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By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
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Is your home ready for it's internet debut?      Staging is all about getting your home ready to be seen by all the interested buyers on the internet. So your home better be ready for it's first photo shoot! We'll talk about how your home is perceived on-line as well as with initial curb appeal. ...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 3
What's the purpose of staging?    Staging your home is not concealing any structural defects. It is showing your home, with all it's warts and bumps, in the best possible light. It doesn't add another full bath or add that basement you should have gotten from the builder. It's taking your home, p...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
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5 Eco-Friendly Ways to Get Clutter Out of Your Home  Did you know that clutter in your home can cause you stress? Getting rid of clutter and organizing your home can definitely make your life easier and less stressful, but if you do it the wrong way, you could be causing more stress for the envir...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 0
What are Prices Doing?  Average sales price ($326,000) a decrease of 4% from March 2018.  Sellers are now happy with prices or have decided that now is a good time to move. Some of life's choices say that it's time to do it. How about you? Are you thinking of moving? With our overall amount of i...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 0
What are Prices Doing?  Average sales price ($332,600) an increase of 2.1% from March 2018.  Sellers are now happy with prices or have decided that now is a good time to move. Some of life's choice say that it's time to do it.  How about you? Are you thinking of moving? With our overall amount o...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 5
The Cook County Animal and Rabies Control Clinics allow affordable rabies vaccinations to bring all citizens into compliance. Rabies vaccines will cost $7 for a one year and $21 for a three year period.  Ferrets may only be vaccinated for one year and the cost of the vaccine is $9.  Pet owners ca...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 2
 Here's the things that you need to know if you are planning on selling in Hoffman Estates. Let's go through a few graphs to help give you an idea. What percentage of homes are going under contract each month in Hoffman Estates? This tells you if the market is flat, on the upswing or declining ba...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 1
 How's the first quarter 2019 for real estate in Schaumburg? Here's the things that you will need to know currently in Schaumburg. I've provided a few graphs to help give you an idea. What is the percentage of homes that are going under contract each month in Schaumburg? This tells you if the mar...

By Margaret Goss, Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate
(Baird & Warner Real Estate)
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Be the Smartest Home on Your Block! Join us for a smart meeting on smarter homes. Learn how you can easily automate your home’s essential systems with the latest technology. Smart home technology promises to make your living space more comfortable, convenient, and secure with just one easy app! C...

By Margaret Goss, Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate
(Baird & Warner Real Estate)
Comments 1
Winnetka North Shore High-End Luxury Homes Viewing the high-end luxury homes we have on the North Shore is a perk of being a real estate agent. Some of these mansions are new construction but have been gutted and meticulously restored and updated to such a degree that they feel like new homes. Cu...

By Margaret Goss, Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate
(Baird & Warner Real Estate)
Comments 0
See North Shore home sales for March 2019 in your village:WINNETKA   WILMETTE    KENILWORTH     GLENCOE  NORTHFIELD   Get monthly real estate news for Winnetka & the North Shore!Sign up for my newsletter HERE To contact Margaret Goss please call 847-977-6024Email her at margaret.goss@bairdwarner....

By Margaret Goss, Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate
(Baird & Warner Real Estate)
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WILMETTE 1st QUARTER REAL ESTATE REPORT - 2019 Wilmette is one of the North Shore’s most popular villages in which to live. It has a diverse housing stock, lots of good shopping and restaurants, and a downtown that continues to be redefined with trendy new offerings. Plus the excellent schools th...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 0
Schaumburg Home Showings are down from 2018!Buyer appointments for showing homes in our Midwest Region is down from the previous year 2018 & even 2017. Don't know if it is because of the weather not being very kind this year or that interest rates took a blip upward. Hopefully we will catch up no...

By Margaret Goss, Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate
(Baird & Warner Real Estate)
Comments 1
KENILWORTH 1stQ REAL ESTATE REPORT - 2019 Kenilworth is a beautiful and desirable Chicago suburb in which to purchase a home. Its school, Joseph Sears, takes in children from junior kindergarten through 8th grade making it the only suburb in the North Shore to have one school. Excellent schools a...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 1
 This interactive graph gives the average market times from 2016 to present day for Streamwood townhomes & condos. For the year of 2018, Streamwood townhomes & condos have been steady with average days on market near 45 from the beginning of the year.  These numbers are averages for all sales and...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 0
 This interactive graph gives the monthly average sales prices from 2014 to the present day for Streamwood IL Townhomes & Condos only. For the year of 2018, Streamwood home owners have seen an increase in average sales prices from $165,000 to $168,900.  These numbers are averages for all sales an...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 0
 This interactive graph gives the monthly average sales prices from 2014 to present day for Streamwood IL single family homes only. For the year of 2018, Streamwood home owners have seen an increase in average sales prices from $213,00 to $224,950.  These numbers are averages for all sales and if...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 0
 This interactive graph gives the average market times from 2014 to present day for Streamwood Single Family Homes. For the year of 2018, Streamwood homes have seen a decline in average days on market to 56 which is 13% less from the beginning of the year.  These numbers are averages for all sale...

By Margaret Goss, Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate
(Baird & Warner Real Estate)
Comments 0
Winnetka 1st Quarter Real Estate 2019  Winnetka IL is a beautiful village just 30 minutes away from downtown Chicago. It can easily be accessed by commuter train (with 3 stops in Winnetka) or the Edens expressway.  With excellent schools, a diverse housing stock, restaurants, shopping, and the be...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 2
Real Estate Market Update in Streamwood - March 2019 What are Prices Doing?  Average sales price ($201,000) an decrease of 12% from March 2018.  Remember that every Streamwood subdivision is responding & recovering differently. That means "if and when" a home in the area goes on the market. Selle...

By Lyn Sims, Schaumburg IL Real Estate
(RE/MAX Suburban)
Comments 1
Real Estate Market Update for Schaumburg - March 2019 What are Prices Doing?  Average sales price ($302,500) an increase of .8% from March 2018.  Remember that every Schaumburg subdivision is responding & recovering differently. That means "if and when" a home in the area goes on the market. Sell...

By Margaret Goss, Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate
(Baird & Warner Real Estate)
Comments 2
6 new homes were listed in Hubbard Woods in March.  NEW HUBBARD WOODS LISTINGS  1487 Tower - $639,000            1376 Asbury - $639,000           1423 Tower - $769,900          1441 Tower - $939,000          885 Private - $1,175,000         127 Old Green Bay - $2,350,000    SOLD HUBBARD WOODS LIS...

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