Make the first impression of your Barrington home the best. Let your home stand above the crowd of other listings. Crush your competition with more buyers wanting to come and look for more. Contact us today for more information about our aerial photography and true walking video. Every listing can have this. You choose, aerial ... [Continue Reading]

It’s time to set your home apart from the crowd! In real estate a picture can be worth thousands of dollars more. It pays to make a great first impression. It can bring more people to see your home. So don’t settle for less that professional photos of your curb appeal. Don’t settle for static ... [Continue Reading]

Sold by Corinne Guest, Managing Broker of Barrington Realty Company.  947 Shoreline Rd, Lake Barrington Shores, an Augusta model end unit townhome with a stunning kitchen, relaxing renovated master bedroom and bathroom, with the best waterfront views in the complex. Sold in 45 days. Average over last 6 months is 184 days. Sold at 96.25% ... [Continue Reading]

Much to the elation of home sellers everywhere, home prices are on the rise in nearly all states, according to a recent report from the real estate researcher CoreLogic. Evidently, 48 states showed year-over-year gains in April. Meanwhile, home prices also showed month-over-month gains between March and April. As a result, home sellers from California to ... [Continue Reading]

Barrington IL real estate has been popping during the month of May 2013, and to prove that it’s time for a market update. This month I wanted to see which were the most active price bands. With 57 sales of both single family homes and condos or townhomes it’s enough to see what’s popular. 50 ... [Continue Reading]
South Barrington homes are a magnet for luxury home buyers. The location is good, close to I-90 and Route 59. There are more luxury homes here and the typical cost of properties is higher than any other Barrington area. However I see a disconnect and I am not sure what can be done about it. ... [Continue Reading]
If your Barrington home was on the market and did not sell the standard reaction by most REALTORS is to tell you the price was too high and you need to come down a bit. However the market is changing and this may or may not be part of the equation. It’s possible you were ... [Continue Reading]
There’s one thing about being a Realtor I love and that’s the flexibility to do what I want when the phone is quiet.  Now that winter has departed it’s time to put them walking shoes back on so today at 4pm I stopped work, and set of for what I thought was going to be ... [Continue Reading]
If you are in the market to buy a home, whether in Barrington or anywhere here in Northern Illinois it might surprise you to know that earnest money is not a requirement. Therefore there is also no minimum, no maximum either. In recent years it seems that buyers have started to get a little wimpy ... [Continue Reading]
April was an active month for real estate in the Barrington area and as the expected start of a typical spring market here in the Midwest I wanted to take a look at trends this month. Some of our homes are selling in record time. The median price range here in Barrington always has the ... [Continue Reading]

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