There are many parts of an offer a property seller must consider and one of them relates to a home sale contingency clause. Let’s look at the situation from both the buyers and sellers perspective. Home Sale Contingencies For a Homeowner Trying to Sell. Our contract allows a buyer who is making an offer on […]
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Top 8 Things Real Estate Agents Should Do to Sell your Home
Getting The Best Representation When Selling Your Home Home sellers often know very little about the home selling process. Choosing the right real estate agent might seem an easy task when there are plenty available who have the license that allows them to represent you. Making the wrong choice may mean the difference in hiring […]
Read MoreHow Quickly Can You Put My House Up For Sale?
Most home sellers have an idea that they will be putting their property up for sale, it’s never critical to get it on the market today, as in one day. If you choose to do that it will be a rush job, the marketing will be non-existent, the photos and description of your house rushed, […]
Read MoreClosing Costs when you Sell a Home in Lake Zurich
Looking for Lake Zurich Homes to buy? <– Click Here I hope it goes without saying that this is relevant to homes in Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Long Grove and the Villages of Barrington area. For the most part they are the same in Chicago although other suburbs and city areas may have an additional […]
Read MoreNo Sale in 2016? – Get a New Barrington Home Value Opinion
No sale is simply Rejection. But before we talk about rejection, let’s first remind Barrington home sellers that the average time on market in 2016 was 172 days for single family homes and 122 days for attached townhomes and condos. Maybe your home has not been on the market long enough. Maybe it has in […]
Read MoreIs Showing Feedback Useful or Accurate?
Showing feedback is generally requested of buyers agents that bring their buyers to your home. But is it useful or of any value, or is it even accurate? Should buyers agents even respond to the requests? There is often a difference of opinion between Realtors as to whether it should be asked or answered. FYI…Feedback is […]
Read MoreBarrington MLS Listings – The Data Is NOT Guaranteed
This post is going to be a short one, or at least I hope. Barrington MLS listings have a lot of data included in them but very little of it is guaranteed. This makes it difficult at times to formulate a plan to buy a property if you’re basing your offer on the data on […]
Read MoreLow Barrington Property Appraisals – What Can Sellers Do?
Our last post addressed low Barrington property appraisals from a buyer perspective. Meaning they came in lower than the sales purchase amount. Now we’ll provide the sellers side of the situation. Barrington property appraisals are carried out when buyers want to buy a home and finance it with a mortgage. Because we had a significant market […]
Read MoreHome Sellers – Do You Trust Your Barrington Listing Realtor?
If you do not trust your Barrington listing Realtor, why did you hire them? If you don’t trust your Barrington listing Realtor, what might go wrong? If trust is an issue, how are you going to resolve it? On what basis is your distrust? As a Realtor on the other side of a deal, it’s […]
Read MoreForest Lake, Lake Zurich. Renovated Home Under Contract on Day 1, Closed on Day 39!
Forest Lake in Lake Zurich is a neighborhood of approximately 550 homes set around a 42 acre lake. Originally a summer community it’s now a thriving subdivision on the outskirts of Lake Zurich. Established in 1953 buyers can choose from a mix of homes some of which are waterfront. In recent years there has been some […]
Read MoreDemand For Northern Illinois Horse Property Seems Very Low
Is There Any Demand For Horse Properties in Northern Illinois – Summer 2016. It’s a big question for horse property owners thinking of selling. Statistics can help us with the demand and supply economics of selling Northern Illinois horse property. And for any property, horse or not, it always comes down to the basics of […]
Read MoreLake Zurich Home Renovation Draws a Crowd of Buyers
Lake Zurich home at 23583 N Overhill Dr. presented by Corinne Guest of Barrington Realty Company. Although Barrington is my primary market I have prior clients that want to use my services in other areas and Lake Zurich is close enough to Barrington for me to service well, and it offers homes also in a […]
Read MoreHow Much Is My Barrington Hills & Northern Illinois Horse Property Worth?
Equestrian properties in Northern Illinois span several counties including Cook, Lake, Kane, Kendall, DuPage, DeKalb, Boone, Grundy, LaSalle, and more to the west and south of Chicago. Illinois is not a small state and it’s difficult for us to service everyone so we try to focus on Northern Eastern Illinois, Barrington Hills and Barrington. When is comes […]
Read MoreYour Home Sold in 60 Days Guaranteed – The Bait and Switch Atrocity
The spring selling season is picking up steam and I have already seen one of these bait and switch methods being advertised. Let’s look at the aspects you really, and I mean really need to understand about them, before you fall for it. Then you can read my position although my title likely gave it […]
Read MoreLuxury Barrington Homes Need Time To Sell
The real estate market in Barrington has homes for sale with prices at the top quarter that range from $1,199,000 through $18,775,000. That’s quite a big spread and it’s fair to say buyers looking at a home of $1.2 million are unlikely going to buy at $18+ million. If we look at the top 10% of […]
Read MoreFREE Market Analysis in Barrington, IL
Are you thinking of selling in the spring? Or even right away? Get a FREE Market Value for your Barrington IL home. Corinne Guest of Barrington Realty Company is the Realtor to call. Corinne has an expanded online marketing system that attracts buyers and sellers. It helps her sell properties in the Barrington IL area. Marketing homes has changed. […]
Read MoreHow Curb Appeal and Presentation Gets The Sale
I recently spent time with a great relocation family looking at horse property in McHenry County. Our deal is not yet closed but is firmly heading in that direction. This was the second visit to the area to look at property and I already have a sense of what they need. As Realtors we never […]
Read MoreMaking New Construction Easier To Buy
We’ve recently added a new construction section to our website because many buyers like and dream of buying a brand new home. Here in Barrington some buyers will dream, design and build a custom home. That’s not typical but certainly an option for the wealthy that can afford to build without having to sell or […]
Read MoreCan I Fire My Listing Agent?
A Barrington Realtor’s Answer – Can I Fire My Listing Agent? This is a question asked on the internet a lot of times. Google, the search engine recognizes the phrase because it is searched for a lot. That tells me sellers across the nation are not happy with way things are going. The answer is […]
Read MoreInstant Home Valuations
Are you hoping to fill out a form here and get an instant idea of what your Barrington home is worth? Sorry to disappoint. Of course if you still want an instant valuation, one that could make you super happy, super mad, depressed or gleeful, I wrote about places you can get one here. Feel […]
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