If you are in the Chicago area, or coming to the Chicago area, then you may need some help looking for a place to live. If this is the case you should check out what is probably one of the most comprehensive real estate websites on the Internet – Chicago Real Estate Blog. The team here specializes in Chicago area residential real estate in the City of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. You will find here that nothing is left behind, as the site includes single family homes, townhouses, and condos. There is real estate information here on all suburbs in Chicago including Algonquin, Arlington Heights, Barrington, Bartlett, Palatine, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Wheeling, and so much more. The site itself is extremely comprehensive, as you will see from some of the recent posts: More than food, the Taste of Chicago; Is it time to invest in Real Estate?; Old Orchard Condos; Spring Hill Condos Selling Fast; and Take a moment to remember. Travel around the main site and you will find buyers and sellers links, a link to search for homes, and a FREE Chicagoland MLS search tool. The site also offers a host of relocation services for each of the Chicago suburbs, so if you are new to the area, you will already have a host of resources at your fingertips.
Navigation on this site is very simple. There is a top navigation bar that includes the home page, blog, buyers link, sellers link, search for homes link, and a contact page. The posts and content on the main page are left marginalized and there is a right navigation bar. On the blog, the right bar contains a categories menu that contains Condos, Festivals and Events, Real Estate Investing, and Uncategeorized links. The right bar also includes and entire menu each for relocation and real estate information on each of the Chicago Suburbs. I really like the personal feel of this blog, the entire website is clearly devoted to making the lives of the readers easier. If you are a seller, they guarantee your house will sell in 60 days, and buyers are guaranteed a $5000 savings right off the start. They also offer not only real estate information on each suburb, but individual city information as well. To further that end, if you are looking for specific Chicago information that isn’t available on the website, they invite you to contact them and let them know.
I am going with a 4 for this one. I kept thinking while reading this that if I was moving to Chicago, I know who I would call. This has to be one of the most comprehensive real estate resources I have seen to date. There is nothing here that would not appeal to a prospective buyer or seller. The content is rich and informative, and the navigation is extremely straightforward. The only thing I would suggest is to get that blog a little more active, daily content or content every other day would certainly help. Perhaps a listing of the day if they are short of ideas for the blog. An active blog is what will keep readers coming, but otherwise I can’t see any other issues that would impede this blog from becoming tremendously successful.
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– Chrissie
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