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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

New Homes For Sale in Buffalo Grove This Week

Find homes for sale in Buffalo Grove on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Chicago Area Home Prices Fall

New data released this week shows Chicago area home prices fell 0.8 percent in February.

  In February, Chicago-area home prices dropped for the sixth straight month according to new data released this week by S&P/Case-Shiller. The data reflects single-family home prices fell 0.8 percent in February compared with January. However, Chicago area home sales prices were up 5.1 percent compared with Feb. 2012, which is the second smallest year-to-year increase after New York in a 20-city index provided by S&P/Case-Shiller, reported Crain's Chicago Business. “Home prices continue to show solid increases across all 20 cities,” said David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, in a statement. “The 10- and 20-city composites recorded their highest annual growth rates since May 2006.” Buffalo Grove home …

Friday, April 26, 2013

Photos: Most Expensive Real Estate Listing in Buffalo Grove

Check out photos of 2861 Acacia Terrace, listed for $972,000. This is currently the most expensive home for sale in Buffalo Grove according to AOL Real Estate.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Many Buffalo Grove Homeowners are Mortgage Free

Crain's Chicago Business reports 20.9 percent of Buffalo Grove homeowners own their homes outright.

  Communities with a large segment of senior citizens or high median incomes tend to have the highest percentage mortgage-free homes, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.  According to the Crain's analysis, 13,483 homeowners, or 20.9 percent, own their home outright in Buffalo Grove. About 26 percent of homeowners in the Chicago area own their home mortage-free, the news source reports.  If you own a home, are you still paying off your mortgage? When will you be mortgage-free? 

Monday, April 1, 2013

Illinois Home Foreclosures Top National Average

See what Buffalo Grove homes are listed in foreclosure on AOL Real Estate.

  Illinois home foreclosure activity is four times the national average, reports Chicago Real Estate Daily. Data reflects nearly 138,000 homes in Illinios were in "foreclosure inventory" at the end of the first quarter, 36 percent higher than the same period last year, according to the story. The highest increase was in the number of pre-foreclosure homes pending repossession, reported Chicago Real Estate Daily. Area home foreclosures listed on AOL Real Estate include:

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Buffalo Grove Home Sale Prices Drop

Chicago Magazine reports sale prices from 2012 were slightly lower than in 2011.

  Home sale prices in Buffalo Grove are slightly down, according to a recent Chicago Magazine article. The article profiled what homes cost in several suburbs and Chicago neighborhoods. The magazine’s data showed the median sale price for a home in Buffalo Grove in 2012 was $280,000, down 1.8 percent from 2011 and 32 percent since 2006. There were 304 sales last year in the village, with homes staying on the market an average of 118 days, the magazine reports. Read the whole report and see what neighboring communities home sales data looks like on Chicago Magazine's website. 

Pete Speer

2:28 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013

There is no universe of housing up for sale. Therefore there is no basis in the allegation that housing prices are going up or down. It is a false premise good only for headline writers. So many factors go into the value of the house at sale. There are tiers of houses at different value levels. Owners may be absentee, banks (with foreclosed property), people moving up, etc. Buyers are …   more ›

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Cook County Real Estate Database

Want to see who sold their home in Cook County? Patch has compiled a searchable ongoing list of property sales in Cook County, based on data from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

Want to know how much that house down the block sold for or how many million dollar home sales there were in your community last year? Patch has put together a searchable real estate database of Cook County property sales that is updated twice a month as new data is received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. You can search by address (the field will fill in automatically as you start typing, but be patient — it may take a moment to catch up with you), or search a full town or a specific price range within a town. You can also search by the buyer or seller's name (and those fields will fill automatically as well). If no price is listed, or other information is missing, it is because it was not included in the information from the …

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8:52 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013

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Monday, January 28, 2013

House Hunt: Foreclosures in Buffalo Grove

Here are some foreclosures for sale in the 60089 ZIP code.

These are among the foreclosed homes for sale in Buffalo Grove, according to AOL real estate listings. Click on each listing for more details.   519 Ridgewood Lane Features: 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Price: $305,900   1076 Providence Lane Features: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Price: $209,900   278 South Buffalo Grove Road Features: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom Price: $178,900   268 Ashland Court Features: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Price: $112,500   225 Lake Boulevard Features: 1 bedroom, 1 bathoom Price: $67,000   Looking for more homes for sale? Check out this compilation of virtual tours of homes available for purchase or rent in Buffalo Grove.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Virtual Home Tours of BG Properties for Sale, Rent

Here's a look at some of the places on the market in Buffalo Grove.

If you're looking to buy or rent a home in Buffalo Grove, or if you're just curious about the interior of a nearby residence, virtual real estate tours can help. A number of area real estate agents have posted video tours of available homes online. Check out the gallery at right for a look at some of the recently listed homes in Buffalo Grove.

Friday, October 19, 2012

VIDEO: Former Pine Hills Farm Transformed Into Gorgeous Home

Tour this $1.8 million Kelsey Road home complete with coach house, swimming pool, tennis court and more.

Tour this home on Kelsey Road with Hunter's Fairway Sotheby's International Realty Realtors Judy Gibbons and Tara Kelleher.  Related Stories:  Tour $4 Million Barrington Hills Home  Milton Schwartz Home on Display Exclusive Home in "The Coves" Neighborhood

Dora

1:29 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013

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