While you’re surfing the web on Monday make sure to check out the new Rubloff.com website. It is sure to impress!!

Per the Illinois Association of Realtors, Chicago area homes sales fell 18.7% in May compared to last year. 
Some good news, sales INCREASED over  the previous month for the fourth straight time.
In Chicago, the median home price fell 29.5% in May to $225,000 compared with $319,000 in May of 2008.
Per David Hanna – President of the [...]

Per Realty Times,  a campaign to extend the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit got underway on Capitol Hill last week. 
Bills have been introduced in both the Senate and the House to do the following:

Open the Credit to ALL Buyers

Keep it Available through Next Year

Remove the current Income Limitations

Allowing Current Home Owners to Participate

Currently the [...]

My open houses at 30 East Division Unit 8A in the Gold Coast and 400 West Ontario Unit 709 in River Northwere very successful today and I would like to thank everyone who stopped by on this beautiful warm and sunny Sunday to view these wonderful properties. 
I am attaching some photos of the views from each property [...]

Help celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Chicago Outdoor Film Fesitival in Grant Park!  Enjoy the lakefront and the Chicago skyline as you converge on Grant Park  for seven consectuive Tuesdays starting July 14th.  This years film festival honors our own President Abraham Lincoln on the 200th anniversary of his birth.  (Make sure to [...]

Per the Illinois Association of Realtors, the Illinois housing market increased for the third consecutive month. Total single family homes and condominium sales were up 9.0% in April 2009 over March 2009.

A new state law effective today,  June 1 will require Home Sellers to submit their right thumbprint to a notary public to sell their home.
The thumbprints will not be public records.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DECLINES

Below is a monthly year-over-year comparison of home sales (single-family and condo) in the nine-county Chicago area.

Month
2009
2008
Change

January
2,965
3,927
-24.5%

February
3,082
4,326
-28.8%

March
4,260
5,759
-26%

April
4,745
6,094
-22.1%

2008
2007

January
3,927
5,947
-34%

February
4,326
5,894
-26.6%

March
5,759
8,101
-28.9%

April
6,094
8,729
-30.2%

May
6,927
9,751
-29%

June
7,656
10,612
-27.9%

July
7,274
9,730
-25.2%

August
6,804
9,733
-30.1%

September
6,371
6,794
-6.2%

October
5,397
6,559
-17.7%

November
3,910
5,774
-32.3%

December
4,232
5,033
-15.9%

Source: Illinois Assn. of Realtors

Per the Illinois Association of Realtors Chicago area home sales fell 22% in April compared to last year but increased over the previous month for the third straight time.
The [...]

Chicago Real Estate Listings and Closings for May 16 ~ 22, 2009
Per the Chicago Association of Realtors

Yes, that’s right. Per Crain’s Chicago Business the owner of John Barleycorn’s, a popular Lincoln Park hang out, is planning a roughly 20,000 square foot location at 508 North State in River North. John Barleycorn River North is scheduled for a 2010 opening.
Cheers!!