
Looking for a contemporary style home in the North Shore? Try Highland Park. The past several days I’ve been searching for houses in Highland Park and the surrounding suburbs of Lake Forest, Deerfield, Northbrook and Glencoe for buyers relocating from Seattle. They have a preference for contemporary style homes. There are several nice choices in […]
DuPage & Will County Property Taxes
This morning I received an email from a gentleman considering relocating to Naperville. He asked for help understanding property tax rates there since Naperville is in both DuPage and Will counties. Tax rates in the Chicago area are usually described in terms of an amount per $100 of value by governments (e.g. $7.5 per $100 […]
Scarsdale Estates in Arlington Heights
Shown left is a home for sale I recently showed in the Scarsdale Estates neighborhood of Arlington Heights. Scarsdale Estates also known as just Scarsdale is considered one of the top 3 Arlington Heights neighborhoods along with the Stonegate and Sherwood subdivisions which all started in 1929. Scarsdale is a beautiful neighborhood with lots of […]