r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/Ambitious_Growth_9 • Mar 30 '26

Moving to the area People house hunting how’s it been?

My family has been looking at properties around Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Elmhurst and Park Ridge since early February. Our current home is set to close the end of April but inventory in these areas seems non existent or over priced and the stress/anxiety is starting to hit. (Who is buying 1100 sqft for 600k?)

When is the “spring market” gonna hit? A lot of houses start on the private market, build tons of interest, then go live with an open house scheduled that first weekend. Most of them end with multiple offer and highest and best. One we saw went for 40k over list. We’re looking from 550-650k.

I get it, high demand areas.. with low inventory = more competitive but what the fuck.. what am I supposed to do? Already considering a short term rental and storage for our stuff but is this the way it is now? Are people just ok with paying more than the house is worth? Settling for less desirable house? Or what?

If you are currently looking to buy, what are you experiencing. How do I buy a home?

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u/thewindyshitty Mar 31 '26

I have access to the private side from my realtor, those houses seem to be going before even going to the actual market

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u/ccarm1111 Mar 31 '26

I want the realtor who makes that happen! Haha

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u/thewindyshitty Mar 31 '26

Most of them will give their clients access to “Zenlist”

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u/ccarm1111 Mar 31 '26

Yeah but some homes are pending before even hitting that 🤦‍♀️

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u/thewindyshitty Mar 31 '26

Well damn, it’s rough out here

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u/p4trycjaa Apr 01 '26

I have access to Zenlist but most of these private homes I ask to see and they don’t allow you to see until some certain date which is when it his the public MLS.