The Big Truth about Jumbo Loans in Chicago Real Estate Market

“Chicago isn’t considered a “high cost” real estate market? Tell that to home buyers looking in any of the neighborhoods where I concentrate my business,” says Chicago real estate professional Tom McCarey. HUD didn’t classify Chicago as “high cost,” costing the city and its home buyers the opportunity to have access to more jumbo loan providers. The result? Higher interest rates and fewer options.

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Chicago’s Mercurial Weather Patterns

Selling real estate in Chicago is exhilirating, gratifying and time consuming. But taking time for your family is critical. So after working weekends top producing Chicago realtor spends the bulk of Mondays and Tuesdays with his family. This Tuesday proved to be veer dramatically from the previous day with temperatures dropping by 20 degrees. But Tom dressed his sons as if it was still Monday. Brr as the family heads north and finds an outlet mall in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin where layers of new clothes warm Jackson and Lucas.

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A Baby’s First Sequence of Steps (and the Chicago Real Estate Market Continues Moving Forward)

Daddy Tom McCarey, a top producing Chicago realtor, proudly watches one-year-old son Lucas Storm take one step after another. He also answers value question and refers to @ properties market report regarding Chicago real estate to allay concerns about the Chicago market.

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By All Means a Bio – This is a Snap Shot of Being Tom McCarey

The first week has come and gone and I am glad to be a part of the @properties’ brokerage. Something about making a move that gets my blood moving and makes me feel a little bit more alive. It also grants me a wonderful chance to take a little of this and ditch a little [...]

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Change Becomes Me – Joining Chicago’s @properties Real Estate Brokerage

Change. It comes in a pile of coins. Or it’s expressed on the calendar four times a year with the shifting of the seasons. Or it happens at odd, possibly unexpected times in one’s professional life. Kind of like an old school coffee percolator, the idea of a change was brewing for me a bit [...]

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