Glenview, Chicago North Shore & Northwest Suburbs Real Estate

As a full time real estate agent I'm every day on the ActiveRain real estate network to find out more from the industry. Tips, motivation, latest news, trends, etc. Finally I found a perfect reason why not to sell by owner: "Because even the founder and former chief operating officer of ForSaleby...

Many times professionals from the real estate industry are talking about certification, and of course there are so many opinions. Not too long ago I was lucky to socialize and share a longer ride with one of my favorite real estate bloggers. Margaret Goss and Alan May were very kind to share thei...

After a fun and sunny day at the Arlington Park Track, I came home to a nice cool home and wondered hmmmm how many homes with the pool are on the market in Glenview, IL?  I logged in to my MRED MLS and took a few notes to share. Here are the numbers: 15 detached single family homes with the in gr...

Glenview, IL Real Estate Trends The pie chart below is showing the percentage of sold homes that were short sale, REO (foreclosed) and regular sale homes. In Glenview, IL  detached single family homes show that 25% of the sales were foreclosures and short sales, while the number of those sales wi...

Mount Prospect, IL Real Estate Trends The pie chart below is showing the percentage of sold homes that were short sale, REO (foreclosed) and regular sale homes. In Mount Prospect, IL  detached single family homes show that 25% of the sales were foreclosures and short sales, while the number of th...

Any FHA approved condos or townhouses in Morton Grove, IL ? As you see on the image below, there are only two subdivisions approved for FHA condominium loans. They are new construction townhouses around $300,000. To find approved condominiums by FHA you can click here and look up by state, city, ...

On the image below we can see the Morton Grove Real estate trends from the past five years. The data was collected by MRED MLS. As we see below, there were 162 properties sold in 2010 in Morton Grove, IL with an average market time of 233 days. Average sold price was $258,111.  Year to date the a...

Is this condo FHA approved in Mount Prospect, IL ? Maybe,  let's check it here. It's not easy to find FHA approved condos in the MLS. We can find the subdivision from the search results that we got.  Now we know which condos in Mount Prospect are FHA approved. Some agents are doing a great job wh...

Last month I made my client happy all the way to the closing by just being a good listener. Two months ago I met a gentlemen in one of my socializing/networking for business places that I frequently stop by to remind them that I'm a full time real estate agent.  I reminded someone while he was ta...

There are some great homes available on the market in Mount Prospect, IL. Here are the real estate trends that I compiled from MLS that could give us an idea what to expect if we would buy or sell your condominium or a townhome in Mount Prospect. Currently there are 183 attached single family hom...