Lyn Sims on the Schaumburg Area

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Schaumburg IL Homes and Real Estate - Northwest Suburbs of Chicago

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2011 

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There was a recent post written about buyers being alert and being able to see through 'Mezmerizing Staging Techniques' that really burned me up. We as an industry try to educate our sellers so that their properties will sell faster and they can get on with their lives.  Short sales, extended loa...
12/12/2011
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12/10/2011
"Here I come to save the day .......... "  Yes, Mighty Mouse here, uh I mean, it's me again!  Sometimes realtors® have to put on their Mighty Mouse cape and swoop in to save homeowners that don't know any better. Such is the case in a Schaumburg subdivision that has let their FHA approval lapse. ...
12/08/2011
Thanks I-Pass, it's great to know that you are throwing away (cleaned up extensively) my hard earned tax dollars. My I-Pass transponder for paying tolls is ancient. In fact, I pride myself in literally being the 'test dummy' when it came out many, many years ago. So with that little story I am t...
12/07/2011
Real Estate Market Update - Northwest Suburbs - November 2011 Well, I'm still optimistic but the brakes have been slammed on! Let me set the picture for you - we're on the Eisenhower Expressway in the slow lane tootling along at the legal 55 mph (whistling ....) when suddenly we have to screech ...
12/07/2011
Buying wins!  At least here in our Northwest Suburban Chicago Area. Hoffman Estates home prices and mortgage rates have fallen so far that the monthly cost of owning a home is more affordable than at any point in the past 15 years and is less expensive than renting in a growing number of cities. ...
12/06/2011
Buying wins!  At least here in our Northwest Suburban Chicago Area. Schaumburg home prices and mortgage rates have fallen so far that the monthly cost of owning a home is more affordable than at any point in the past 15 years and is less expensive than renting in a growing number of cities. If y...
12/03/2011
Came across an absolutely excellent type of newsletter that I want to share with all of you.  They actually do a compilation of all the 'newest everything' & pop it into one convenieint newsletter called 'Who's Blogging What'. I have learned SO MUCH from this newsletter over the last few months....
12/02/2011
Remodeling Magazine just complied it's Cost vs. Value Report for 2011-2012.  I supply it to you simply because I try and bring my readership a vast array of information.   But personally, I really think this magazine has lost it's mind. Some of the project cost totals are just over the moon. Inst...
12/02/2011
Whoops, I guess your 'delicate sensibilities' got hurt ......Well today I was reviewing paperwork for an REO on which we had won the bid with multiple offers. The buyer felt that he just had to move too fast in this situation and I assume is feeling a slight sense of buyers remorse. Sometimes whe...
12/01/2011
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Lyn Sims offers market observations, housing industry updates and real estate news about the surrounding communities near Schaumburg IL in the Chicago Northwest Suburbs.