tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88339589182119698452012-02-01T15:55:03.451-06:00These are the best resources if you're looking to buy or sell property in the southwest Chicago suburbsJudy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-16640206097444339012012-02-01T15:55:00.000-06:002012-02-01T15:55:03.468-06:00

The stats are in for all of 2011 for single family Orland Park homes.  Click the link to go to a blog post showing the data comparing the amount of sales and average home prices from 2010 to 2011. There was a small (6%) uptick in the amount of homes sold in 2011, but the average sales prices dropped double digits (-11.9%).  It's great to have more buyers out there purchasing Orland Park homes,

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It's been really busy for this time of year, it feels like buyers are coming out of the woodwork.  This bodes well for my positive feelings for real estate in 2012.  We will not set records, prices might continue to drop, there will still be foreclosures and short sales competing with traditional sales.  Supply and demand will continue to be lopsided with many more homes for sale vs. ready,

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I hope you had happy and safe holidays.  2011 flew by for me.  I am anxious to start 2012 and have a positive outlook for real estate in the coming year.  I have been very busy working with buyers and can't remember writing so many offers this time of year.  My problem was dealing with sellers that didn't want showings too close to the holidays. I will be anxious to see the real estate sales

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I'm kind of surprised at the amount of buyers I'm working with and the amount of showings some of my listings are getting at this time of year.  Sometimes the market shuts down in Illinois during the winter months, especially between Thanksgiving and New Year's.  I think low interest rates plus low prices are getting the buyers out - this is a great opportunity and I wish I could buy a bunch of

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There's a new webpage created for Mokena homes.  It is part of the Chicago Suburbs Real Estate website and the page shows a lot of information on the growing village of Mokena, including available homes for sale without having to do a search.  Of course, if you want a more detailed search you can use the Mokena MLS search and customize it how you want. The average price of homes in Mokena in

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I have added a Featured Listings Widget to the blog sidebar on the right.  It will show some of the featured southwest suburban properties currently for sale that have their very own single property websites that will show price, photos, descriptions and more.  I am including it in this blog post but it will always be in the sidebar and will constantly be updated as some properties go off market

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My main website is very popular and I constantly get buyers that register to use my IDX (or MLS) property search.  Although my IDX search is pretty easy to use, there is a limitation to how many items you can specifically search for.  That goes with most real estate search portals, no matter how good they seem to be. Many search portals do not keep their database up-to-date.  These are

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When you run a website and you're serious about it producing for you, you have to periodically check how people are finding you.  There are analytics with most sites and many of us use Google webmaster tools.  Another source I use is Google Adwords keyword tool. That tool told me that most people looking for property in Palos Park are using the term Palos Park homes.  But I was surprised to

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Lemont Real Estate Resources If you're looking at Lemont homes for sale, don't  rummage through the huge national sites that have clunky search features.  Go to your Local Lemont REALTOR and be able to view Lemont real estate without having to do a search. If you prefer to set up an MLS search with more specific search features, then feel free to utilize the Lemont MLS.  It is pre-set to

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As I was leaving my Homer Glen home the other day, I couldn't believe the sudden shift in weather.  We went from sweaty 90 degree weather one day to 50 degrees the next.  My granddaughter had to switch out the shorts she laid out for school the day before to jeans, and she had to grab a jacket. One of the days was actually close to perfect weather since it was sunny and got up into the 70's.

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Lemont was the priciest southwest suburb of Chicago based on 2010 Lemont real estate data.  As of today's date, there are currently 203 Lemont homes for sale.  Even though Lemont has overtaken Palos Park in home values, you can still find homes in Lemont priced as low as $99,900!  It is a fixer upper but could work out for the right buyer(s). What I find interesting is that even though Lemont

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As of today's date, there are currently 361 single family Orland Park homes for sale.  You can tell prices have really gone down when you can find 3 Orland Park homes in the $120,000's!  There are currently 31 homes available priced under $200,000.  I remember times when most first-time home buyers didn't even consider Orland Park as they felt it was out of their price range.  This is the time

