Home demand remains strong in the Chicago area! According to the latest report from Illinois REALTORS®, Chicago Metropolitan home sales activity was up 39% when comparing October 2020 sales to October 2019. While home buyers snapped up available properties, median...
Pandemic-induced home preferences are driving more buyers to the ‘burbs. With work-from-home sticking around, and remote learning offered at most schools, Chicago home buyers need square footage like never before. Yard space has also become more important to...
Chicago area real estate didn’t stop for anything this summer. Despite a season of negative headlines and economic uncertainty, we have busy transaction volumes and higher home prices. This is great for Chicagoland homeowners, but it keeps things challenging for...
Chicago home buyers haven’t let the pandemic discourage them from home ownership! During the month of April, we continued to write new purchase offers. Meanwhile, most of our transactions from March have closed or are on schedule to do so. Only two of our...
When buying your first home, you may not be thinking about building equity. After all, you have your hands full with the Chicago home search, the mortgage approval process and myriad closing details. Future equity doesn’t seem as important. Yet the perfect...
If you are buying a Chicago condominium in the near future, there’s good news – the Federal Housing Administration is going to make mortgages easier to approve for these purchases. This is encouraging for first-time home buyers who found themselves...
