Glenview, Chicago North Shore & Northwest Suburbs Real Estate

Mount Prospect Home Sale - Traditional, REO and Short Sale Numbers Two snapshots below are showing real estate trends for the past 3 years in Mount Prospect, IL and are comparing sold properties by the type of sale.  The first chart is showing traditional sales, REO (foreclosures) and Short Sales...

Your Mount Prospect Real Estate Blogger Being addicted to learning about SEO is not that bad.You get some more calls and consequently more business.   The bad thing would be the calls for your broker, because you have higher rankings and sometimes the call is not business related. Or some calls t...

Are you looking for a home in Mount Prospect with a fireplace? Currently there are 21 attached single family homes on the market in Mount Prospect.Only one is a condo and the rest are townhouses. The most affordable attached single family home with a fireplace is $120,000 and the highest priced o...

The snapshot below is showing real estate trends for the past 5 years in Mount Prospect, IL compiled from MLS.  The current average listing price in Mount Prospect is $245,340. Slightly higher compared to the average sold price at the end of 2010. As I type, the average market time is 258 days an...

Do you need a daily dose of Mount Prospect's Facebook news feed?  You came to the right place. Here are the links to get your daily feed on what is going on in Mount Prospcet, IL. Once you are on the page, like it and you are all set for the news, events and more!  Village of Mount Prospect on Fa...

So many times I was looking to have a scanner nearby while visiting with a client. They might have an old Fax that would need to be sent to an e-fax and I would hope that the copy is legible. Often with the scanner in my home office, when I scan, the documents are too large, so large that i can't...

My clients were happy to see me with my new lens.  Tamron is 10-24mm and it's an ultra wide angle lens that is perfect for my full time real estate job.       It was great to see the final result! With small bathrooms, I would always miss something. Maybe I would capture half of the shower or mos...

Niles, IL Real Estate Market Trends Here are the real estate trends that I compiled from MLS that will give you an idea of what to expect if you were to buy or sell a home in Niles. The numbers below are showing median sales price by bedrooms, from 2009 - 2011. There is approximately a 37% drop i...

Here are the real estate trends that I compiled from MLS that will give you an idea what to expect if we would buy or sell a home in Mount Prospect. The numbers below are only for the homes sold in the month of August in the past 3 years. Left numbers are for condos and townhouses and the right o...

From my Facebook news feed to Haris's north of Chicago real estate and other stuff blog. Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) released today the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing mortgage rates, fixed and adjustable, reaching all-time record lows providing further incentive for t...