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As of today's date, there are currently 233 Homer Glen homes for sale.  That is about average at any given time for this village. Prices start at $149,000 for a 3 bedroom, 1 bath home that touts itself as "the lowest priced home in Homer Glen."  There are currently 9 Homer Glen homes priced $200,000 and under.  The most popular price range is between $300,000-$400,000, which had 83 listings.  On

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If you're interested in living in Chicago's youngest suburb, then here are some of the best Homer Glen real estate resources: Homer Glen homes - this entire page is chock full of information on Homer Glen real estate, including a list of homes currently up for sale.  You don't even have to do a search and the price ranges are broken up so you can easily view all listings in the price range(s)

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I had major surgery on March 29th and am just about two weeks out in my recovery phase. I may need follow-up treatments. I cannot drive until a month after surgery. Thank goodness my husband, James Herter, got his real estate license just prior to my operation. We are now a real team and James is out there pounding the pavement.I can handle behind-the-scenes stuff like marketing, e-mail and

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We had what was termed "the Blizzard of 2011" last week and it certainly halted real estate sales and almost all shopping, dining and entertainment. I don't know of any agents that showed houses last Wednesday, and I stayed home on Thursday, too.But there were other consequences of the heavy snow storm. There were many closings that could not occur on Wednesday. Some sellers had moving trucks

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Sometimes Google just doesn't give you what you want. Many of the top Google spots for real estate searches are large national (even international) portals that are difficult to maneuver. All they really provide are listings and maybe some data.Below are some web pages created by a local agent that shows and sells Palos Park real estate (since 1983) and knows it first-hand, unlike those huge,

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What's available for sale today in Tinley Park? There are currently 179 Tinley Park homes on the market as of today's date. These homes range from a low price of $82,400 for a brick cape cod featuring 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and a basement! It is a Freddie Mac HomeSteps foreclosure home. The listing office is expecting multiple offers and it has only been on the market for 3 days, with a final

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Sometimes when looking through websites doing a Google search, I will find some so difficult to maneuver that I leave and find something else. I try to create my websites so they are easy to use and you can find what is needed quickly.The following are some great Orland Park real estate web pages:Orland Park homes for sale - view all available homes for sale in Orland Park without having to do

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-49607890235306942222010-12-19T12:26:00.005-06:002010-12-19T13:26:57.317-06:00

Lemont is one of my favorite villages in the southwest Chicago suburbs. We looked for a home in Lemont but found a fantastic foreclosure in Homer Glen. We are happy with our Homer Glen home but I still love the Lemont area.If you love the history and location of this charming village, you might want to see Lemont homes available for sale. As of today's date, there are currently 188 homes for

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As of this writing, there are 226 Homer Glen homes available for sale. Prices start at $172,000 for a 3 bedroom, 2 bath foreclosure in the Pebble Creek Subdivision up to $2,100,000 for an 8,100 sq. ft. home built in 2009 located in Evlyn's Gate.That's a wide price range and shows that Homer Glen offers single family homes in all price ranges. You can be a first-time buyer or maybe you're

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-30668801916745363962010-10-26T12:50:00.005-05:002010-10-26T13:21:19.641-05:00

There was tornado damage in a farther south Chicago suburb of Peotone last night. Several homes were damaged and there were also some injuries. Peotone is considered a more rural area and I had relatives that had a farm there, but it's a little too far out of my selling area.I slept very well in my Orland Park home last night and was surprised to speak to a client who told me he didn't get any

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-21924552189336740782010-09-27T15:17:00.011-05:002010-10-26T13:29:33.593-05:00

Below you will see photos for properties I am featuring that are currently on the market. If you click on any of them you will be brought to a custom single property website that will tell you all about the particular listing.You can view multiple photos, read a description, find out the Walkscore and what is nearby, get school information, play around with a mortgage calculator, find out about

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Let's take a look at houses in Orland Park. Today there are 310 single family Orland Park homes for sale. This is a much larger amount of inventory than the last "house count" I did in February, when there were 230 homes on the market. And that is proof that we are not catching up on the inventory, in fact, we have more inventory than we did in the beginning of the year.Houses start at

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The Tinley Park homes page has a sleek new look. You can still view active Tinley Park homes for sale (today there are 213 to choose from) and get some information on this popular village.You will also find a link to the Tinley Park MLS where you can customize your search. Looking in areas besides or other than Tinley Park? You can search for whatever your heart desires with this new and

