THINK SOLD!

  1.       LOAD AS MANY PHOTOS AS POSSIBLE into the MLS…. Come on! We all know that buyers go online and look through these listings for hours and hours… give them something to look at! If your home only has a few photos loaded, you are missing a big opportunity! If there are no photos [...]

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Welcome back to Monday morning market, where Geneva’s resident expert analyzes the stats from the last 7 days… single family homes only (detached)… here goes:     ·         Active listings=                                  253 in number, priced from $135,000 to $3,499,000 ·         Listings under contract=                  5 in number, priced for $199,900 to $619,900! 3 of the listings [...]

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  The sellers of this home couldn't be any nicer, and they will pay your closing costs!

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True stories with the names changed to protect the innocent (or ignorant, whichever applies!) Okay, sometimes I am a bleeding heart. Sometimes, I don’t know when to say “no”. And sometimes, just sometimes, I don’t know when to quit (see my business partner or my exercise partners for further clarification on this fact!) Which leads [...]

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Welcome back to Monday Morning Market in Geneva… where the local real-estate expert evaluates the statistics for the last 7 days, for single family (detached) homes only- here goes: Active listings=235 in number, priced from $135,000 to $3,499,000 ( I saw the $3,499,000 property last week- STUNNING!) Listings under contract=8 in number,  with 5 of [...]

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 Well….. thinking back about 18 months or so ago, I remember when the term "short sale" started rearing its' ugly head out here in sleepy little Geneva! It took most of us by surprise, as we were not familiar with it, nor did we know exactly how to handle it…. As a matter of fact, [...]

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(photo courtesy of the esteemed Roger Brown of Geneva!) Greetings to everyone from cold and sunny Geneva, IL! Welcome back to Monday Morning Market, where Geneva's real estate expert analyzes the market for the last 7 days….single family homes only-here goes: Active listings=        255 in number, ranging from $135,000 to $3,499,900. Listings under contract = [...]

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