Are You Selling Your Vernon Hills Home? If Your Appraisal is Too Low I can Help!

Foreclosure do not help with appraisals

Many potential home buyers in Vernon Hills are not qualifying loans. The fact is that the home values are not there. Bank foreclosures are putting more distressed inventory on the market and making it harder for appraisers to justify the Sold home comparables in Vernon Hills. When the appraisals … [Read more...]

Buffalo Grove Real Estate Appraisal Information

Buffalo grove real Estate appraisal information

Here is some great infomation that will help out buyers when looking in Buffalo Grove or any Lake County Illinois Area. I was featured in Chicago Agent Magazine this month and was lucky enough to get some great answers about appraisals in the Buffalo Grove and Lake County Illinois Market and wanted … [Read more...]

The Chicagoland Year to Date Housing Report Market Update August 2009

Here we go again. We have just received our year to date market update for the Chicago Suburbs, North and Northwest Suburbs including Buffalo Grove, Long Grove, Libertyville, Palatine, and Vernon Hills homes. Select attached or detached to download the PDF files (Detached) (Attached). This … [Read more...]

Important News Regarding the Banking Industry

There have been many changes in the market over the past several months regarding the new regulations on the appraisals for lenders. The enclosed letter is a from the appraisal firm that does our monthly market updates that we send to you all. Please do read the enclosed letter that was … [Read more...]

Has the Pendulum Gone to Far?

If you have your home for sale today and are lucky enough to find a buyer, then agree on the price which is fair in today's market, all of the inspections issues are resolved, and the buyer is pre-approved from the bank, then it looks like a sale, correct? Well think again with the new laws … [Read more...]

Will New Prices Lower Our Property Taxes?

I talk with many homeowners and with the declining real estate market most of us are under the impression that are taxes will be lower as well. Take a few minutes to read to download the PDF document, Housing Bulletin: Will Property Taxes Decline as it is one of the best that I have read on the … [Read more...]