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2012
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I am working with some great first-time buyers. They are excited to be buying their first home and they're expectations are pretty much on track, although I think they're pricing ideas are a little off (lower than market value). We have already seen a few homes together, and yesterday they want...
01/29/2012
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The following chart shows the market report of suppy and demand for all of 2011 for single family Lemont homes. As you can easily see, like most southwest Chicago suburbs, there is a big discrepancy between the amount of homes available for sale in Lemont vs. those that went under contract or s...
01/23/2012
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I was feeling good this morning - and I'm not a morning person. I'm gearing up to show some houses today and all was well, even the day after 6 inches of snowfall. Then I read my e-mail. Picnik will be shutting it's doors. They are even going to rebate my upgrade fee. I don't want my upgrade...
01/21/2012
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Orland Park Homes Supply & Demand Chart for All of 2011 We finally have our year-end statistics and the chart above shows us exactly what a Buyer's Market is. The red lines represent active Orland Park homes for sale. The blue line shows us homes that went under contract for the month. The gre...
01/18/2012
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Homer Glen Homes Supply & Demand for 2011 As you can see from the chart showing the entire year of 2011 for supply and demand of single family Homer Glen homes, there were way too many homes up for sale compared to homes that went under contract or ended up closing. Every single month showed a h...
01/13/2012