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Reasons To Sell Your House Before the New Year
Sell Your House Before the New Year As the year winds down, you may have decided it’s time to make a move and put your house on the market. But should you sell now or wait until January? While it may be tempting to hold off until after the holidays, here are three reasons to…
Read MoreSave Money on Title Insurance
Title Insurance We’re produce to annouce 2 new Partners to our Referal Network. Adler & Herback will save you money on title insurance. House Mortgage can be used for traditional loans & has resouces for investor loans. Adler & Herbach is a premier real estate law firm in the Chicagoland area, specializing in residential closings.…
Read MoreHow a Fire in Chicago Created Title Insurance and Changed Real Estate Forever
As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. And old it is. Perhaps the earliest expression of this sentiment came some 2,400 years ago from Aesop’s fable The Crow and the Pitcher. From the invention of the wheel to facilitate travel or the steam engine to facilitate travel even better, there are many such examples…
Read MoreMortgage Rates: Past, Present, and Possible Future
If you’re hoping to buy a home this year, you’re probably paying close attention to mortgage rates. Since mortgage rates impact what you can afford when you take out a home loan – and affordability is a challenge today – it’s a good time to look at the big picture of where mortgage rates have been historically compared…
Read MoreBuyer Traffic Is Still Stronger than the Norm
Are you putting off selling your house because you’re worried no one’s buying because of where mortgage rates are? If so, know this: the latest data shows plenty of buyers are still out there, and they’re purchasing homes today. Here’s the data to prove it. The ShowingTime Showing Index is a measure of buyers touring homes. The graph below uses the…
Read MoreWho’s Keeping the Housing Market Moving? Baby Boomers—And They’re Moving Far Away Too
Keeping the Housing Market It’s no secret that home prices have skyrocketed in recent years. A lack of housing supply relative to demand, coupled with a rise in inflation and interest rates, has kept the median home sale price much higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean no one is buying. Real estate is…
Read MoreHomebuyers Are Still More Active Than Usual
Home Buyers Active Even though the housing market is no longer experiencing the frenzy that was so characteristic of the last couple of years, it doesn’t mean today’s market is at a standstill. In actuality, buyer traffic is still strong today. The ShowingTime Showing Index is a measure of how much buyers are touring homes. The graph below…
Read MoreShould I Wait Until Interest Rates Drop To Buy or Sell
We get asked this question almost every day by friends, clients, investors,….. You name it. Our reply is it depends on your individual situation. Let’s look at the data at a macro level and then specifically in the Chicagoland region. Fed Funds Effective Rate- The chart below shows the history of the Fed Funds effective…
Read MoreFix Now Pay When You Sell- Ask Us How
Fix Now Pay When You Sell Have you ever thought I’d love to sell my house for top dollar but I can’t afford or don’t have the time to do the updates or small tasks to get the home ready for the market. Well we have a solution for you. We’re are partnered with a…
Read MoreWhy For Sale By Owner Is A Bad Idea
If you’re trying to sell your property yourself to a retail buyer, you’re in for a challenging ride. When you choose to go the For Sale By Owner route it’s likely you’ll encounter a few (if not all) of these issues: The Long Wait It’s often the case that you won’t be able to finance…
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