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Real Estate Agent - Baird & Warner
Market statistics, neighborhood happenings, real estate future planning by local municipalities, and "straight from the hip" observations of a residential Realtor who cover the north side of Chicago and the northern and northwestern suburbs.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
According to the local real estate board for the suburban communities that lie due north of Chicago, the statistics for the first quarter of the year are definitely encouraging. Single family home sales are up some 59% over the same period of time in 2009. Homes under contract are up 60% for the ...
04/15/2010
NAR did its best to drum up excitement for the Saturday/Sunday extravaganza this past weekend.  I have a brand new condo listing to show off, so I jumped on the bandwagon.  The weather was beautiful, my advertising done, personal invites to all the condo building neighbors, open house signs set u...
04/11/2010
So many homeowners are asking the same question these days: how long will it be before the value of my house returns to its former levels?  I have been answering this question with the broad response of "years, YEARS!"  Today I spotted a report on the local ABC local television affiliate website ...
03/17/2010
I finally spent a minute or two tonight on the recently launched www.houselogic.com website, developed by National Association of Realtors for the homeowners of the world (or at least our little corner of the world here in the USA). Pretty slick, imho.  Today's home page offers solid advice on in...
03/01/2010
To all my fellow property owners in Cook County, Illinois.  If you are paying your own property tax bill, heads up!  The dealine for the first installment to be paid is this Tuesday, March 2. The state legislature authorized the counties to collect 55% of the 2008 total tax bill for the first ins...
02/28/2010
Answer - just one. Scenario: owner wants to list and sell a condo unit.  The conversation we had about the desire to sell centered around what it is worth vs. what will the right list price be.  There is a neighbor on market in the same condo building with a very similar unit on market and under ...
02/21/2010
The years go by, and some things never change. Public opinion polls seem to repeat the news: the general public thinks very poorly of real estate agents as a profession. And I mean VERY poorly. Most people hold real estate agents in low regard. The reasons vary, but the result is truly unfortunat...
02/18/2010
Nothing profound here.  Just an observation.  This week's offerings on the weekly broker tour (or caravan if you call it that) were paltry.  Instead of 20-40 properties open for agents to tour, there were maybe 5 or 6.  Personally, I have very  hopeful for the new year of 2010, expecting the numb...
01/07/2010
The City of Evanston send out a nice e-newsletter, usually containing pertinent local news.  Witness the newest evidence that downtown Evanston is NOT your father's Evanston!  If I had not seen this story in the newsletter, I never would have known that fascinating art is hanging over the heads ...
01/06/2010
It It all started so simply.  I had sent out a "just listed" postcard on a rental property last summer.  One of those cards went to a neighboring home close to the new listing.  The resident of that home passed along the postcard to a coworker who was searching for a rental.  That seeker called m...
01/05/2010
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Daily musings on residential real estate in Chicago and the northern suburbs, with the consumer and property owner in mind.