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-36435347569797407672010-09-03T09:48:00.008-05:002010-09-03T10:03:24.250-05:00

The long-standing and top local Chicago Suburbs Real Estate website has a new look. It is now a sleeker design and color palette and the navigation is easier and cleaner. There is also a new custom MLS search offering much more data than before.Below is the old lookIntroducing the new templateThe prior site had a built-in Wordpress blog and the new site has a seamless blog that reflects the

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15803 Scotsglen Rd. - 3 bedrooms, 3 bathroom end-unit Brodie model Orland Park townhouse located in Colette Highlands subdivision. To search all Orland Park townhomes currently up for sale, click the link. You'll see a list with photos of all attached properties currently on the market in Orland Park, IL.

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-55339965657558833522010-07-13T11:29:00.007-05:002010-11-15T15:22:04.135-06:00

The following listings have had recent updates, please click on the single property websites for each one of these listings. The websites offer full descriptions and lots of pictures.10725 S. Artesian, Chicago - RENTED! - New price on this brick Georgian home with a basement and 2 car garage, with a professionally landscaped back yard.9418 S. 54th Ct., Oak Lawn - SOLD! The buyer could not get

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A new town page has been created on the popular Chicago Suburbs Real Estate website for Homer Glen, the newest incorporated village in Il, having been incorporated in 2001. Homer Glen is located about 11 miles southwest of Chicago and the boundaries are 131st St. to the north, Will-Cook Rd. to the east, Gougar Rd. to the west and 183rd St. to the south.Click on the link for Homer Glen homes to

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-61297785631043259782010-06-15T18:30:00.004-05:002010-06-15T18:57:01.471-05:00

Woo hoo! Almost every time I create a post in Blogger, I check to see if there have been any new templates added. Finally, there is a great choice of new looks to choose from. In fact, there were a few I wanted to try, and with the template I chose there are many background photos and color choices to choose from. This is going to be fun.I have many different websites and blogs. First off,

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Real estate is considered a notoriously cut throat business to be in. Agents stealing other agent's clients, agents trying to sell their own listings and not cooperating with others on the MLS and the list goes on.But right now, many real estate agents are joining together to help a fellow REALTOR, Carolyn Capalbo, who has lost her good name on Google and other search engines due to a political

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The following listings have either had a recent price change or is a new featured listing:14299 S. Wolf Rd., Orland Park - If you have a small business looking for a new lease, check out the Orland Park landmark schoolhouse that has available space on the entire main level and part of the basement. Rent is $1,800/mo. and includes utilities. Call Susan O'Halloran at 708-567-0601 if you're

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If you have an interest in Orland Park (listed as one of the best places to live in according to Money Magazine), please become a fan of the Orland Park Living Fan Page on Facebook. It is kept updated with new posts and links, offers a link to do an MLS search and now has a page that provides an Orland Park Market Snapshot, a constantly updated list of active real estate listings in Orland Park

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-51781810282451640452010-05-05T21:33:00.003-05:002010-05-05T21:45:02.762-05:00

Right now, you can find five Orland Park condos under $100,000. The lowest priced condo is listed at $94,899 and has 1 bedroom and 1 bath. It is located on the 1st floor and features flexicore construction. The monthly maintenance includes everything but electricity.There are also two 2-bedroom units available priced under $100,000. The average price for Orland Park condos and townhomes in

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With the average price range of Orland Park homes in the $400,000's, it's unbelievable to see Orland Park homes available priced under $200,000. But in today's buyer's market, there are currently 20 single family homes available priced under $200,000!You can now find a 4 bedroom, 2 bath raised ranch/mid-level style home in Orland Park priced at $164,900. It is a foreclosure that needs work and

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-6520091772149737022010-04-25T16:11:00.003-05:002010-04-25T16:17:48.328-05:00

If you're a member of Facebook and have an interest in the popular village of Orland Park, please check out the new Fan Page for everything related to Orland Park Living. I'd love for it to become interactive with members posting photos, news, reviews, questions and updates.If you have a business in Orland Park you can certainly post it on the Orland Park Living fan page. There is a link with

