The Real Estate Lounge Chicago

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Real Estate Agent - @properties
The brick and mortar of this blog is the expertise, insights and experiences I have gained as one of Chicago's top real estate professionals. With my team The Real Estate Lounge Chicago I am affiliated with @properties. My success is partly due to hard work and market knowledge, but mostly it’s old and new clients choosing me. I hope you enjoy. I also hope when it’s time for you to buy or sell a home that you turn to me.

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2008 

When is a swimming pool not so cool? When it is in the middle of Montrose Avenue in the middle of winter. That was the case a week ago Tuesday when a 100-year-old water main ruptured at about 1 in the morning, leaving a gaping 80 foot wide chasm some 15 feet deep filled with water that swamped th...
01/31/2008
"How much is this going to cost me?" That's one of the questions my selling clients ask when it's time to put their places on the market. They know there's a tax involved (there's always a tax involved), they just don't know how much. In Chicago the so-called Real Estate Transfer Tax is the selle...
01/31/2008
If today is any indication it looks like the Chicago housing market is picking up steam amid the January chill. Unlike any of the past 30 or so Saturdays, today my schedule was jam-packed from start to finish with showings. 1934 Thomas, a new construction two bed/two bath a block south of Divisio...
01/31/2008
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Thomas McCarey

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