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How to Sell Your House Fast in Chicago with Targeted Updates and Spot-on Pricing

Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

Chicago’s housing options include a wide diversity of architecture, styles, and sizes, including vintage condos, brand-new construction, and 7,000-square-foot homes. Here’s what that means for sellers in the Chicago area: Make key updates if you’re selling a dated home. Updated homes tend to sell faster in Chicago, notes Westhoff.

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SEATTLE ‘WALKING’ TOWARDS URBAN CONNECTEDNESS

Will Springer Realtor

A concrete and steel cover connecting First Hill to downtown, for example, would reduce traffic noise, potentially add more parkland and encourage construction of new housing. on first-year costs, including a 20% down payment, closing costs, monthly mortgage, insurance and property taxes. only a few hundred dollars shy of that.

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WILL WAR IN UKRAINE IMPACT OUR HOUSING MARKET?

Will Springer Realtor

Soaring costs of labor and construction materials is certainly contributing to the rising figure but there is evidence of a sharp increase in home improvements since the start of the pandemic. New construction is not likely to keep up with demand and bring that median age [of a home] down. A 2021 survey showed nearly half of U.S.