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Home Sellers Ask: Why Isn't My Home Selling?

November 3rd, 2009 9:26 am
Categorized in: Homes & Housing Market
Tagged with: expired, home selling, listing
Why isn't my home selling? Problem areas for unsuccessful home owners.

Make Sure Your Online Posts Don't Open the Door to Your Chicago Home

October 22nd, 2009 1:39 pm
Thieves are gaining entry through your social networks - so exercise care! Identity theft is easy when your posts provide way too much information to the types of people you don't want to know. So be careful.

Taking the Mystery Out of Commissions

October 5th, 2009 10:54 am
A brief explanation on how Real Estate commissions work, including splits between listing and buying companies and splits between companies and individual brokers.

Short Sale Time Table

September 25th, 2009 10:08 pm
Short sale time tables or time lines, why does a short sale take so long

Labor of Love - Showing Places on a Holiday

September 7th, 2009 4:08 pm
Chicago real estate pro Tom McCarey found assistance at today's showing of his home in the East Village from his two and four year old sons. Charming and engaged with a Disney movie, the boys helped gain a full-priced offer.

The Sins of a Seller

August 18th, 2009 5:10 am
I wanted to write a blog about what mistakes home sellers make that make buyers run away in fear!

A New Chicago Listing - The Work Begins After the Ink Dries

July 16th, 2009 2:13 pm
Tom McCarey and his team at The Real Estate Lounge Chicago work hard to get listings and work harder once the listing is in. Promoting the listing, getting it before search engines, figuring out where and how to position it. No small feat, but the pay off

An Early Day Because of A Chicago Rain

July 15th, 2009 5:21 am
Chicago real estate pro Tom McCarey was woken by the rain and entered the maelstrom to rescue patio furniture dampened by the storm. None the worse for wear I enter the remainder of my day ready for what may come.