Tag: Buyer tips
What it takes to buy a beachfront home on the North Shore
Maureen Mohling, one of our local correspondents for Winnetka, has a flair for finding the right word or phrase to summarize a complex topic. "Patie [...]
Chicago Association of Realtors schedules "Heroes Welcome Home" seminars to help returning troops
The Chicago Association of Realtors has scheduled a two-day "Heroes Welcome Home" program for next month that will teach Realtors how to address the h [...]
Zekas: "I'm Sabrina" of CribChatter fame
Joe Zekas was taking a smoke break when the mail arrived at the YoChicago office Wednesday afternoon. I typically don't snoop around his office, but [...]
Quote of the day: Taking advantage of the foreclosure trend
So distressed properties are the market's "new normal" -- what does that mean for people who aren't looking to buy or sell a foreclosed home or short [...]
Getting real-time market data from Rubloff
Among all of the Chicago brokerages with a strong online presence, it was Rubloff that pioneered many of the concepts buyers expect from today's Web [...]
The end is nigh for home buyer tax credits
Don't know if you've heard about it, but there's this thing called a "first-time buyer tax credit" going around right now, as well as a "repeat buyer [...]
Closing tips: Figure in time for wire transfers
Recent changes to the Illinois' Title Insurance Act could demand some smart scheduling on your part. On January 1, the state banned cashier's checks, [...]
Jennifer Ames on open house trends
Upon reflecting on Linda Martin's recent open house at the $3.69 million home 322 Chestnut St in Winnetka, Joe Zekas started wondering whether open ho [...]
The right time for serious buyers
After running through all the things in a buyer's favor in today's market -- low prices, low interest rates, and government incentives -- Genie Birc [...]
What new buyers need to know
What advice would Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch give a buyer who's entering the market for the first time? For one, buyers n [...]
Quote of the day: renting as a "stealth stimulus"
People's increasing willingness to abandon their own piece of America illustrates a paradoxical change wrought by the housing bust: Even as it tarnish [...]
Query quintet: Five questions with @properties agent Courtney Larisey
I met @properties agent Courtney Larisey last month during a tour of brokers open houses in Wicker Park. Courtney, who was marketing a short-sale in a [...]
Live and Play magazine goes to print
I don't often see Web sites making the jump to print, but Jenny Ames' Live and Play in Chicago has done just that.
During our sit-down at Coldwell Ba [...]
Query quintet: five questions on the market with @properties agent Jeff Proctor
Last Tuesday I met @properties agent Jeff Proctor at a broker open house he was holding at 1306 N Greenview Ave #1, a 2,300 square-foot three-bedroom [...]
Query quintet: Five questions on the market with @properties agent Tracy Boyce
This morning I joined a caravan of agents on a tour of broker open houses in Wicker Park. At a three-story townhome at 1530 N Elk Grove Ave, I met @pr [...]
What to expect on auction day
You've brushed up on your auction lingo and the auction process -- now it's time to go to the event itself. Julie First of Sheldon Good & Associ [...]
Convenience for you is a safe bet for lenders
On October 23rd, the Metropolitan Planning Council, in partnership with the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Plan [...]
Five easy pieces: Gale Goldstick of Coldwell Banker
In an effort to get the most substantive responses from our interviewees, we've honed the five questions of our ongoing "five easy pieces" feature. [...]
How to prepare for a real estate auction
Last week Julie First of Sheldon Good & Company helped you improve your auction vocabulary. Now she's going to give you some pointers on preparing f [...]
Comparing prices across neighborhoods in the North Side residential market
It's not enough to compare one home in Roscoe Village to all the others in the neighborhood. As buyers on the North Side focus more on price point, [...]