Hawthorn Woods IL Median List Price to Sale Price Statistics - Real Estate, Home Sales, Property Values Going Down, Depreciation - 04/28/10 10:55 PM
Median Hawthorn Woods IL List Price versus Sale Price Statistics From ZillowReal Estate / Homes Sales / Property Values in Hawthorn Woods Have Been Down During the Past Year -- Especially the 500k and up Segment.
That's great news for prospective Hawthorn Woods home buyer clients!  Why? 
We are at the bottom of the market most likely - given the fact that the Fed is keeping interest rates low, and the economy is showing signs of life - with new hiring - and the "echo boomers" coming into the market in the next five years to purchase homes.
We know … (0 comments)

Libertyville IL Median List Price to Sale Price Statistics - Real Estate, Home Sales, Property Values Going Down, Depreciation - 04/28/10 09:45 PM
Libertyville IL Median List Price to Sale Price Statistics From Zillow Real Estate / Homes Sales / Property Values Down During the Past Year (ie - Depreciation)
 
That's great news for prospective Libertyville home buyer clients!  Why? 
We are at the bottom of the market most likely - given the fact that the Fed is keeping interest rates low, and the economy is showing signs of life - with new hiring - and a mini-baby-boomlet coming into the market in the next five years to purchase homes.
The following charts is a prime case where Zillow statistics can be … (0 comments)

Lake Zurich IL Median List Price to Sale Price Statistics - Real Estate, Home Sales, Property Values Going Down, Depreciation - 04/28/10 08:55 PM
Lake Zurich IL Real Estate
Home sales & property values are going down.  That is great news for our home buyer clients!  (We never represent sellers to avoid the inherent conflicts of interest that so called "buyer agents" have)      The Zillow Median List Price as compared to the  Sale Price Statistics show some significant Real Estate price declines during the past year.  Take it with a grain of salt - as Zillow can be somewhat inaccurate - but anything gets thrown into the pot in negotiation!   
Just don't browse homes at Zillow - since it is … (0 comments)

Mundelein IL Median List Price to Sale Price Statistics - Real Estate, Home Sales, Property Values Going Down, Depreciation - 04/28/10 06:48 PM
Mundelein  ILMedian Mundelein List Price versus Sale Price Statistics From ZillowReal Estate / Homes Sales / Property Values in Mundelein Have Been Down During the Past Year
 
That's great news for prospective Mundelein home buyer clients!  Why? 
We are at the bottom of the market most likely - given the fact that the Fed is keeping interest rates low, and the economy is showing signs of life - with new hiring - and a mini-baby-boomlet coming into the market in the next five years to purchase homes.
Check out the charts below - but don't do your property … (0 comments)

Barrington Illinois Home Search / Map Based MLS Search of Property / Real Estate - 04/23/10 06:01 PM
Barrington Illinois Home Search / Map Based MLS Search of Property / Real EstateHere is a link to searching homes in Barrington using our map-based interface.   There are many display options to choose from - and you can get a "walk score" of properties.  The walk score ranks properties from zero to 100 -- zero meaning that it would take a long time to walk to things like a grocery store for example.   There are many other ways you can search for property - including market time, Pre-foreclosure or short sale, bank owned, percentage price drops and more.  Have fun!
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Firkins, Libertyville Illinois Blues Jam on Thursday Night - Dancing and Good Selection of Micro-brew Beers - 04/23/10 05:41 PM
Firkins, Libertyville Illinois - Blues Jam on Thursday Night 
Dancing and Good Selection of Micro-brew Beers
 
 
 
 
 
 
My girlfriend and I had been wanting to go to Firkins in Libertyville for several weeks.  We’d heard that it had an exceptional beer menu and a live blues jam every Thursday night.  So, a spur of the moment idea last night after my work was done at 9 PM - turned into our much anticipated Firkin’s night out.  We got a late start, but that was no problem since the band doesn't start until 10 PM..  At … (0 comments)

South Barrington Luxury Homes - Highest Market Time Properties / Real Estate Listings - 04/22/10 07:03 PM
South Barrington Luxury Homes - Highest Market Time Properties / Real Estate Listings
South Barrington has some of the most luxurious homes in the Barrington Illinois area. Much like downtown Chicago - listing agents prefer to accompany any showings by a buyers agent, rather than use lockboxes.A lot of the buyers who move to South Barrington are relocating corporate VP's or Presidents.  I've shown as many as 20 properties in one day when needed - as executives are on tight timelines! 
I'm  very efficient when it comes to route optimization plotting..and being on time for the showings (coaching the buyer … (0 comments)

