Barrington Home Buyers – Stop Being Wimpy With Your Earnest Money.

By Corinne on May 22nd, 2013
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]

Barrington Homes – Affordability and Maintenance

By Corinne on November 7th, 2012
Barrington homes have a average sold price at the time of writing of $480,000. If I break that down it’s $203,000 for attached Barrington homes and $537,000 for detached Barrington homes.(I rounded up or down to nearest thousand). This is based on the last 6 month sales. Of course the highest sale in the last ... [Continue Reading]

Barrington Real Estate – Making an Offer On a House May Not Remain Confidential

By Corinne on November 1st, 2012
When you are in the market to buy a home, as your buyers agent I am required to advise you of several things. It’s likely most buyers never really think about many of them, after all why would you, you just want to buy a house. It’s why I suggest that we have a meet ... [Continue Reading]

How Buyers are searching for Barrington real estate on the internet.

By Corinne on April 11th, 2012
When home buyers are searching for the perfect Barrington home for sale, most of them will start on the internet. Google is the preferred search engine and the terms they may use include: “Barrington real estate“, “Barrington IL real estate“, but often they are longer like “Barrington Hills Equestrian properties with arenas“, or “Deer Park ... [Continue Reading]

Remembering That Barrington Home Buyers Might Just Be Like First Time Buyers

By Corinne on July 22nd, 2011
I must not forget that often my Barrington home buyers are either first time buyers or very similar. My buyers should not feel awkward about asking questions. It’s no secret that I have moved around a lot. We’ve just passed the 7th year anniversary of living in our current home and that’s a record. Just ... [Continue Reading]

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