orland park real estate: Falling on Google
- 09/07/13 04:05 AM
I wrote another blog about how I can't compete any longer on the search engines. Consider this, in 2007 around $8,000,000 to $9,000,000 out of the $12,000,000 in total sales I did that year came from my website. I've never been able to match that, especially since the real estate bubble burst, but for the first time since I've had a real estate website I'm wondering if the little local sites will be relevant any longer. This is from someone who considers her sites her "babies." I've been so proud of all of my websites and blogs. I've learned how to … (68 comments)
orland park real estate: New Orland Park Real Estate Website
- 05/05/13 09:16 AM
About 4 or 5 years ago I created a hyper-local website for Orland Park real estate but I let it go - in fact, I shut down the blog/site and redirected the domain name to the Orland Park page on my main website. I wish I hadn't done that! To my credit, although I worked in Orland Park, my office and my home at the time were in Oak Lawn, and I had a website for that village, which has the most annual sales than any other southwest suburb that I work in. Three years ago we moved to the Homer … (12 comments)
orland park real estate: I Give Up - I Can't Compete!
- 03/18/13 07:07 AM
My websites were usually in #1 Google position when searching for the keywords I was optimizing, such as Orland Park real estate. I was able to impress sellers at listing appointments by using those keywords to do a real-time Google search at their property. I can no longer pull this one off. Now the first organic search results are Trulia, Homes.com & Realtor.com followed by the local listings and then either Zillow or me (once in a while another site will show up). These are sites that I constantly work on, send anchor text links to and add content to on … (12 comments)
orland park real estate: My Perfect Website Would Have...
- 01/28/13 03:40 PM
If I could have the perfect website, there would be a much larger list than just 3 things. But to keep with the Active Rain challenge, the most important 3 things I would want in a website are: 1. I must be able to change anything I don't want to have to pay for any changes or normal upgrades. I want to be able to change colors, backgrounds, template style, headers, etc. whenever I feel like it. I want to have more customization of my built-in blog. My current site allows me to create unlimited pages and change my header photos … (15 comments)
It's easy to see that there are more listings coming on the market as we get closer to our more active spring and summer markets.
January took a nosedive with the amount of homes that actually sold. Thankfully, that trend shot back up in February.
The average list price for homes in Orland Park took a dip in January but are continuing upward again through February. Keep in mind, a seller can ask anything they want for their home, but the next chart … (1 comments)
orland park real estate: Lost My First Buyer Due to Rising IL State Income Taxes
- 02/04/11 04:50 AM
I had a buyer lead looking for Orland Park real estate in the $350,000 price range. They were pre-qualified, had registered on my website and had communicated with me. I set them up with an automated MLS search. After the news of the IL State Income Tax rate rising from 3% to 5%, he sent me an e-mail stating that he would no longer need my services as he was now going to look in Indiana instead. Thankfully, I have an AR referral agent team in Indiana that I was able to refer him to. Although I don't like writing about … (0 comments)
orland park real estate: Orland Park Real Estate Supply & Demand 2010
- 01/19/11 03:59 AM
The following chart shows single family Orland Park homes activity for the past year. The last time I showed Orland Park real estate sales stats I had a lively "discussion" with an Orland Park home owner that did not believe the data. These charts are produced by a company called Market Dynamics and the data comes from our local multiple listing service. This shows a picture of Orland Park single family homes for sale, under contract and those that sold and closed for 2010.
I have to shrink the chart so it fits in this post, but the colors tell … (1 comments)
Although I had to make the chart small enough to fit into this post, you can still see the difference between the amount of properties for sale shown by the red line compared to the blue line which represents Orland Park homes under contract and the green line which shows Orland Park homes that have sold and closed. When you look at the data it puts into perspective the lopsided amount of inventory that was available last year and the … (2 comments)
orland park real estate: Orland Park Homes For Sale Under $200,000
- 07/23/09 03:40 AM
In today's slow Buyer's Market, it is interesting to see how many Orland Park homes for sale under $200,000 exist on any given day. If you click the link you'll see that as of today, there are currently 7 Orland Park homes for sale available now priced $100,000-$200,000! There is a search already created for under $100,000 but there's not usually anything available in that price range. These homes range in price from a low of $170,000 for a 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bathroom ranch style home (all on one level) up to a cute little dollhouse offering 2 bedrooms and 1 … (0 comments)
orland park real estate: How Many Orland Park Homes For Sale Are Available Today?
- 06/16/09 07:15 AM
You can visit the #1 local website for Orland Park Homes (in Google) every day to see how the Orland Park real estate inventory is changing. Today there are 345 single family Orland Park homes for sale. Prices start at $94,900 for a bank-owned reo 3 bedroom, 1 bath ranch style home up to $2,395,000 for a 5 bedroom, 6 1/2 bathroom 2-story style home. Of course, there is everything in between, meaning there is an Orland Park home for you. You can view details of the homes, view photos and even virtual tours (if the listing agents provide them) and … (0 comments)
orland park real estate: Orland Park Supply and Demand
- 04/29/09 02:58 PM
It's interesting how many people do not understand our current market in this recession. When updating my Orland Park home sellers I send them an updated version of the following Orland Park Real Estate Supply and Demand Chart. This particular chart is for Orland Park homes for sale for the past six months.
Seeing data like this really makes your jaw drop. Look at the large amount of inventory compared to homes under contract and homes that have sold and closed. This shows why it is so important to price your Orland Park home properly. Imagine being a buyer hit … (12 comments)
orland park real estate: Search Orland Park Condos and Townhomes For Sale
- 01/24/09 04:05 AM
The new custom IDX on www.orland-park-real-estate.net offers a quick glance at a full search for all active Orland Park condominiums and townhomes for sale for any given day. Click on the link to get to the page. At the time of this post, there are currently 297 attached properties for sale in Orland Park, IL. Prices range from under $100,000 to the high $500,000's. This search combines condominiums, townhouses, duplexes and any other type of attached property. This is a very general search. If you want a search to fit your exact criteria you have a choice of either doing an … (0 comments)
orland park real estate: Back to the Blog
- 04/07/07 11:00 AM
I have been a member here since June of '06. I joined and got two members to join under me. I started getting e-mail notifications about people I didn't know telling me they added me as one of their associates. I didn't know what that meant. I was notified there was a blog feature. I created my blog and made one post. I never came back. Why? Well, I treated Active Rain like a directory because I had never been involved with a community like this before. I've been a member of many different forums over the years, not all … (5 comments)
I wrote another blog about how I can't compete any longer on the search engines. Consider this, in 2007 around $8,000,000 to $9,000,000 out of the $12,000,000 in total sales I did that year came from my website. I've never been able to match that, especially since the real estate bubble burst, but for the first time since I've had a real estate website I'm wondering if the little local sites will be relevant any longer.
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