Some pictures from Active Rain - Raincamp - Palatine IL April 19 2010 - 04/22/10 04:41 PM
Some pictures from Active Rain - Raincamp - Palatine IL April 19 2010
I was sitting in the VIP preferred Platinum seating section - front & center, which was nice....
Unfortunately - the lunch the came with the session wasn't very good (heard a number of other comments about that as well)  But - it was edible at any rate.  Had a good time at the after-party meeting people at the Big Shot Piano Bar in Arlington Heights.  Unfortunately - I didn't have my trumpet with me (have played there in the past) - otherwise - I would have jammed out … (1 comments)

How To Add .PDF Files To Your Blog Post and Website - 04/19/10 02:22 PM
Great info on how to add PDF files to your blog or web site.
Via Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager (ActiveRain):
How To Add a .PDF File To Your Blog Post or Website
Once you've learned to add photos, embed video and audio files, create hyper-links and anchor text etc, inevitably you'll want to know how you can add a .pdf file to your Blog post.  An Adobe Acrobat .PDF (Portable Document Format) file is a document that typically cannot be edited and is usually created from an original document using the Adobe Acrobat software or similar application.  .PDF files can be viewed … (3 comments)

FlickRiver for Flickr Photos - Tips and Widgets for Blogs and Websites - 04/19/10 02:09 PM
Good article about Flickr Photos...  FlickRiver
Via Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager (ActiveRain):
I just found a really cool site that takes all your Flickr photos and places them on their own URL as a single display.  The search results in FlickRiver (as in most photos) are based on the title, description, tag words, and geo-tagging.  I did a search just for fun and found some photos out there with me in them, many of which I had never seen before.  WOW!!  Don't worry, there's nothing you shouldn't see...I hope!   lol~
The FlickRiver Search tool is pretty advanced but easy to use, … (0 comments)

Barrington IL Homes For Sale - Luxury Properties For Sale $500,000 and Up - MLS Search - 04/14/10 10:33 PM
Barrington IL Homes For Sale - Luxury Properties $500,000 and Up - MLS Search
We have a pretty cool home search application on our web site - that allows you to search for all sorts of things about a property - including it's "walk score"    The walk score is defined as how near commonly used things ara  -- to the home that you are considering -- (grocery stores, gas station, Starbucks, hair salon, doggy day care, dance studio, schools etc.)
Displayed below - is a map of higher priced luxury homes in Barrington IL.  (When you put your mouse cursor over … (0 comments)

Home Buyer Client Testimonial, Buffalo Grove IL - Our Record Number of Home Showings for Property Listings - 04/14/10 09:20 PM
Home Buyer Client Testimonial, Buffalo Grove IL - Our Record Number of Home Showings For Property Listings
As a Real Estate agent serving buyer clients - what was your record number of homes shown?  
Sometimes we have clients that have only seen 6-10 homes before they fell in love with one and made an offer.   In past years - the average figure was more like 20-25.  
 
In the current market - buyers like to see more - and our average is probably about 30-60 homes shown.  Then there is the occasional outlier -- 60-80.  Rarely do we ever get … (0 comments)

Are You a First Time Home Buyer - looking to buy in the Palatine area? - 04/14/10 07:18 PM
Are You a First Time Home Buyer - looking to buy in the Palatine area?
95% of our clients this past year were first time buyers.    Note however - that you just have 2  weeks left to have a seller signed contract for a home (April 30th is the deadline) - in order to receive the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit.  You must close by June 30th.
We've helped people find their perfect home in as little as 3 days - so - no worries (as they say in Australia) if you are only getting around to deciding to … (0 comments)

Setting a Home Search Price Range - Don't Make Assumptions - Allow Leeway For Good Negotiation - 04/09/10 08:37 PM
 
Setting a Home Search Price Range - Don't Make Assumptions - Allow Leeway For Good Negotiation
When you are searching for a home in Chicago's Northwest Suburbs  - you may miss many nice homes that  might work for you if you keep your price range settings too tight.
Let's assume that the top of your range in 400k.   You may be missing seeing the home that is $402,000 - that might meet your specifications perfectly.  The seller might be in a very motivated situation - and they may have a lot of equity in the home and could afford to … (0 comments)

 
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