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Following are current real estate listings for sale in Bridgeview, Chicago's Morgan Park area, Oak Lawn, Orland Park and Tinley Park. They are listed by price:7340 W. 73rd St., Bridgeview - $175,000 - Cute raised ranch home with basement with many updates including windows, siding, 2 1/2 car garage and furnace & a/c - located on a huge 60x300' lot.16332 Oxford Dr., Tinley Park - $185,000 -

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To see the amount of Orland Park condos and townhomes for sale click the link. Today, there are 300 Orland Park condos and townhomes on the market.Prices start at $99,900 for a 1 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath Orland Park condominium with a 1 car garage. The listing states that it needs some cosmetic work. For some reason (price?) this has been on the market for more than a year!Looking for something at

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This is a busy pre-Spring season as buyers are out looking for properties so they can take advantage of the tax credit, which isn't just for first-time buyers this time around.Today, there are currently 230 Orland Park homes for sale. Prices start at $169,000 for a 4 bedroom, 2 bath ranch style home that is a short sale and goes up to $2,995,000 for a gorgeous 4 bedroom, 5+ bathroom luxury ranch

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-36071350987043889022010-01-15T17:15:00.004-06:002010-01-15T17:39:39.094-06:00

There are many websites with good Northern IL MLS searches. But to be up-to-date on the market and not miss out on any listing, a buyer should fill out a Home Finder Search Form.Although it's better today than in the past, there are still some brokerages that have opted out of sharing their listings on IDX website searches (what website MLS searches are actually called). So any website offering

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-84856054673302375192010-01-04T14:47:00.003-06:002010-01-04T15:20:19.855-06:00

It's the beginning of a new year and a new decade. I would like to reintroduce some great southwest suburbs real estate websites. First on the list is the top Cook County real estate website.If you're looking for Oak Lawn homes for sale, click the link. It will take you to the page to see all Oak Lawn homes for sale and is updated daily.Click Oak Lawn condos for sale to view all attached

Judy Orrhttps://profiles.google.com/113322705884468758089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833958918211969845.post-45593902480821408532009-12-10T16:01:00.003-06:002009-12-10T16:18:40.591-06:00

Click the link to see how many Oak Lawn condos and townhomes are for sale right now. There are currently 313 attached properties for sale in Oak Lawn, IL. Attached properties are condos, townhomes and duplexes.Prices start at $35,000 for a 2 bedroom unit! It is a short sale and needs rehab, but I don't think I've seen such low prices in Oak Lawn since I started selling real estate in 1983!The

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Judy Orr of Classic Realty Group now uses a new marketing technique. If you list your southwest Chicago suburb property with Judy, she will create a single property website just for your listing. View the new listings by clicking the links below:For a beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom Tinley Park condo for sale that is remodeled with an open floor plan featuring Brazilian cherry hardwood floors,

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18801 S. Oak Park Ave.Tinley Park, IL 604772 bedrooms, 2 full bathroomsBrazilian cherry hardwood floorsOpen floor planUpdated kitchen with custom snack barIn-unit laundry with full sized washer & dryer1 Year Home WarrantyThis is a beautiful 2nd floor unit in the well maintained Oak Village complex that features a clubhouse and pool. It is located near downtown Tinley Park, the train and I-80

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The chart above depicts the downward trend of median prices in Cook County for a combination of attached and detached properties from September of 2007 through September of 2009. What I find interesting is the difference between the median price of new listings (the green line) vs. the median price of sold listings (red line) and even the under contract listings (blue line). Either sellers are

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It's time to review the amount of Orland Park homes currently available for sale. We are ending our popular summer purchasing time since school will be starting for many in August. Most families have already purchased their next home. Some have already moved and some are waiting to close.By clicking the link above you'll see that as of today's date, there are 295 single family Orland Park

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I currently have two beautiful Tinley Park townhomes for sale. Click the link for all of the Tinley Park attached properties currently available in the MLS.Here are two I have listed:6832 W. 179 St. - SOLD! This is a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath Tinley Park townhouse with gleaming new hardwood floors on the main level, a loft area that is currently used as a den/office, a 2 car garage and a

