What Homes Sold in your Winnetka North Shore Village February 2021
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What Sold in Your Village in February 2021? Big storms and extreme chills kept buyers home - but just for a while. Now that March is here and we’re feeling the warmth, they are out pursuing their dreams of buying a home in the North Shore. Look at the current months-of-inventory shown below for e...
HUBBARD WOODS News February 2021 Inventory has been low - until February with the addition of 12 new homes for sale in Hubbard Woods. Good news: four are already under contract. And strangely, for those of us with devious minds, five of the homes are on Asbury. 12 (!) NEW HUBBARD WOODS LISTINGS I...
Housing Snapshot for Winnetka, Wilmette, Kenilworth and Glencoe
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There is no denying that statistics are cold, hard facts. Usually, they can be interpreted only one way since numbers don't lie (at least that's what my long-suffering algebra teachers told me.) So I pull numbers every few months to get a reality check on the market - is what I am seeing and th...
Results of Winnetka and Kenilworth Landmark Preservation Referendums
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November 4, 2008 was a historic day for our country. . . . but many things were decided at the local levels as well. In both Kenilworth and Winnetka, the property rights of owners trumped the preservationists attempts at getting more control over building and zoning laws. My earlier post at(ht...
Kenilworth & Winnetka Consider Historic Preservation Referendum on Nov. 4
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Ironically, next week's election has two neighboring towns, Winnetka and Kenilworth, IL, with referendums on historic homes - another attempt at dealing with the teardown/McMansion issue. Preservationists have decried for years that their villages are changing irrevocably for the worse while ot...
Sometimes you just wanna have a little fun. As I go through listings on the multiple listing service I get a good laugh occasionally (at someone else's expensive, unfortunatley) and thought I would share some choice pictures. These homes are located in the North Shore communities of Winnetka,...
Real estate news has been somewhat dismal for the past few months with homes sales trending downward and a resulting glut of homes for sale. As a realtor, I've wondered where have all the buyers gone? Lots to choose from and falling prices makes for an easy decision. Well, maybe some of those b...
In the good old days, (well, not so old, really) we wrote offers for properties without mortgage contingenices and then planned to close within several weeks. But since the beginning of the mortgage crisis last August you won't get a quick close with mortgage financing. The process takes time, ...
The Big Bailout Debacle in Washington - How Will It Affect Real Estate?
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All eyes are on Capitol Hill now - will they or won't they come to the rescue of distressed financial institutions with a $700 billion bailout? Are we on the verge of economic collapse without it? What will happen if they do nothing? How will it affect the economy in general, and real estate...
People living in Winnetka know that their village is beautiful - with its tree-lined streets, clean beaches, numerous parks and shopping areas. But, unfortunately, everything gets older and to keep looking our best some changes are in order. The Streetscape Master Planis an idea to unify and en...
Since the start of Active Rain I know I have been a bit of a yapper. But lately I have been very quiet... but for good reason. WE HAVE BEEN BUSY! I thought you all might like to see some of what our crew here at Real Estaging has been working on that has kept us ALL so busy.Below is a FOLLOW UP s...
Realtors need to know that just because a person or business call themelves "stagers" does not mean that they can actually do a professional job. EVEN if they are "Accrediated". Here is an actual job we recently re-staged. The builder has paid an unbelievable $9,000 in fees to this furniture ren...
