Tag: Buying

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Is your selling agent getting a referral fee from your buyer’s agent?

Is your selling agent getting a referral fee from your buyer’s agent?

Realtors like to boast that they "specialize in residential properties in the city and suburbs," but that's a hollow claim, often a silly one. It' [...]
Are international investors buying up Chicago?

Are international investors buying up Chicago?

A post at HGTV's FrontDoor site has this headline: "Trending: International Investors Buying Up Chicago." International house hunters, accordi [...]

Check out the cribs and ignore the chatter

Sabrina at CribChatter performs a useful service for real estate buyers by diligently searching out and spotlighting interesting new listings, and rev [...]
Relocation therapy can help you reclaim your life

Relocation therapy can help you reclaim your life

According to census experts, the average American moves an estimated 14 times during his or her lifetime. People move for a variety of reasons suc [...]
YoChicago “honored” as top Chicago real estate website

YoChicago “honored” as top Chicago real estate website

We place the "honored" in quotes based on the nature of the site that selected YoChicago as one of the top 6 real estate sites in Chicago, and the onl [...]
Will you be living in a lakefront NORC?

Will you be living in a lakefront NORC?

The New York Times recently focused on the changes that changing demographics have wrought in some Upper West Side buildings: When the co-op co [...]
How to win a North Shore home in a multiple-offer scenario

How to win a North Shore home in a multiple-offer scenario

Anne West's North Shore Views paints this picture of a changed market: It seems like just yesterday that it was a buyer’s market here on Chicag [...]
Occupy Our Homes vs Fifth Third Bank

Occupy Our Homes vs Fifth Third Bank

Almost a year ago we wondered whether Occupy Chicago was using the homeless as cannon fodder by encouraging them to occupy foreclosed homes. A [...]
Housing affordability worsens for young renters, improves for young owners

Housing affordability worsens for young renters, improves for young owners

Fannie Mae recently published its latest Housing Insights report (pdf). Among the report's findings is a divergence in housing affordability betwe [...]
Real estate listing errors – a human or systems problem?

Real estate listing errors – a human or systems problem?

A recent syndicated column by Lew Sichelman in the Tribune warned of the problems occasioned by erroneous data entered into the Multiple Listing S [...]
A brief look at Redfin’s business model

A brief look at Redfin’s business model

At most real estate brokerage firms, agents are independent contractors who work solely on commission. Redfin agents are salaried employees who al [...]
Quote of the day – a prestige name trumps a good school

Quote of the day – a prestige name trumps a good school

Development names matter, according to syndicated columnist Lew Sichelman: Home buyers pay an average of 4.2% more when the development has the [...]
YoChicago gets around Chicagoland

YoChicago gets around Chicagoland

Keeping faith with one of our tag lines – Chicagoland's #1 real estate video channel – we've shot video in 37 Chicago neighborhoods and 7 suburbs [...]
How to research homes for sale in Cook County

How to research homes for sale in Cook County

If there's one thing I've learned from reading 10s of 1,000s of comments on real estate websites, it's this: few people know where to find public [...]
Does your real estate agent need a yardstick?

Does your real estate agent need a yardstick?

Or just a larger measure of common sense? Real estate agents these days seem to assume that every kitchen has 42-inch upper cabinets, and that [...]
Good luck with that new construction search

Good luck with that new construction search

Searching for new construction through real broker sites can be frustrating. Real estate agents are wildly inconsistent in how they code data abou [...]
Outrageous claims about the ABR credential

Outrageous claims about the ABR credential

We've previously called attention, on more than one occasion, to the frequency with which the ABR (Accredited Buyer's Representative) credential i [...]
Is your developer in financial trouble?

Is your developer in financial trouble?

I recently took a cursory look into the history of a developer offering a to-be-built single-family home for sale, and wasn't encouraged by what I [...]
Locating the heart of a neighborhood

Locating the heart of a neighborhood

When a real estate listing says a property is in the “heart” of a neighborhood, there’s a 50/50 chance that it's a) on the far edge of the neighbo [...]
Do your homework and avoid real estate auction fever

Do your homework and avoid real estate auction fever

Rick Levin & Associates has an auction of auction of bank-owned residential properties scheduled for Saturday, September 17, at the Hilton Rosemon [...]
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