Hello! My name is Tony Anczer and I’ve been helping clients buy and sell homes in Chicago Heights (and the greater Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana region) for over a decade, and I would love to help you in your real estate journey also. I was born and raised in the south Chicago suburbs and know Chicago Heights and surrounding region well.
I am a licensed real estate agent in Illinois and Indiana, and can help you with buying and selling real estate in both states.
Buying, selling, investing, commercial real estate, new construction, & development – Tony is experienced in it all. Call Tony directly on his cell at (708) 608-3000 or reach out via email at Tony@Anczer.com
If you are looking for the “best realtor to sell my Chicago Heights house,” I’d love to interview to help you sell your home in Chicago Heights!
We have a tried and true process to sell your home for the highest price and in shortest time. It all boils down to marketing, exposure, and pricing, and we’d love to show your our proven home listing process.
View our guide to selling a home in Illinois.
Put our home buying experience to use to help you buy a house in Chicago Heights! From our home search process of on and off market properties, to negotiating the best terms possible, to the closing table.
Chicago Heights has a lot of commercial real estate in town. Let us setup a building search in Costar and Loopnet, and network with Chicago Heights commercial real estate agents to find the perfect property for you.
The first step to selling Chicago Heights commercial real estate is understanding the price per square foot value based on comparative commercial real estate sales. We have access to all the commercial data sources needed to provide you accurate pricing information.
There are a number of home builders with much inventory that is not listed on the market. We have relationship with most of the area builders and, if you are looking to build a new home, put our network and area knowledge to use to find you the perfect new construction home.
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This blog post explains how to sell a home in Illinois, and then once you have an accepted sales contract on your property, then the City of Chicago Heights has a few specific processes you have to go through also.
The City of Chicago Heights has a relatively involved home sale process with main steps of:
Technically, Chicago Heights calls the pre-sale inspection the “For Sale Inspection.” Before you list your home for sale, you need to contact the City of Chicago Heights Code Enforcement to schedule the For Sale inspection. They can be reached by phone at 708-756-5328., office location at 1601 Chicago Road, Chicago Heights, IL 60411, and email permits@chicagoheights.net.
The City’s website page for information on the For Sale inspection is https://cityofchicagoheights.org/176/Code-Enforcement
At this website you can find the current For Sale inspection form. At the time I write this webpage, here is a copy of the current Chicago Heights For Sale Inspection Form.
You submit the form to the City, and then make an appointment for the inspection.
The inspector will then provide a letter with the comments of their inspection. Here is a Chicago Heights For Sale Inspection letter
Note that this inspection was for a rehab property, so there are lots of comments. Most inspections won’t have nearly as many comments.
As the seller of the house, you either have to have all the inspection items repaired and reinspected by the City before selling, or you have to disclose the Chicago Heights inspection letter to the buyer for the buyer to take on the repairs.
The above image is a photo of the Chicago Heights inspection repair escrow receipt.
If the buyer is going to complete the repairs, then the buyer has to get a quote to complete the work, provide that quote to the City for approval, and then will need to put some money into escrow with the City.
From what I heard from the City, the max amount you would possibly need to put into escrow at the City is $5,000. Then you get this escrow money back after you complete the repairs.
As the buyer, you will get a receipt (shown in the above/left) showing that you have paid the escrow. This receipt needs to be provided to the title company handling the closing as proof (or, if the repairs were completed, then the letter from the City stating all repairs are complete would be needed to be provided to the title company.)
Chicago Heights water department worker taking a final water reading.
Chicago Heights water department worker locating the b.box water service to turn off the water after the final water reading.
Before a closing can happen in Chicago Heights, the final water bill has to be paid. You contact the Chicago Heights building department to schedule the final water reading, and then you will get a 2 hour window. Someone needs to be at the house to provide access to the water department worker. The water department worker will go to the water meter and take the final reading.
If the buyer has already put their name on the account before the final water reading happens, then the City will leave the water on. If the buyer has not put their name on the account, then at the time of the final water reading, the water department worker will shut off the water to the house.
I recommend to buyers to put their name on the account before the final water reading, because pipes can start acting up when they lose water pressure.
Click this link or the below image to view the PDF of the Chicago Heights Application For Water Services
The final water bill will be ready for payment for the following business day than the final water reading happens. Once you pay the water bill, you will get a receipt for the water bill payment. This paymnet receipt is needed so that you can then buy the transfer stamps.
There are three different types of transfer stamps involved when selling a home in Chicago Heights. The 3 types of transfer stamps are:
The transfer stamps charged buy the state are 0.01%% of purchase price, and the transfer stamps charged by Cook County are 0.05% of purchase price. The title company facilitating the closing will take care of coordinating the state and county transfer stamps, so there’s nothing the buyer or seller needs to do for the state and county transfer stamps.
The transfer stamps charged by the City of Chicago Heights are 0.04% of the purchase price.
Click the below image or this link to view the Chicago Heights Real Estate Transfer Stamp Instructions.
Click this link or the below image for the Chicago Heights Transfer Stamp Application form.
The summary of this transfer stamp process is that you have to have the Chicago Heights inspection completed (see above on this page for details on this City inspection process), need to have the final water bill paid, then can go to the City with the Transfer Stamp application and pay the transfer stamp fee.
Upon payment of the transfer stamps, you will receive a receipt from the City, and that receipt needs to be provided to the title company facilitating the closing as proof that the transfer stamp was paid for and received.
The attorneys and title company will work together to craft the closing statement, which shows all the fees for the closing.
Click the below image or this link to see a closing statement for a home sale in Chicago Heights.
This house was a cash sale for a fixxer-upper home, so this closing statement only shows the fees charged to the seller. There are also closing fees charged to the the buyer that is not shown on this closing statement.
Give me a call on my cell at (708) 608-3000 or send me an email at Tony@Anczer.com and let’s get your real estate purchase or sale process going!
To start the buying or selling process, we can start with a no-obligation consultation via phone, in person, or on a Zoom call.
Then, if we are a good fit for eachother, then we can move forward to next steps with the buying and/or selling process.
When looking for the best realtor in Chicago Heights, I’d love the opportunity to interview to represent you in your real estate journey!
