Tag: Coldwell Banker
The homes, schools, and parks of Clarendon Hills
Last week we introduced you to Coldwell Banker agent Mike McCurry, who explained why many people choose to live in Clarendon Hills in lieu of Hins [...]
Discussing the Clarendon Hills market during a downtown drive
Joe Zekas and Coldwell Banker's Mike McCurry begin their drive around Clarendon Hills by looking at the village's compact downtown and its locally [...]
An introduction to Clarendon Hills with Mike McCurry
Clarendon Hills is a small community in Chicago's western suburbs, adjacent to its better-known neighbor, Hinsdale.
In this first part of our i [...]
Should North Shore sellers sit out the holiday season?
A question on the minds of many home sellers as Thanksgiving approaches is whether they should take their home off the market during the holiday s [...]
Stuff that sells: A look at the last seven days
According to Redfin, 204 single-family homes, townhomes, and condos have closed in Chicago in the past seven days. Here are a few fast facts about wha [...]
A one-of-a-kind, combo corner loft in the West Loop, priced at $1.15M
Earlier this week, Niko Apostal of Coldwell Banker and the Apostal Group showed me around one of his newest listings, a 4,400 square-foot corner loft [...]
A one-of-a-kind Lincoln Park rowhouse at The Pointe
Over a span of 30 years, Lincoln Park developers refined the art of townhome planning and design. By the mid-Nineties, when The Pointe was built, ma [...]
A value-priced six-bedroom in Northfield, home of Cook County’s lowest tax rate
According to the Tribune,
The lowest combined tax rate in the county this year is in north suburban Northfield, where property values are high. Tax [...]
Introducing the DK Home Team
Over time, Frank DeNovi's business has evolved considerably, to the point that he now orchestrates a team of trained office and field employees who [...]
A wide, light-filled Lincoln Park rowhouse
In the 1990s MCL Companies transformed the former site of Augustana Hospital into The Pointe, one of Lincoln Park's signature developments. The 150 [...]
An REO specialist’s mission statement and succession plan
A typical real estate agent lacks a mission statement and a succession plan, making it difficult for lenders to be confident in hiring his services. [...]
Frank DeNovi: Upscale foreclosures are changing the game
Foreclosures, once unheard of in higher-end properties, are now common. That places an entirely new set of demands on REO specialists, not all of wh [...]
What is a recapture rate?
Mortgage lenders are in business to loan money, and would like the opportunity to "recapture" the loan on properties they've taken ownership of in f [...]
A Printers Row loft with New York style
Coldwell Banker's Andy Shiparski describes a new listing in Printers Row's Donohue Building as a "stunning" timber / brick loft in the "New York sty [...]
An REO specialist on FNMA's HomePath programs
Steve Klein, an REO manager for Coldwell Banker Realtor and REO specialist Frank DeNovi, sat down with YoChicago's Joe Zekas earlier this month to e [...]
What's the yuppie dream home?
The four-bedroom / two-bath home is "a size many buyers aspire to own," says Coldwell Banker Real Estate CEO Jim Gillespie. In CNN / Money's words, it [...]
WSJ: DeNovi 26th among national Realtors in transaction sides
Congrats to our friend and client Frank DeNovi, who ranked 26th in the Wall Street Journal's 2010 list of the nation's top 400 real estate professiona [...]
An REO specialist’s service area
The typical real estate agent services a fairly narrow, generally geographic niche market. That narrow focus doesn't work for REO specialists, who [...]
An insider’s look at REO properties
When REO specialist Frank DeNovi receives a new property from one of his client lenders, he often has little more to go on than an address and the [...]
Frank DeNovi on foreclosures and short sales
One of our company's newest clients is Frank DeNovi, a Coldwell Banker agent who has worked with bank-owned properties for 25 years. We're still edi [...]