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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeAs of today, there are 292 Oak Lawn homes for sale. That's the first drop we've seen in a while. That could mean that there are more buyers buying and it could also mean that some sellers have given up and taken their homes off the market. Either way, the inventory has gone down a little bit.There are still foreclosures and short sales at good prices (starting

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The chart to the left shows Orland Park real estate statistics comparing '08-'09. As you can see, there is still way too much inventory compared to the pending sales and those that have sold and closed. It's great to be a buyer for Orland Park homes.This is why it is so important for sellers to price their Orland Park properties correctly. Buyers have a huge selection of homes in all price

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How many Tinley Park condos for sale are there today? As of May 2, 2009, there are currently 327 condos and townhomes for sale in Tinley Park, IL. Think you can find one in that huge selection?Click the link above to view all attached properties for sale in Tinley Park separated by price range. You don't even have to conduct a search, it's there for you to click and view.Of course, if you'd

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I'm seeing more and more short sale and foreclosure properties available in all towns I work in. But a couple of steals have been on the market in Oak Lawn lately. There are 2 bedroom, 2 bath Oak Lawn condos for sale with in-unit laundry rooms and one even has a garage at some very low list prices.One of the units I recently saw has an offer and the latest steal already has multiple offers and

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To find out about any Orland Park condo for sale just click on the link. You'll see how many attached properties are for sale in Orland Park in any given day. Attached properties include Orland Park townhomes for sale, orland park condominums for sale, duplexes and any other type of attached property.Today there is a huge selection of 344 condos/townhomes for sale in the village. Prices start

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Thanks to the #1 Cook County Real Estate website (according to Google), you can now see how many Oak Lawn homes for sale are available on any given day. Today, there are 320 single family homes for sale, making Oak Lawn one of the top southwest suburbs in amount of current single family listings for sale, beating out active towns like Orland Park and Tinley Park.Today, prices start at $69,900

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There are real estate sites that require you to register before ever seeing how many properties there are in a particular area. With the new custom IDX search provided by Judy Orr of Classic Realty Group, you can see every single property available without having to do a search!As of today, there are 262 Orland Park homes for sale and 320 Orland Park condos and townhomes. You can see them all

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With the new MLS search at www.cook-county-real-estate.net, you can find out how many homes are available in a town just by clicking on the city page and without having to do any kind of search. For instance, if you're interested in Tinley Park real estate, just click the link and it will take you to a page about the village, including how many homes are currently on the market.As of today,

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Alsip, IL is a very affordable southwest suburb that is perfect for first-time buyers as the median single family home price for 2008 was $176,500. This village of approximately 20,000 residents is located with very close access to I-294, which will get you anywhere you need to go.To learn all about Alsip real estate and get sales statistics, demographics, school link and weather just click the

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There's a new IDX search in town. You can search active MLS listings by clicking on the link in this sentence or the picture to the right. You will be able to view as many photos as listing agents put in and get details such as address, price, room sizes and more. If the listing agent offers a virtual tour you'll get a link to it.The original search on www.cook-county-real-estate.net was what

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To read an informative page about Oak Lawn homes for sale just click on the link. This new page offers an Oak Lawn MLS search link, some demographics and sales statistics plus all listings currently for sale in Oak Lawn IL.Oak Lawn has the closest Metra train station from the southwest suburbs that will take you to downtown Chicago. There are three new and newer condominium complexes built

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The popular village of Orland Park has a new webpage telling all about it. This bustling town was listed in Money Magazine as one of the top 100 places to live.Find out all about it here: Orland Park homes for sale. This page will fill you in on why Orland Park Illinois is such a desired place to live and offers some demographics, Orland Park weather and a map of the village.You can search

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Sometimes you need to get detailed information about an area you're considering living in. You can visit village websites or any of the dry community pages that come up in the search engines. Basic information from a good local real estate website should provide enough data for you to make an informed decision of what town you'd like to live in.You can get a lot of information from the below

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This is a different post for this blog. But it is needed. An Internet REALTOR friend, Marc Rasumussen, has been in a lengthy battle with his local Sarasota MLS. You see, he purchased a domain name over 5 years ago called "thesarasotamls dot com". If you do a Google search for Sarasota Real Estate you'll find Marc at the #1 position. And I think that's what caused the witch hunt.What agents

