Posts Tagged ‘illinois’

Waterloo Illinois

May 10, 2010 - 1:02 am 3 Comments

Take a little tour around Waterloo, Illinois, hosted by Barbara Markham of RE/MAX Preferred. Thinking about having a little piece of Waterloo to call your own? Call Barbara at 800-287-9650 or visit her real estate website at www.TheMarkhamNetwork.com to view over 6000 local listings – many with virtual tours.

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Meet Linda Martin, a Winnetka / Northfield real estate expert

May 6, 2010 - 2:37 am No Comments

Linda Martin of Coldwell Banker’s Winnetka North office was recently selected as the charter member of NorthShoreRealEstateExperts.com.

In this first part of a 3-part interview, we learn a bit about Linda’s background and experience in marketing real estate on Chicago’s North Shore.

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Buying in a tough Chicago real estate market

May 3, 2010 - 3:23 am No Comments

Matt Garrison, one of Coldwell Banker’s super-agents, and managing director of the Matt Garrison Group, offers up some straight talk about how to navigate today’s challenging market.

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CAR’s 2010 Economic Forecast: The alarm bells aren’t ringing

April 24, 2010 - 12:29 am No Comments

A real estate recovery will be difficult without job creation, and Illinois entered the recent economic downturn with one distinct disadvantage: It never really recovered from the last recession.

So says Geoffrey Hewings, director of the University of Illinois’ Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, who was the first guest to take the mic at Thursday’s 2010 Economic Forecast panel hosted by the Chicago Association of Realtors. The presentation, moderated by WBBM’s Ron Gleason, also featured Inland Real Estate Group Vice President Joe Cosenza, Hanley Wood Market Intelligence Regional Manager Michael Hart, and Appraisal Research Counselors Vice President Gail Lissner, all of whom gave Realtors updates on the state of the residential, commercial, and industrial real estate markets in the Chicago metro area.

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Lino Darchun, on selecting a buyer’s agent

April 20, 2010 - 9:38 pm 2 Comments

Chicago has tens of thousands of real estate agents. How should a home buyer go about picking one to work with?

That’s the question I posed to veteran real estate agent (and former night club owner) Lino Darchun, who works out of Coldwell Banker’s Lincoln Park office.

The background photo was taken by Michael Kardas, YoChicago’s staff photographer.

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Meet a Certified Financial Planner – I did

April 17, 2010 - 6:12 pm 6 Comments

Some days it seems like the world is awash in financial planners. Few of them qualify for the Certified Financial Planner designation.

I met Annette Findling of Stonebridge Advisors at an open house event in Lincolnshire hosted by Linda Martin of Coldwell Banker.

I asked Annette what a financial planner does and what the CFP designation means. Take a look at her answers.

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Mozenda Screen Scraping for Real Estate Investors – Pt 2

April 14, 2010 - 9:13 pm 2 Comments

Schwaps (http://www.schwaps.com) founder, Justin McClelland (http://www.justinmcclelland.com), chronicles his company in its beginning phase. In this video he speaks of how screen-scraping can be used by real estate investors. As an alternative to manually compiling databases or paying for them, screen scraping can be used to pull data from anywhere on the web at a minimal cost.

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1007 Beaver Creek, Mahomet, Illinois 61853 – Real Estate – Champaign County

April 11, 2010 - 9:41 pm No Comments

Schwaps ( http://www.schwaps.com ) provides detailed information regarding a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom single-family, residential property located at 1007 Beaver Creek in Mahomet, Illinois. Many vantage points are displayed both inside and outside to provide a potential buyer with a comprehensive, virtual showing.

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The Winnetka real estate market

April 2, 2010 - 2:33 pm No Comments

Coldwell Banker’s Linda Martin sits on the lawn of a new home she’s selling in Winnetka for $3.299M and gives me her take on some of the factors impacting the current market.

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Rantoul Illinois Real Estate Listings Homes For Sale

March 30, 2010 - 12:13 pm No Comments

http://www.real-estate-urbana-champaign-illinois.com Rantoul homes for sale. This is cute updated 4 bedroom home with many recent updates. 100% Financing Available for Rantoul Real Estate and Houses For Sale. Rantoul Realtors and Agents Welcome. We Buy Houses Too … http://www.HandyManBuysHouses.com

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