When you are buying or selling a home, the experience is extremely emotional. Especially in today’s volatile housing market, how fast things move can be quite stressful. In many instances, you fall in love with a property only to be outbid. Having a trusted REALTOR® who not only understands the market as a whole, but…Read More

With the year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March, now is a great time to reflect on the effects of the pandemic on the American housing market. Though the spring of 2020 saw a huge decline in the demand, as well as the supply, of houses on the housing market, it began to bounce…Read More

Nobody can deny this year has been challenging with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and if you’re planning on selling your house it could add a laundry list of extra tasks to your damaging schedule. Contrary to what you might think, the housing market is still strong, in fact, in 2020, it is estimated that around…Read More

We have recently at some point or another all heard words such as unprecedented, uncertain, historic, difficult times, pivot…on the other more positive side, we also heard words such as resilience, support, “in this together.” There is no denying the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the landscape of our world in 2020. Everything from the…Read More

Are you looking to buy a house or property in the Chicago area this year? If you are, take a look at what makes Chicago a great place to start investing today, as well as what the market looks like for the year. Before we jump into what you can expect in the Chicago housing…Read More

Moving to a new home is an exciting time, but it can also be stressful. There are many tasks to juggle and important things to attend to prior to moving day as well as the day of the big move. The key to a successful move is organization. But how can you keep you and…Read More

If you are addicts of most shows on HGTV, you’ll know that, while these series are entertaining, they often fail to show everything that happens in the real estate process. Take the engaging hit “House Hunters”, for example. A typical episode consists of a couple spelling out their criteria for the perfect home. A local…Read More

You’ve heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But sometimes, a picture doesn’t tell an accurate story of what you are looking at. This can, unfortunately, often be the case when you are in the market for a new house. We’ve all been there before, and it’s not a fun place…Read More

We are now more than a decade past the 2008 housing crash, which affected the value of homes across the United States. Thankfully, the housing market is healthy again, and Illinois home values are strong. In Chicago and the surrounding areas, inventory can hardly keep up with the demand! We’re well into 2019 now, but…Read More

Adulthood is all about maturing and achieving major, life-changing milestones. For many, a milestone that many work hard to accomplish is graduating from college, committing themselves to years of study in order to work in their chosen field. For others, committing to a romantic partner in marriage and raising a family together is another landmark…Read More