An inside look at Chicago real estate
By Dream Town
You’ve already been told to clean out your closets, eliminate the clutter and give the lawn a makeover, but did you know there are additional steps you can take to sell your home that have nothing to do with cleaning, remodeling or staging? While it’s important to provide potential buyers…
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If you’ve been preparing your Chicago home for the market, you’ve likely spent a great deal of time and money on improvements, renovations and staging. The interior of your property is immaculate—devoid of any discernable flaws that could be detected by even the pickiest of buyers. But unless you’ve taken…
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You’ve made the necessary improvements to your Chicago home, had every room professionally staged, your real estate agent has expertly priced your property and you’ve hosted a number of showings for several potential buyers. Now it’s time to start fielding bids. Sounds straight forward enough, right? While homeowners always hope…
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The Chicago Tribune had a good article on Friday about options for that home that wouldn’t sell in 2011. There are a number of resources owners can tap for fresh selling approaches and ideas on how to make your property more attractive to buyers in the current market.
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Dream Town realtor Aaron Vanderbilt is the listing agent for a one-bedroom condo in the River North neighborhood currently owned by Linton Johnson, a former forward for Chicago’s NBA basketball team the Bulls. The property, which Linton originally purchased in 2007, is on the market for $215,000. He originally put…
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Three main factors that impact home sales are price, condition of the property and how long the home has been on the market. How can this trifecta of selling points make or break your Chicago home sale? The fact of the matter is you need to price your home right…
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Are you are a Chicago homeowner wondering how to get your home to sell in today’s challenging housing market? Aside from hiring an experienced Chicago listing agent (the likes of Dream Town’s expert sales team), you can take control of the situation by using these 5 tips to better position…
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Perhaps you’d like to wait for warmer weather or once the kids are out of school before you put your home on the market. That gives you several months to start doing some extra work on your home now that could pay off when it comes time to list it….
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Even though some homeowners have decided to wait to list their Chicago homes, there are plenty of reasons why many sellers are putting their properties up for sale right now. Everything from moving for a job to wanting more space has people motivated to sell. An article in the Chicago…
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Even though it felt like summer this past weekend, the season is changing and so should your approach to selling your Chicago home. You don’t need to totally revamp your listing strategy, but there are a few simple modifications you can make that will increase your property’s salability. Take new…
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Our very own Heather Hillebrand talks with Chicago Now about selling condos in today’s market. Heather is a Chicago Association of Realtors 2009 Top Producer and a long-time Dream Town agent. Her advice? Price it right! According to Heather (and plenty of other real estate veterans), the best way to…
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Chicago’s Loop neighborhood is one of the top 10 hottest zip codes in the country right now, according to a quarterly report from ZipRealty. The organization’s review of home sales in 5,400 cities during the second quarter of 2010 found that the Loop’s average sales-to-list-price ratio was the second highest…