What's My Home Worth?

Valuation request

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What you'll receive

A comparative market analysis (CMA) using closed sales on and around your block, adjusted for condition, exposure, and parking.
A recommended list price and a defensible range, with the reasoning behind both.
Two or three preparation scenarios with estimated cost and expected net proceeds.
A realistic timeline, including the ideal launch window for your property type.

Why not an instant estimate?

Automated valuation models average away everything that makes a Chicago home specific — the rebuilt garage roof deck, the north-facing living room, the two-flat next door that just converted. In a market this granular, the average is almost never your number.

Pricing strategy

How the number gets set

Pricing is the single highest-leverage decision in a sale. Here is the thinking that goes into it.

Price to the block, not the zip code

A greystone on a one-way street with mature trees is a different property than the same house two blocks west. Automated estimates cannot see that; a walk-through can.

The first ten days set the ceiling

Showing traffic peaks immediately. A price that invites early competition almost always nets more than one that invites a slow reduction.

Condition is a lever, not a constant

We model two or three preparation scenarios with expected net proceeds for each, so the spend is a decision rather than a hope.

Never chase the market down

If the first two weeks tell us something different, we act once and decisively — not with a series of small reductions that signal weakness.

Seller consultation

An hour, your kitchen table, no obligation

Most sellers begin talking to Paige six to twelve months before they list. That runway is where the money is made — in scheduling the right trades, timing the launch, and avoiding the improvements that never return their cost.

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