$1.5 Million Vine Street Home Sold in Hinsdale

See a complete list of recent Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills home sales in the latest Patch blog post from County Line Properties.

HGTV's 'House Hunters' Comes to Hinsdale

A Chicago couple looking for their suburban dream home in Hinsdale will be featured on the May 21 episode of 'House Hunters' on HGTV.

Hinsdale residents who watch HGTV will likely see some familiar sites on the cable channel next week. The May 21 episode of House Hunters will feature couple Amanda and Carl Ivanelli looking at and choosing from three Hinsdale homes, according to the show's website. "Our episode on House Hunters will show off lots of Hinsdale's beautiful sights as well as feature some restaurants," Amanda Ivanelli wrote in an email to Patch. "We decide between three homes in Hinsdale and talk a lot about the community!" Amanda said the filming took place over five days last November. According to HGTV's episode description, the couple previously lived in a downtown Chicago high-rise, but recently had their second child and wanted a more spacious suburban …

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Hinsdale Housing Market: February Sales, Median Price Up From 2012

The number of homes sold in Hinsdale last month was 60 percent higher than it was one year before, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors.

The 16 detached, single-family homes sold in Hinsdale during February 2013 represented a 60 percent increase over February 2012, when 10 homes were sold, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe). The number was also up from January 2013, when 12 homes were sold. The median price of homes sold was also up in Hinsdale. The median price rose 152.9 percent year over year, from $448,750 in February 2012 to $1,135,000 in February 2013. The market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout DuPage County saw growth in January, MORe reported. MORe gets its statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data. Wheaton saw the second largest percent increase in DuPage County. Burr Ridge had the largest percent increase, with 11 …

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Real Estate: What $500,000 Buys You

Comparing and contrasting properties selling at various price points in Hinsdale and Burr Ridge.

A contemporary, mid-century modern style home with 2,000 square feet is one option for homebuyers searching for a $500,000 property in Hinsdale. The 3-bedrrom, 2.5 bath home located at 810 W. 58th St. backs to a golf course, has a large office, library and sunroom.  A 4-bedroom, 4-bath home located on a cul-de-sac is an option for buyers in Burr Ridge. The home is listed at $499,900. The home, located at 12 Laurel Oak Court, was built in 1991 and is 2,663 square feet. It features an eat-in kitchen, walk-out basement and is located in a gated community.  Need More Info? Want to know what's selling in your Patch and throughout the area? Check our Local Home Sales tracker, published every Thursday. Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills // Burr Ridge …

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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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Hinsdale Housing Market: January Sales, Median Price Down From 2012

Home sales in Hinsdale fell by 29.4 percent year-over-year from January 2012 to January 2013, according to numbers supplied by the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors.

The 12 detached, single-family homes sold in Hinsdale during January represented a 29.4 percent decrease from January 2012, when 17 homes were sold, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe). Sales in January were also down from December 2012, when 22 homes sold in Hinsdale. The median price of homes sold in January ($837,500) was slightly lower than the median price of homes sold in January 2012 ($850,000).  Despite a slow month in Hinsdale, the market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout DuPage County saw growth in January, MORe reported. MORe gets its statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data. Glen Ellyn saw the largest percent increase, with 312.5 percent more homes sold year over year in January. …

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Cook County Real Estate Database

Want to see who sold their home in Cook County? Patch has compiled a searchable ongoing list of property sales in Cook County, based on data from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

Want to know how much that house down the block sold for or how many million dollar home sales there were in your community last year? Patch has put together a searchable real estate database of Cook County property sales that is updated twice a month as new data is received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. You can search by address (the field will fill in automatically as you start typing, but be patient — it may take a moment to catch up with you), or search a full town or a specific price range within a town. You can also search by the buyer or seller's name (and those fields will fill automatically as well). If no price is listed, or other information is missing, it is because it was not included in the information from the …

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Hinsdale Housing Market: December Home Sales Up From 2011

Home sales in Hinsdale grew 100 percent year-over-year from December 2011 to December 2012.

The 22 detached, single-family homes sold in Hinsdale during December represented a 100 percent increase over December 2011, when 11 homes were sold, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe). There were 26 homes sold in Hinsdale during November. In addition, the median price of homes sold in December ($862,000) was 16.5 percent higher than the median price of homes sold in December 2011 ($740,000).  The market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout DuPage County saw growth in December, MORe reported. MORe gets its statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data. Darien saw the largest percent increase, with 125 percent more homes sold year over year in December. There were 18 homes sold that month in 2011 and 8…

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Hinsdale Housing Market Has Another Good Month: November Home Sales

Twice as many homes were sold in Hinsdale in November 2012 than were sold in November 2011, the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors reports.

The 26 detached, single-family homes sold in Hinsdale during November represented a 100 percent increase over November 2011, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors (MORe). There were 16 homes sold in Hinsdale during October. In addition, the median price of homes sold in November ($797,500) was 16.1 percent higher than the median price of homes sold in November 2011 ($687,000).  The market for detached, single-family homes in suburbs throughout DuPage County saw growth in November, MORe reported. MORe gets its statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data. Downers Grove saw the largest percent increase, with 137.5 percent more homes sold year over year in November. There were 16 homes sold that month in 2011 and 38 in 2012. Lisle …

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SOLD: $1.4 Million Burr Ridge Home, $1.1 Million Hinsdale Home

Check out all the home sales of the last week in our weekly roundup.