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John Hall Homes

John Hall Homes

For 40 years, John Hall Homes has been building quality custom homes in St. Charles and the Fox River Valley, offering compelling new home packages in the finest new home communities.
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APEX Exteriors, Inc.

APEX Exteriors, Inc.

With over 30 years experience, the experts at APEX Exteriors have been providing premium exterior home services throughout Chicagoland. Whether it be a simple service call or a complete renovation of the building, Apex Exteriors, Inc. has the professional know-how to get it done right, and done right the first time.
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Chicago Tribune Festival of Homes

Chicago Tribune Festival of Homes

The Chicago Tribune Festival of Homes brings a collective focus to the Chicagoland new home builder community through a combination of print, online and social media.
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Condo Shark

Condo Shark

The Matt Garrison Group

Condo Shark™ is a tool that tracks financially distressed properties where the selling price has been slashed drastically over recent months. This tool was specifically designed for investors, bargain seekers and real estate speculators who are prepared to react quickly as opportunities arise.
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Sheldon Good & Company

Sheldon Good & Company

Sheldon Good & Company was founded in 1965 and pioneered the real estate auction concept. Since that time, we've sold over 40,000 properties in over 100 asset classes. Our accelerated marketing program is unlike any other real estate auction company.
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Fresh Horizon Realty

Fresh Horizon Realty

Fresh Horizon Realty has luxury condominiums and single-family homes throughout Chicago and the northwest suburbs that qualify for our special financing. Working directly with the financial Institutions and developers, Fresh Horizon Realty has the ability to offer its clients significantly more home for less money.
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This afternoon I plotted out all of the top Lake Shore Drive price reductions, foreclosures, and short sales listed on CondoShark.com. Use this Google Map to drill into each location to see price information and links to listings.
Added by Condo Shark on March 5, 2010 at 4:18pm

CondoShark logoIt's easy to keep up with price reductions by visiting CondoShark.com regularly, but it isn't a comprehensive view of the market. For that reason, Matt Garrison offers a "Deal Alert" service that lets buyers delve deeper into the best deals out there.

"Not all great deals can be measured by price reductions -- it's only one metric," Garrison says. "Several CondoShark Deal Alert subscribers have found great deals by registering with us, letting us know their criteria and working with us to take advantage of market conditions. We will publish these specific deals as they close from time to time."

CondoShark tracks distressed properties in the Bucktown, Gold Coast, Lake View, Lincoln Park, River North, West Loop and South Loop neighborhoods, as well as in select North Shore villages.

Added by Condo Shark on February 26, 2010 at 4:45pm

CondoShark logoMatt Garrison's CondoShark.com tracks more than discounts on downtown condos -- it also keeps tabs on the city's single-family home market. If you know where to look, you can find a single-family home listed for 25 percent or more off its original list price. The two listed at CondoShark.com are:

Bucktown:


Added by Condo Shark on February 19, 2010 at 2:44pm

Posted 2/1/2010 by Joseph Askins

515 Kenilworth Ave, Kenilworth


Matt Garrison's CondoShark.com tracks the biggest discounts on homes in seven Chicago neighborhoods and eight suburbs. This morning I browsed the suburban listings at Garrison's ShoreShark page and found these properties, which represent the five biggest discounts on North Shore homes. Click on the links below to see listings for these homes.

  • 515 Kenilworth Ave in Kenilworth (above): Six-bedroom / 4.5-bath; was $1.99 million, now $1.09 million (45.1 percent change)
  • 2710 Greenleaf Ave in Wilmette: Six-bedroom / six-bath; was $828,900, now $475,000 (42.7 percent change)
  • 5 E Laurel Rd in Lake Forest: Eight-bedroom / 7.5-bath; was $6.6 million, now $3.99 million (39.4 percent change)
  • 467 E Illinois Rd in Lake Forest: Four-bedroom / three-bath; was $1.24 million, now $789,000 (36.8 percent change)
  • 1005 E Illinois Rd in Lake Forest: Three-bedroom / three-bath; was $2.8 million, now $1.79 million (35.9 percent change)

Find more information about price reductions, foreclosures, and short sales in Chicago and beyond at CondoShark.com and ShoreShark.com.

Added by Condo Shark on February 1, 2010 at 10:17am

Time is running out to take advantage of the government's home buyer tax credits. Buyers must sign their contracts by April 30, meaning there are only three months left to find a single-family home or condo of your choice and still qualify for as much as $8,000 (for first-timers) or $6,500 (for current home owners) in credit.

Although the government's expansion of the credit program is great for buyers, people who buy this winter won't see the true benefit of the credit until they file their 2010 taxes next year. In order to help buyers today, Fresh Horizon Realty, working in concert with select community banks, is letting buyers apply that credit toward their down payment.

"You can use the credit immediately, at the closing table," says Paul Carney, Fresh Horizon's director of operations. "Would you rather wait for your $8,000 until 2011, or would you rather utilize it today? I think that gives buyers a lot more flexibility, so that maybe they can get into a home that they couldn't have with an affordable monthly payment."

The use of the tax credit at closing is just a part of a larger program Fresh Horizon has in place, through which buyers can buy new and recently rehabbed condos and single-families below builder costs before they go into foreclosure or short sale. The selected properties have been pre-approved for special no-PMI financing options ranging from a 3.99-percent, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 20-percent down-payment to a 4.99-percent mortgage with no money down.

Fresh Horizon last year launched three Web sites, HomesUnder1k.com, 8KToday.com, and BuyBelowBuilderCost.com, promoting these buying opportunities. Next week the brokerage's will launch its official page, FreshHorizonRealty.com. Buyers can also receive more information by calling 877-592-8960.

Added by Fresh Horizon Realty on January 29, 2010 at 4:46pm

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