Lyn Sims on the Schaumburg Area

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2012 

6 Worth-the-Price Fix-Ups Simple and affordable do-it-yourself projects can greatly increase a home's resale value, according to HomeGain's annual home improvement and staging survey done in April 2011. The company surveyed nearly 600 real estate professionals to discover which DIY home improveme...
01/28/2012
The time to prepare you home for going on the market IS NOT after it is listed. Here's a good post on the reasons why after you list your home & things are not going well is a big mistake! You should try for the biggest & best impact that your home can make! You should put your best foot forward ...
01/27/2012
High End Foreclosures in the Chicagoland Area for 2011 You'd have to admit that 2011 has been another unusual year for all of us in real estate.  I've recently stumbled upon some interesting foreclosures in our area.  Obviously, not your average foreclosures as you'll see. Bannockburn    $2,000,0...
01/27/2012
Schaumburg's Top Selling SubdivisionsLooking for a Schaumburg Home? Glad you're here and I'd like to present to you the most popular selling subdivisions in Schaumburg. Each area has it's own features and benefits, styles, location attributes. Find a great Schaumburg location that will fit your r...
01/24/2012
Currently in the Schaumburg market with our elevated inventory you have to be ‘spot on’ with your homes price.  Too high and no one will take your home seriously and it will be passed over.  A fair price – what a seller is willing to accept and a buyer is willing to pay.  That’s what we normally ...
01/20/2012
I would like to welcome back my guest blogger and short sale attorney, Gary Lundeen for another plea to Congress for Short Sale Reform. Soon Fannie & Freddie will begin the 'great sell off' of foreclosures to investors & what impact will it have on the currently limping housing market? I am sure ...
01/19/2012
Positive Signs continue in our Schaumburg Real Estate Market for the last 9 months. We are moving ahead with recovery here and sales have successfully reached above the 2010 level of closings.   The December totals for Schaumburg Single Family Homes are now 16% above 2010 closings and Schaumburg ...
01/18/2012
We often forget about the human side of foreclosure. I rarely think about forclosed homes as once being full of life and family anymore. They have become 'routine', just part of the normal market that I see everyday. This is a great story sharing the human side of foreclosure that I hope you will...
01/17/2012
Conversion Rate means? Months Supply of Inventory says? Why does this matter when you are selling your home? Well, the 'Absorption Rate' is the real estate markets ability to absorb or sell all of the Schaumburg Homes for sale in a given amount of time. The ability for the Absorption Rate and mar...
01/17/2012
Schaumburg IL Homes - What types of financing was used? While compiling this year end report for 2011 the total sales in Schaumburg IL I noticed a few striking differences between Schaumburg single family homes and multi-family home sales. Two completely different animals! Depending on what type ...
01/14/2012
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Lyn Sims offers market observations, housing industry updates and real estate news about the surrounding communities near Schaumburg IL in the Chicago Northwest Suburbs.