5 Reasons to Sell Your House This Spring

5 Reasons to Sell Your House This Spring

When selling a house, most homeowners hope for a quick and profitable transaction that puts them in a position to make a great move. If you’re waiting for the best time to win as a seller, the market is calling your name this spring. Here are 5 reasons to sell your house this spring if […]

6 Hot Bathroom Trends for 2021 That You Can Totally DIY

Hot Bathroom Trends

Between plumbing, tiling, tubs, and other fixtures, remodeling a bathroom can be expensive. In fact, Houzz puts the average cost of a master bathroom remodel at $8,000 in 2020 — and that cost goes up to $14,000, on average, for a major remodel. The good news is that if you’re looking for a trendy upgrade […]

Top 5 Questions Real Estate Agents Get From Buyers, Answered

Questions Real Estate Agents Get From Buyers

Whether you’re a first-time buyer or a real estate pro with a few penthouses under your belt, buying a home is still an intimidating experience. Besides the chunk of change on the line, you’re putting a ton of trust in your realtor. You’ll treat them like a therapist and wish they were a mind reader. […]

33 Easy Spring Cleaning Tips for a Sparkling Home

Easy Spring Cleaning Tips

Nothing feels quite as satisfying as coming home to a house that sparkles. Since cleaning your house from top to bottom can be overwhelming — not to mention tiring and time-consuming — take it room by room or appliance by an appliance with these spring cleaning tips from organizing and cleaning pros. No matter if […]

First-Time Homebuyer’s Guide

First-Time Homebuyer's Guide

Everything you need to know to make that big purchase easier – Buying a home can be challenging for a first-timer. After all, there are so many steps, tasks, and requirements, and you may be anxious about making an expensive mistake. This is why we’ve put together this extensive First-Time Homebuyer’s Guide. But first-time homebuyers […]

5 Real Estate Tips for First-Time Home Sellers

First-Time Home Sellers

Spring has sprung, and summer is almost here. “For sale” signs have been popping up in yards across the country. Between the busy home-buying season, with the added incentive of declining mortgage rates, homebuyers are out looking for a great deal. Until recently, home sellers pretty much had their pick thanks to bidding wars. Not […]

This might be the most colorful condo on the market.

most colorful condo

A pair of artists are selling a Rogers Park condo they rehabbed into a vibrantly colorful, inventive space.  James Conley and Kurt Heinrich are asking $399,000 for the three-bedroom condominium on Morse Avenue on the western edge of Rogers Park. It was listed yesterday, represented by Lisa Blume of Keller Williams One Chicago. Since buying the condo […]

Waiting to buy in Chicago could mean higher mortgage payments

Waiting to buy in Chicago could mean higher mortgage payments

We live in uncertain times, and clients these days, perhaps more than ever, are asking themselves if now is the right time to buy. Fence-sitters beware, though, says a new study from Zillow, which notes that waiting could mean a much higher mortgage payment down the road. The online brokerage notes that at a 30-year […]

Three Ways to Win in a Bidding War

Three Ways to Win in a Bidding War

With so few houses for sale today and low mortgage rates driving buyer activity, bidding wars are becoming more common. Multiple-offer scenarios are heating up, so it’s important to get pre-approved before you start your search. This way, you can put your best foot forward – quickly and efficiently – if you’re planning to buy […]

35 Never-Fail Wall Paint Colors, According to Top Interior Design

35 Never-Fail Wall Paint Colors

The selections of 35 Never-Fail Wall Paint Colors, which range from neutral to pigment-rich, are wonderfully versatile With the seemingly endless variety of color swatches, asking AD100 designers to pick just one go-to wall paint seems like a presumptuous request. And for some, it was. “It depends on the local light,” Ilse Crawford explains. Fellow […]