With all apologies to Shakespeare, the summer of ‘08 has been difficult in the real estate market … to say the least.
The reasons are too numerous to count but the highest ranking are:
- The mortgage meltdown –(Did all those people really think the $4,000 month mortgage was the wisest thing on their $50,000/yr. salary just beside a mortgage person they had never heard of weeks before said it was….?)
- Fannie and Freddie are no longer our favorite aunt and uncle. (They really give new meaning to relatives that overstay their welcome!)
- Cranes stand sentry over skylines throughout the country awaiting the call to action but no one seems to have the helm.
In my world however, a bright spot in the Real Estate market:
I haven’t been blogging for several months because I have been selected as the new Director of Sales for this prestigious new residential offering in Chicago. After 14 years as a Realtor, I have been offered similar positions in the past and have usually politely declined. This time the call was too great. Why? The reason is simple: This is a legend in the making. I can’t imagine Chicago without this building and want to be a part of it!
Watch for blogs in the next few months keeping my readers appraised of the progress at 2520. Unitl then, all my residential clients are still my priority. for 14 years, you have been the heart of my business and many of you are like family. I am still Charlotte Newberger’s business partner and we are actively (very, very actively) representing individual sellers and buyers.
Have a great Labor Day weekend… I’ll be in Saugatuck!
