Chicago Real Estate Podcast with Anant Deoras

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Winning Tips for Chicago Buyers in an Ultra-Competitive Sellers Market

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report In many neighborhoods across Chicago, we have extremely low inventory and incredibly high demand. Chicago is experiencing an ultra-competitive seller’s market, which means buyers typically compete against multiple offers for their dream house. How do you make your offer stand out? First of all, consider the price. When Chicago was in a more balanced market, you might have been able to ...

Apr 28, 2016

How to Amp up the Resale Value of Your Home

Whether you're putting your home on the market this year or in the next five years, it is a smart decision to start building your home's resale value now. Here are some ways to create a comfortable home while making it easier to put more money into your bank account on closing day. Small Maintenance and Repairs If you think that home maintenance on the weekends waste your time and energy, think again. The small chores you do around your home prevents it from losing value. Neglecting small mainte...

Apr 13, 2016

How to Avoid a Turbulent Sale with a Real Estate Attorney

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report I’m honored to have my attorney partner, Kevin Mitrick, with me today to discuss the importance of having an attorney on your side when buying or selling a home in Chicago. In general, attorneys charge anywhere from $595-695 for real estate transactions. This is a flat fee, and the attorney will be doing various things from contract to closing. Primarily, an attorney will review the co...

Mar 30, 2016

What Does Tax Proration Mean for Chicago Buyers and Sellers?

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report Kevin Mitrick, an attorney with Spain, Spain, & Varnet P.C., focuses primarily on the representation of buyer and sellers in real estate transactions. Today, he joins me to answer the question, “What is a tax proration?” In Cook County, taxes are billed bi-annually and based off the previous year. The first installment is always 55% of the previous year's full tax bill. When a tran...

Mar 16, 2016

3 Reasons to List Before the Spring

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report If you’re thinking about selling this spring, rethink your strategy. There’s a huge advantage to listing your property now before the spring market comes along. Today, we’ll discuss the top three reasons why. Overall, demand is strong. Although springtime is the busiest selling season of the year, the market still experiences lots of activity during the winter. When you compare this Ja...

Feb 29, 2016

Why Is Selling Your Home a Two-Step Process?

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report Today I want to talk about selling your home. Specifically, I am going to talk about why you need to sell your home twice in order to reap the benefits. The first time you sell your home is when the property is on the market, properly priced and marketed, a buyer submits an offer, and you accept it. That’s the first sale. Then, unless the buyer is paying in all cash, they will be requi...

Dec 16, 2015

How Will New TRID Changes Affect Your Chicago Home Purchase?

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report Today I have Rick Pantoga with me, my local mortgage lending expert here in Chicago. He's going to be explaining some important changes that the real estate market will be experiencing this year. He's been in the business for 29 years, so he's seen both the good and the bad. On October 3rd of this year, the real estate market saw some big changes. What exactly happened? It's because of...

Oct 13, 2015

What's the Secret to Selling Homes in Chicago?

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report Today I want to talk about the importance of staging your home when you sell it in Chicago. It's a very easy way to maximize your sale price in Chicago. I had a 3 bedroom duplex property in Humboldt Park, and the owner paid $1,500 to have it staged. This included consultation and the design elements such as the furniture. This particular client was even staying there while it was stage...

Oct 01, 2015

How Do We Go Above and Beyond to Get Your Chicagoland Home Sold?

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report Today, I want to share a quick marketing tip with you to help you attract attention to your home when selling. There are many strategies we can utilize to get your home the broadest possible audience, but today we want to focus on the 10 tips for marketing your home before listing it on the MLS! Send out "Coming to the Market" postcards: Send out cards with great photos of your home wi...

Sep 17, 2015

The Benefits of Owning Over Renting

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report Today, we'll discuss buying versus renting. There are three main points that I want to make about buying and renting in Chicago's current market. The first thing to consider is rental affordability. A recent Zillow survey published in Crain's magazine revealed that in Chicago, renters typically pay 31% of their total income, while homeowners pay 14% of total income. Rental demand is sk...

Aug 20, 2015

Three Things to Know about Real Estate in Chicago

Buying a home? Click here to perform a full home search Selling a home? Click here for a FREE Home Value Report I have a couple of different things to speak about, because there is a lot going on with the real estate market in Chicago right now. First of all, inventory is very low, and this is causing multiple offer situations to occur more frequently. This is subsequently raising home prices, so if you're looking to sell, now is a great time to do so. As far as median home prices go, we're curr...

Aug 03, 2015

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