Barrington Homes – Choose Your Neighborhood First

By Corinne on May 6th, 2012

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 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]

Every Barrington MLS Listing Right Here But I Don’t List Them All.

By Corinne on April 11th, 2012

If you think about it, what are the chances that one Barrington Realtor has every single listing Barrington MLS listing available as the listing agent. With 500 or so Realtor’s in Barrington that would likely put 499 of them out of business. Some would scream monopoly! It’s evident that not everyone understands that I can ... [Continue Reading]

Stop Printing Paper Flyers – Drive-bys Can See Barrington Homes With Smart Phones

By Corinne on February 25th, 2012

Barrington homes need to stand out amongst the crowd. Spring is coming and I think it highly likely we’ll see even more Barrington homes come to the market to tempt buyers. The selling and buying of real estate here in Barrington does not really change much from year to year. The way we market Barrington ... [Continue Reading]

Winterizing Your Barrington Homes

By Corinne on November 27th, 2011

As usual at this time of year our weather is like a yo-yo. We’ve seen a lot of rain in the last few days, it’s been cloudy all last week, and now the cold is back with temperatures dropping into the 30′s for the week ahead. Snow, dare I say it, will be here very ... [Continue Reading]

The Cold, Hard and often Rejected Facts About Selling Old, Outdated Barrington Homes in a Buyers Market

By Corinne on August 28th, 2011

August 2011 – Still firmly a buyers market in Barrington, with more than 6 months inventory, a lot more, marketing times still on average around 9 months, and you want or need to sell your Barrington home. Yet the home is old, does not conform to the neighborhood, usually a different age or considerably smaller, ... [Continue Reading]

Barrington Homes Illinois-2010 Market Wrap Up

By Corinne on January 22nd, 2011

Over the last couple of weeks I have reported year end market reports for South Barrington, Barrington Hills, North Barrington, Deer Park, Lake Barrington, Lake Barrington Shores, Wynstone in North Barrington. Now I want to let you all know the data for the enire area encompassing all Barrington Homes Sold in 2010 compared to 2009. ... [Continue Reading]

Barrington Homes – Buyers Wish List from Your Barrington Buyers Agent Specialist

By Corinne on January 14th, 2011

As a Barrington Realtor that spends a lot of time with buyers, here’s my top 10 wish list items garnered from my buyers last year. Updated kitchen with granite counters and stainless steel appliances. Updated bathrooms with separate tub and shower in master bathroom. Room with a view-could be waterfront or back yard but just ... [Continue Reading]

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