New Lenox, IL Real Estate News

  Are You a Millennial Hoping to Buy a Home?Solutions Exist to Address the Challenges You Face   It's no secret ...   Today's younger generation is finding it much more challenging to buy a home than their parents did.  That's troubling and sad, as 9 out of 10 millennials report they want to buy ... 10/07/2019

  How Financing Options are Affected by the Rise & Fall of Federal Reserve Interest Rates    My phone is ringing off the hook these days ...The latest move by the Federal Reserve has garnered lots of attention and piqued the interest of many.  Many of my callers are wondering:   Have mortgage int... 09/26/2019

  Be Prepared & Safe for the Coming Winter: Perform These Chicagoland Fall Home Maintenance Measures Now  Seems like we were just talking about the beginning of warm weather and summer pursuits ...   But here we are ... already putting pumpkins, cornstalks, and fall mums out to decorate our homes... 09/25/2019

  Considering the Purchase of a Condominium or Townhome as an Investment Property?   Have you been thinking about entering the real estate market as a first-time investor?   Could your investment purchase include a condominium or townhome?   It's something many are currently considering as each p... 09/17/2019

 Will County Fall Festivals, Pumpkin Farms, Corn Mazes, Hayrides - 2019  Fall is right around the corner in Will County, IL ...  You can feel it in the air at night.  There's a new "crispness" to it.  The hours of sunlight are fewer.  Leaves are turning in color and already beginning to fall to t... 09/10/2019

  Multi-Generational - Cross-Generational Home Buyers: Meeting Their Needs Multi-Generational Homes ... Cross-Generational Homes.  No matter what you prefer to call them, they're gaining in popularity all across America ...Two statistics speak to this growing trend: 64 Million Americans, roughly ... 09/03/2019

  What a New Millennial Survey Teaches Us ...  While Millennials are currently reported to be buying homes at a faster pace than in the past, many of those that wish to buy are presently being stymied ... What is it that Millennials feel stand in the way of their home buying dreams?  And what num... 08/29/2019

  Lincoln-Way Area Public Schools Back in Session Soon for School Year 2019-2020  It seems like summer just began ... but the 2019-2020 school year is soon kicking into gear for Lincoln-Way Area school children and their families ... To help Lincoln-Way Area families prepare, engage (and show sup... 08/08/2019

  Be Prepared! Act Proactively! Gather & Retain this Documentation & Info for Future Mortgage Application  There is typically one bit of knowledge that the overwhelming majority of home buyers already know when they contact me for a mortgage ...   They know they'll need to provide "a boatload" of... 07/22/2019

  Summer of 2019 - Pools, Splash Parks, & Water Parks to Enjoy Throughout Will County It's Summertime! Kids all across Will County and our entire nation are out of school for the summer.  And that's leaving many parents to deal with the age-old question ... "How do I keep 'em busy during the hot ... 07/08/2019

   UltraFICO & Experian Boost Good Solutions to Your Credit Challenges?  Ever since the announcements regarding the new credit scoring systems "UltraFICO" and "Experian Boost" were made last year (and their subsequent implementation earlier this year), questions regarding their use, legitimacy, a... 06/21/2019

  Do You Have Plans for the Weekend? Those Plans Should Include Checking Your CreditAnother weekend is just around the corner ... do you have plans?    Silly question, I know.  But even if you already have a boatload of activities on your calendar, carve out enough time to add one more important ... 06/10/2019

  Taking The Mystery Out of Credit Score Calculations Credit ... Credit Building ... Credit Repair ... Credit Reports ... Credit Scores ... Credit Scoring ...  I feel a bit like Bubba in Forrest Gump at times when I speak or write of credit-related things ...  Why?  Because such a large number of... 05/29/2019

  Don't You Think I'm Sexy???If Not, You Should  Americans are fascinated with houses.  The internet, advertising, magazine racks, and TV viewing schedules revolve around them.  No matter whether it's buying, building, repairing, remodeling, decorating, flipping, investing, improving, beautifying... 05/16/2019

  A Decade of Housing Healing: Has it Created Opportunity for You?  It's now been around a decade since the big housing market crash ...   While many housing markets have cooled a bit, as of late ... the Home Equity Report for the last quarter of 2018 (and a quarterly overview of the distribution... 05/07/2019

  Thinking About Buying Your First Home?How to Prepare Buying a home ...   While the end result ... a home of your own ... is an exciting thing to ponder, it also can be a bit nerve-wracking, can't it?   All sorts of questions race through your mind once you decide to buy ...  What do I need to d... 05/02/2019

 PUD VS Condominium: Serious Differences Exist  PUD and Condo (Condominium) ... I'm sure you've heard or read these terms when talking or reading of something real estate-related.  They're kind of odd sounding.  Hard to forget. But beyond their rather funny names, what are they? What are their ch... 04/26/2019

 Want an Advantage When It's Time to Buy?Be Ready With Your Mortgage Pre-Approval  A scenario I'm all too familiar with played out once again over this last weekend ... A phone call came in from a prospective home buyer.  They wanted to get pre-approved for a mortgage.  Their realtor had advised ... 04/09/2019

  Easter Egg Hunts in the Lincoln-Way Area - 2019 The Lincoln-Way area, located in the far southwest suburbs of Chicago, is made up of 4 main communities ... Manhattan (my hometown), Mokena, New Lenox, and Frankfort.   Each of these four towns and their surrounding areas has seen major population... 04/04/2019

 Do You Have Pets?  Need Room for Them to Roam?  Our son, John, and his family recently added a new member to our family ... Lily.  A sweet playful beautiful black puppy. Lily is now Marilyn's and my "furry grandchild" and is quickly establishing her place in our lives.   As with all our grandchi... 03/25/2019