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The #1 site for Chicago Suburbs Real Estate is so popular on the search engines that many prospective buyers and sellers find the site that are looking in other areas. The link above shows the different suburbs that this site covers. In fact, some of those areas are going to be deleted as the areas served is getting revamped.It really doesn't matter if buyer prospects from the north side find

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Although it's certainly fun and interesting to search the Northern IL MLS, if you're busy and don't feel like going back or just don't have the time, you might be missing the perfect home. There is an easier way.Just fill out the Automated Chicago Suburbs Real Estate Home Finder Form with as much information as possible. By doing this, you'll receive all active listings in the MLS sent to your

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For another blog that offers a lot of real estate news please click the link. This blog is part of the Real Estate Webmasters (REW) website that offers a real estate forum (click to join) and blogs for buyers, sellers and other real estate professionals. The site also offers beautiful website designs.The Real Estate BlogThis blog offers a little more technical information geared toward other

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Most real estate web surfers want one thing whether they are buying and/or selling, and that's access to the local MLS. But what many prospects don't understand is that there are different ways to access the local MLS.One way is IDX, which is a sampling of active MLS listings. There is no registration required but only a portion of the MLS is available using this kind of search. So if you are

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This Chicago Suburbs real estate website is geared for both buyers and sellers of southwest chicago and southwest and near west suburbs. Click the link for a list of suburbs covered.I will be introducing this website in more detail as it is extremely comprehensive and has a lot of information. It's a large website that cannot be viewed in one sitting so I will try to break it down in this blog.It

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Most real estate websites are geared toward buyers. But the Chicago Suburbs Real Estate website offers information to buyers and sellers.There is a link for an Internet Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) that a seller can quickly fill out and get a CMA sent directly to their e-mail.There is a link to an extremely informative step-by-step article on selling a home.A link is provided to a real

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Real estate agents get asked about school systems a lot. Unfortunately, they have to be careful with their responses as it will only be personal opinion unless the agent has a photographic memory. Also, there is no way for an agent to know the exact borderlines of different school districts without double checking.An informed agent will not give your their personal opinion but will guide you to

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It's fun to search the entire active MLS for Northern IL and it even allows you to save your searches. However, if you're really looking for your next home you don't want to rely on having to go to the MLS every day on your own as you might miss out on the perfect listing.That's why you should fill out the easy form to create an Advanced Automated Home Finder search. You will get new listings

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The home page has been changed for the Chicago Suburb Real Estate website that has everything buyers need to find their next property. There used to be one Featured Listing on the home page in the left sidebar and now there are four right in the middle of the page. They change with every page "refresh."Another change was that the website was made to fit wider on the page so it is easier to read

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I can't understand why someone wouldn't want to access the entire Northern IL Multiple Listing Service (MLSNI) to be able to search for every single active listing. I guess because most sites require some kind of registration.Maybe you're not ready to actually view homes and are just starting your search. You don't want to register with anyone because you're not at the point where you are ready

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Buyers want to search the Chicago area MLS. You can do that by clicking the red link. This MLS search is different than most you'll find on Chicago and Northern IL real estate websites.Some like to search by clicking boxes for different areas and some like to search by map. The link above will give you the option to search either way.You can get a list of all properties in your area and price

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Buyers Want to See Lots of PicturesMany times you'll see listings on the Internet with only one or zero pictures of the property. I've heard many buyers say they bypass those listings. They don't even bother reading to see if the house would be a match for them based on the description and room sizes. No photos - no interest.If you're looking to sell your real estate in Chicago Suburbs and

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The website for Chicago Suburbs Real Estate has been revamped. It was always an easy site to navigate and use and offered what buyers want most - listings! But now it's even more buyer-centric and simpler than ever to find listings of Chicago Suburbs real estate.Search All Active Listings in the MLS of Northern ILIf you're really interested in purchasing a home you should just go straight to the

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View this Chicago Suburb Real Estate site to see what many other real estate agents use to promote their real estate listings, Chicago Area MLS search and information to buyers and sellers.What's So Good About This Particular Site?The site linked to above offers quick and easy navigation to everything a buyer or seller of real estate would need to know. It's easy to use and doesn't offer an

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