How Much House Can I Afford?
Updated 4/25/2024
If you're like most Americans, housing is the single biggest — and most important — line item in your family's budget. When it comes time to buy a home, you'll hear a lot of conventional wisdom, some of it contradictory, about how much you can afford to spend on housing. But how much ho...
The Vault: Before the Internet, There Was Olcott's
Baird & Warner has one of the most comprehensive collections of Olcott's Land Values Blue Book, the original Chicago-area real estate resource. Started by George C. Olcott in 1909, the books were a helpful guide for agents as they researched the land values of areas in Chicago and the suburbs. A set of them would be housed in each office for reference. Housed in the Family Room at Baird & Warner...



