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What Can An Independent Real Estate Broker in Barrington Give You?

By Corinne on May 17th, 2012
What Can An Independent Real Estate Broker in Barrington Give You?
I Am An Independent Real Estate Broker in Barrington and I Am Proud Of It Too! There are generally speaking two different types of real estate broker in Barrington, the Franchises and the Independents. Our company is an Independent company and we wanted to let our buyers and sellers know what they can expect from ... [Continue Reading]

Your Home Inspection – A Valuable Tool When Buying a Home

By Corinne on May 15th, 2012
Your Home Inspection – A Valuable Tool When Buying a Home
Your home inspection is a very valuable tool when buying a home, whether it’s a luxury Barrington home, a  Lake Zurich town house or a Palatine condo. Buying real estate is a huge investment of money and you’ll want to know what your hard earned cash is buying. Location, curb appeal and visual appearance are ... [Continue Reading]

Selling Your Barrington Home – Leaping The Hurdles

By Corinne on May 10th, 2012
Selling Your Barrington Home – Leaping The Hurdles
Selling your Barrington home involves a lot of things. In recent years they have not changed but those hurdles just seem tougher to leap over. The most frustrating part about selling your Barrington home is the wait period. Keeping your home as clean and tidy as you can on a constant basis, leaving for showings, ... [Continue Reading]

Barrington Homes – Choose Your Neighborhood First

By Corinne on May 6th, 2012
Barrington Homes – Choose Your Neighborhood First
Barrington homes and the search for your dream property. The best piece of advice I can give you before you start is to choose your neighborhood first. Everyone has heard the rule of real estate that it’s location, location, location over anything else, and when it comes to probably the largest investment of your life ... [Continue Reading]

South Barrington Homes – Even Luxury Buyers Have To Give Up Some Of Their Wish List

By Corinne on May 5th, 2012
South Barrington Homes – Even Luxury Buyers Have To Give Up Some Of Their Wish List
South Barrington homes offer some of the best choice in luxury real estate in the Barrington area. Yet buying a home in a luxury community is no different to buyers looking at other Barrington homes, you’ll likely have to give up some of the items on your wish list.  Whether it’s needing a main level ... [Continue Reading]

Is it OK to talk to another Barrington Realtor® if your property is already listed for sale?

By Corinne on May 1st, 2012
Is it OK to talk to another Barrington Realtor® if your property is already listed for sale?
This is a question that comes up every now and then and although the answer is not a simple yes or no, neither is it a complicated answer. Of course it depends on the context as well, in other words talking about your listing, talking about looking for a property to buy or rent, and ... [Continue Reading]

What Property Stays in Your Barrington IL Homes For Sale

By Corinne on April 27th, 2012
What Property Stays in Your Barrington IL Homes For Sale
When you list Barrington IL Homes for sale, you’ll need to identify what is going to stay with the property. Anything that is real property is part of the sales contract, the property itself, the yard space, plants, grass, ground below and air space above are automatic. What about appliances, window treatments, light fixtures, book ... [Continue Reading]

Barrington IL Real Estate – Why Won’t Mine Sell?

By Corinne on April 26th, 2012
Barrington IL Real Estate – Why Won’t Mine Sell?
You listed your Barrington IL real estate for sale a while ago and it hasn’t sold. Frustration sets in, even anger. You’ve got plans for the future, perhaps an out of state move, maybe your family is already living apart, one here, one there and traveling back and forth is mundane and expensive. On top ... [Continue Reading]

Real Estate Advertising Portals – An Instant Valuation That May Hurt Your Sale

By Corinne on April 17th, 2012
Real Estate Advertising Portals – An Instant Valuation That May Hurt Your Sale
Many of us in the industry have been aware of and watching an online war between one of the major online real estate advertising portals, and nationwide real estate brokerages pulling their listings from these portals due to incorrect property information or worse yet finding that even several months after closing the properties are still ... [Continue Reading]

Pricing Your Home – There Are No Homes Like Yours!

By Corinne on April 13th, 2012
Pricing Your Home – There Are No Homes Like Yours!
I thought I should follow up the last post about pricing only to the market with some information about establishing a price in a market where all the homes are different. There are very few homes in the Barrington area that are the same as others. What I mean by that is we don’t have ... [Continue Reading]
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