Glenview, Chicago North Shore & Northwest Suburbs Real Estate

What will the seller accept in Mount Prospect for their home? Yes we can send a low ball offer! this is an offer that would be way below listing price. I have sent some low balls knowing the outcome and showing the buyers that even they wouldn't get a 30% discount of the current list price.  A fe...

My Mount Prospect real estate website www.HomesByHaris.com is on page one on Google, Bing and Yahoo. With the term "Mount Prospect real estate" we can see on the image bellow the result. As we all know,  it's not easy; especially with so many competing websites. Now I'm motivated to keep the site...

Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian Speaking Real Estate Broker in Chicago suburbs. Last night my phone rang after 8pm and I answered. There was a short silence and then the conversation went to my native tongue. It was a potential client that lives in Phoenix, Arizona that was looking for a Bo...

On the tables below, we see the number of available homes on the market in the past three years by their sales type.  Inventory is slightly smaller in 2010 compared to 2012.As of July 2012 we have 243 traditional homes on the market, 28 REO/Foreclosed Properties and 98 Short Sales in Mount Prospe...

Finally I made it to the Chicago Botanic Garden on my bicycle from downtown Glenview! Below are some great shots and the Map from Map my Ride; that has a great application for smart phones.       I took a slightly different road at the end to get to Trader Joe's on my way home.    Being exhausted...

In the past I used this sentence more than ones: "This home is sold and that one is under contract."   If you are waiting for a deal that will not exceed X amount of money in that particular subdivision or a condominium building you just may wait forever.  Many home buyers are taking advantage of...

After a few successful short sales, I decided to go a step further and get certified, to be a better resource for my clients.  There are no equal samples to give. All of them are different: different banks, different type of home, different hardship and the list goes on.  I personally had a short...

  Finding products from the Balkans in a multicultural Chicago is not that difficult. Being from the restaurant family I'm always happy to try something new, especially if there is a great product that is in a way connected to my roots.  Not too long ago I was visiting my family in Slovenia and t...

Highland Towers In Niles, IL are FHA approved!  When I did my search through MLS I found 5 available units on the market in these buildings. My optimistic mind told me to search only by subdivision but I knew better. Unfortunately not all listings can be found by subdivision. We wonder why?    Vi...

Mount Prospect Real Estate Trends 2011 On my NorthOfChicago.com real estate blog we can find different types of market analysis for Mount Prospect, IL and other areas in Chicago northwest suburbs.  This particular chart below is showing sold homes in Mount Prospect by price range with the average...