How Many Hinsdale Homeowners Have Paid Off Their House?

Crain's Chicago Business reports 32.5 percent of Hinsdale homeowners are mortgage-free and own their homes outright.

Communities with a large segment of senior citizens or high median incomes tend to have the highest percentage mortgage-free homes, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.  According to the Crain's analysis, of 4,486 Hinsdale homeowners, 32.5 percent are mortgage-free. In Clarendon Hills, 26.6 percent of the 2,459 owner-occupied homes are without a mortgage. Both communities' numbers are higher than the Chicagoland average, which is nearly 26 percent. 

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Get Your Hinsdale Home Ready to Sell

Tips for getting your home market-ready for prospective buyers.

By Melissa Steele and Charlotte Eriksen So you’ve made the decision to sell your home. Now what? It takes a lot of mental preparation to let go of a space you’ve grown to love, and the process of selling your home can be particularly strange if you are still living in it. Mike LaFido, of Hinsdale's ERA Team Feinstein, LLC, and author of "Cracking the Real Estate Code" said homeowners should take the following steps when getting ready to list their home: Stage the home: "Decorating is for living and staging is for selling," LaFido said. The more neutral the decor, the more potential buyers the home will attract, he said. "If you keep it the way you had it, you might be looking for a needle-in-a-haystack buyer—they (buyers) want turnkey …

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$6 Million Hinsdale Home Among New Listings: House Hunt

Patch has a look at the pricier listings new to the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills market, according to AOL Real Estate.

Here are this week's three pricey new listings in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills on AOL Real Estate. Get a better look at these homes' exteriors and interiors by peeking at the pictures to the right. 323 Hillcrest Ave., Hinsdale: $6,000,000 740 S. Oak St, Hinsdale: $2,999,000 14 Hiawatha Dr., Clarendon Hills: $689,993 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills news:   Check out past House Hunts:

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$4 Million Warren Terrace Home in Hinsdale on Market: House Hunt

Patch has a look at the pricier listings new to the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills market, according to AOL Real Estate.

Here are this week's three pricey new listings in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills on AOL Real Estate. Get a better look at these homes' exteriors and interiors by peeking at the pictures to the right. 535 Warren Ter., Hinsdale: $3,975,000 912 S. Garfield St., Hinsdale: $2,499,000 150 Jane Ct., Clarendon Hills: $1,250,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills news: Check out past House Hunts:

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Teardowns.com 'A Disruptor' in Real Estate Industry, Owner Says

Hinsdale resident Brian Hickey started Teardown.com in 2001 to directly connect sellers of property with redevelopment potential with interested buyers.

Brian Hickey pointed to an old black-and-white photograph of downtown Chicago above his desk in Clarendon Hills. “You take a look at that skyline, it doesn’t look like it looks now,” Hickey said, referring to buildings in the picture that no longer stand. “They were replaced by something.” Though controversial in towns like Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills, redevelopment is natural and the product of a “constantly evolving” market, the longtime Hinsdale resident and founder of Teardowns.com says. Hickey’s bluntly named business aims to serve that market by connecting sellers who own property with redevelopment potential with interested buyers. “It’s not balloons and open houses,” Hickey said of his company’s real estate niche. “This is a …

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brian hickey

9:26 am on Saturday, February 23, 2013

Gigi, As you suspected, the business started after I tried to sell my Hinsdale home/property directly to builders (wanted to bypass the commission) - what I learned and we have proven over time is that the easiest way to undersell property is to sell without any competition and exposure to all the targeted buyers (builders, investors and individuals - builders are not always the best buyers) that…   more ›

$3.4 Million Park Avenue Home in Hinsdale on Market: House Hunt

Patch has a look at the pricier listings new to the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills market, according to AOL Real Estate.

Here are this week's three pricey new listings in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills on AOL Real Estate. Get a better look at these homes' exteriors and interiors by peeking at the pictures to the right. 707 S. Park Ave., Hinsdale: $3,399,000 736 Wilson St., Hinsdale: $2,450,000 441 Lynn Ct., Clarendon Hills: $699,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills news: Check out past House Hunts:

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$1.6 Million Giddings Avenue Home in Hinsdale on Market: House Hunt

Patch has a look at the pricier listings new to the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills market, according to AOL Real Estate.

Here are this week's three pricey new listings in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills on AOL Real Estate. Get a better look at these homes' exteriors and interiors by peeking at the pictures to the right. 5805 Giddings Ave., Hinsdale: $1,600,000 409 W. Walnut St., Hinsdale: $1,525,000 9 McIntosh Ave., Clarendon Hills: $1,249,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills news: Check out past House Hunts:

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$2 Million, 6-Bedroom Hinsdale Home Among New Listings: House Hunt

Patch has a look at the pricier listings new to the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills market, according to AOL Real Estate.

Here are this week's three pricey new listings in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills on AOL Real Estate. Get a better look at these homes' exteriors and interiors by peeking at the pictures to the right. 612 N. Elm St., Hinsdale: $1,999,000 811 S. Lincoln St., Hinsdale: $1,999,000 274 Middaugh Ave., Clarendon Hills: $1,064,993 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills news: Check out past House Hunts:

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Two $3 Million Houses, One New, Listed in Hinsdale: House Hunt

Patch has a look at the pricier listings new to the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills market, according to AOL Real Estate.

Here are this week's three pricey new listings in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills on AOL Real Estate. Get a better look at these homes' exteriors and interiors by peeking at the pictures to the right. 711 Cleveland Rd., Hinsdale: $3,499,000 5823 S. Giddings Ave., Hinsdale: $3,380,000 39 Chestnut Ave., Clarendon Hills: $1,299,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills news: Check out past House Hunts:

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110-Year-Old Hinsdale Home Listed at $1.8 Million: House Hunt

Patch has a look at the pricier listings new to the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills market, according to AOL Real Estate.

Here are this week's three pricey new listings in Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills on AOL Real Estate. Get a better look at these homes' exteriors and interiors by peeking at the pictures to the right. 740 S. Garfield St., Hinsdale: $1,825,000 728 W. North St., Hinsdale: $1,675,000 69 Norfolk Ave., Clarendon Hills: $1,290,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  There are plenty of ways to keep up on Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills news: Check out past House Hunts:

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