Highland Park Report

Condominiums are the new home wave of the future.  They are a great way to reduce the high cost of living in high income development areas while also arranging deep community ties.  Many people don’t consider the fact that a condominium building can offer a small community within a community.  Your neighbors are in the same building and security is absolute.  The building structures are built with care and offer many amenities that are difficult on the pockets when buying traditional family homes.

New in the Highland Park area, a massive historic building refinished and converted to condominiums, located at 174 Leonard Wood.  Home buyers can look forward to great cash back incentives on these homes.  Lake Michigan is within walking distance, units feature all hardwood floors and high ceilings.  Furnishings and trims like marble encased fireplace and granite countertops make these units a steal at around $430K.

Take a look at this gorgeous building.

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Have you ever seen a home on the market for $1.2 million and wondered, “Man, I wish I knew what it was like to live in that place…”

Many people have had thoughts like this, especially if they’ve ever been to Highland Park, IL. High value homes are set in quaint suburban surroundings just 20 minutes outside of Downtown Chicago. Old victorian style homes, new brick homes, and homes tailored to the lavish tastes of owners raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Well with the housing market coming to a slow pace and the increase of new homes, condos, and lofts a lot of people are more compelled to sell their homes at more affordable rates. A good home loan runs at an interest rate of say 5-6% right now, so that’s not too high, especially when you see home listings for million dollar homes at under $1 million, plus cash returns of more than $4k back into your pocket.

Don’t believe me? Find out what homes are selling for in Highland Park
and you’ll quickly learn I’m right.

Homes like these are within the grasps of many of today’s home buyers.

These are both homes originally listed at over $1 million, now showing a reduced price and what’s even better, certain realtors can get you close to $8k off the reduced price! Find these kinds of listings today! Get the house you’ve always dreamed of, at a price that you can afford.

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Sixth-grade students at Elm Place Middle School in Highland Park have undergone a 12-week program called Chicagoland Memory Bridge Initiative, allowing them to work closely with people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementia.  The students are working with residents of The Ponds in Lincolnshire, and are learning about the disease and its effects.

Usually, participants in the Memory Bridge program are high school students.  This is what makes the sixth-graders participation so unique.   Of the nine students, each and every one of them must learn memory triggers and learn how to communicate with their buddies they are paired with.  The commitment is no easy commitment, as every student must attend every meeting scheduled.  The students’ commitment came as a schock to the program’s coordinator.

The students will work on their own to create the “Buddy Project” in which a scrapbook is compiled and presented to the buddy based on the time spent together and the memories shared.

The kids seem to enjoy the time spent with their buddies, and the buddies definitely enjoy the time spent with their new young friends.

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