I received an email from Zillow.com this morning with a link to their Chicago home values. A nice looking chart of Zillow’s Home Value Index for Chicago appeared. Zillow defines the index as the mid-point of Zestimate valuations for Chicago. Half the Zestimates are above this number and half are below it. A Zestimate is […]
12/31/2009 – A vast improvement over 12/31/1999
As a Realtor, this year wasn’t as fun as others. More times than I care to remember I had to tell would-be sellers that I couldn’t sell their home for anything near what they owed on it – not a fun task. However, when I think about my life today compared to 10 years ago […]
Will Your New Home Be In A Special Service Area (SSA)?
A week ago one of my buyers said he wanted to take a second look at a townhouse in Aurora. The showing instructions said to call the seller to schedule showings, so when speaking with the seller, I took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his home. One of my questions was […]
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 […]
How to Get a Copy of a Deed
Sara Bonert, Market Manager at Zillow.Com, passed along a story to me about a Chicago area deed service which provides certified copies of deeds. The story is available on InmanNews, if you have a subscription. Bloggers and news sites such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have been writing about this deed service since at least […]
