Best restaurants and retail shopping in Albany Park – Lincoln Square …
When buyers look for a home, they want to know where are the best eating and shopping establishments. After all, we all need to easily get fresh groceries, find a reliable dry cleaner, enjoy parks, eat reasonably priced and tasty restaurant food, and access [...]
4830 N Albany is a fantastic 2 bedroom condo for sale in East Albany Park. With two full baths (one in the master) and a den/office, it’s a perfect choice for first time buyers looking to take advantage of the home buyer tax credit. It’s near the hot Francisco el stop on the Brown line [...]
There is just about one month left in the federal home buyer tax credit program — $ 6500 – $ 8000 in tax savings if you buy by April 30 and close by June 30.
How is the home buyer tax credit program affecting condo sales in Chicago? In a nutshell –
East Ravenswood has some lovely homes for sale right now — from $ 550,000 to almost $ 2,500,000, there are some fantastic historic houses for Chicago real estate buyers.
1605 W Cullom is an 1896 rehabbed Victorian, 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath, for $ 649,000.
4156 Paulina is on a huge corner lot — 43.7 x 165. [...]
Lakewood Balmoral has some great single family homes for sale. The bargains on Wayne and Magnolia are under contract, but there are currently 2 homes for sale under $ 900,000 that are worth seeing. The lovely rehab by Dave Kirk, 5511 N Lakewood, is also for sale.
5253 N Lakewood, a 5 bedroom built in 1903, [...]
Looking to buy a home before the tax credit ends April 30? There are some great opportunities in Chicago Real Estate for single family homes.
Don’t get me wrong — condos are great. Eventually, however, most condo buyers ask me
“What kind of home can I buy for this money?”
“What is the Chicago real estate market doing [...]
If you own a home built before 1978, it probably contained lead based paint, and you were given a lead paint brochure and disclosure when you bought the home. This disclosed the presence of lead paint in the home if the seller was aware of it. When you sell, you will disclose any knowledge you [...]
A Prudential Rubloff
Fine Homes Listing…
$1,349,900
3141 N Clifton is a home for the confident social maven — lovingly rehabbed over 3 years by a thoughtful owner (not a cookie cutter spec home builder) - it doesn’t scream at you. The details and finishes, the floor plan, chef’s kitchen, and patio garden gently sweep over you [...]
Condo owners annually elect a board of directors to oversee the property’s maintenance and management. (If not self-managed), these boards hire property managers to advise them, to collect assessment fees, manage the maintenance staff, oversee repairs to the common elements, and to facilitate the transfer of property between condo buyers and sellers.
I’ve worked with [...]
Section 22.1 of the Illinois Condo Act lets buyers demand certain information from the seller prior to committing to the purchase.
This makes sense! After all, buyers should have…
A copy of the Declaration, by-laws, other condominium instruments and any rules and regulations.
A statement [...]
