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Bucktown Single Family Homes
By Scott Berg at 8 December, 2011, 7:22 pm
The Bucktown Real Estate Market This data was compiled from Chicago MLS listings from the past 12 months. As you can see from this data there is around a years worth of inventory in Bucktown with 97 homes sold in the last 12 months and 48 currently active on the market. The average market time [...]
Read More >>List a Home on MLS for Flat Fee
By Scott Berg at 6 December, 2011, 10:14 pm
Scott Berg has been listing homes for a flat fee on the Chicago MLS since 2004. We can assist you. Typically our clients are either “for sale by owner” or industry insiders. Industry insiders include former real estate brokers, commercial brokers, mortgage brokers, attorneys, builders, developers, rehabbers, flippers, and appraisers. The program includes an mls [...]
Read More >>Bucktown Homes For Sale Market Report
By Scott Berg at 6 December, 2011, 4:37 am
Market Statistics for Bucktown, Chicago for December 5, 2011 Total Listings Average List Price Average Market Time Sold 97 $884,354 175 days Active 46 $1,192,547 287 days Under Contract 12 $899,733 249 days Max [...]
Read More >>Gold Coast Real Estate
By Scott Berg at 3 December, 2011, 11:18 pm
Gold Coast Real Estate Market Update for 2 bedroom Condos LP – List Price MT – Market Time SP – Sold Price Total Average LP Average MT Sold-131 [...]
Read More >>Edina Realty Pulls MLS Listing Feed From Realtor.com & Trulia
By Scott Berg at 21 November, 2011, 10:43 pm
Edina Realty, one of the largest brokerages and a dominant forces in the state of Minnesota has decided not to feed its listings to Realtor.com and Trulia. It is common to hear grumblings from agents and other industry insiders that giving public sites access to their listing data is in the end counter productive and [...]
Read More >>Chicago Real Estate Market Update
By Scott Berg at 20 November, 2011, 11:43 pm
If you look at the city overall things are not bright. That being said real estate is hyper local and what is happening in one area, in one price range is quite different from another. Here is a snapshot of how the Chicago Real Estate Market is preforming as a whole: chicago-real-estate-market
Read More >>The Chicago Real Estate Scene
By Scott Berg at 17 November, 2011, 10:37 pm
I would like to introduce you to our new website called the Chicago Real Estate Scene. There are a couple of things that make this site somewhat unique. One is that it actually allows you to search by Chicago neighborhoods. Many websites out there claim to allow a neighborhood search but only actually allow search [...]
Read More >>Is a Reverse Mortgage a Better Option?
By Scott Berg at 11 October, 2011, 4:54 pm
If you are a cash strapped, 62+ year old homeowner and don’t believe you can get your house sold with the excess amount of home inventory on the market you may want to consider staying in your home and use a reverse mortgage to bridge the income vs expense divide. A reverse mortgage will enable [...]
Read More >>MLS Your For Sale By Owner – Why Not?
By Scott Berg at 11 August, 2011, 8:27 pm
If you are currently trying to sell your home “for sale by owner” then you might be considering an mls listing. The mls is the best way to get exposure for your home but you need to be aware of what an mls listing is and what it means. The first thing to understand is [...]
Read More >>Statewide MLS Listings? Flat Fee Listers Love The Idea
By Scott Berg at 10 August, 2011, 6:58 pm
The Arizona Association of REALTORS recently announced that they are moving forward with a plan for a state wide mls system. Consolidation among local associations and mls services are becoming common place as these institutions look to drive efficiencies and lower overall expenses for their members. The idea of state wide or a nationwide mls [...]
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