Lyn Sims on the Schaumburg Area
Schaumburg IL Homes and Real Estate - Northwest Suburbs of Chicago
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2021
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What Makes a Good Neighborhood? When you buy a house, you also invest in the neighborhood that surrounds it. The identity of a neighborhood may be as important to property values as the individual properties themselves. In a “planned community”, strictly controlled architecture governs a carefull...
02/22/2021
WHAT IS A HOME WARRANTY AND HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT WILL IT DO FOR ME AS A BUYER? A home warranty can give a purchaser peace of mind. If anything catastrophic happens in the house, you are only financially liable for the deductible. So if the furnace goes out one evening and you just can't get i...
02/22/2021
In 2020, the median down payment on a home was 12 percent for all buyers, the National Association of Realtors® found. It was lowest for first-time homebuyers, at only 7 percent, and highest for repeat buyers at 16 percent. (Dec 14, 2020) There is so much misinformation that I always diligently...
02/18/2021
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What are the Main Reasons for Wanting to Move? 15 Reasons People Sell their Schaumburg Area Home! First off, you don't need a reason to sell your home! Buyers always want to know the reason why you are moving expecting some horrible tale. Most of the time it's just pretty average. But American ho...
02/12/2021
What is a Coach Home anyway?And while I'm asking what the heck is a Manor Home too? I have many buyers ask me 'What is a coach home or a manor home anyway?' It all started with Lexington Builders on the eastern edge of Schaumburg around 40+ years ago. It was a new design concept for condos tha...
02/10/2021
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Wildberry Townhomes, Streamwood IL Welcome to the summary for the Wildberry Townhome community in Streamwood IL near Barrington and Bode Rds. Very popular area across the street from the Cook County Forest Preserve with wonderfully maintained walking, jogging and bike paths. The area is comprise...
02/10/2021
RPAC is just not working for me, it's just a giant wallet giving out money without quantitative results. Worse yet, it's the right hand of the slippery brother named NAR. Every year about this time I get incensed when I hear how much these guys dole out 'on our behalf' for things that we don't ...
02/05/2021
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Lyn Sims offers market observations, housing industry updates and real estate news about the surrounding communities near Schaumburg IL in the Chicago Northwest Suburbs.