Residential Buying & Selling

When you sell a home in Illinois, your attorney at Law Office of Maria Pavone Macek will review the contract, monitor contingencies, order and clear the title, procure the survey and local transfer stamps, prepare closing documents and attend the closing to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. An experienced and knowledgeable real estate attorney in Illinois knows the commonly used real estate contract front to back.

Also, your attorney at Law Office of Maria Pavone Macek will record all the important deadlines so that you do not, unintentionally, breach the contract. Your attorney will order and clear title, which is required for a closing. You would be surprised how often my office must track down a release for a mortgage that our client had paid off years ago. Then there are all the documents required for closing.

Law Office of Maria Pavone Macek will prepare the deed, bill of sale, affidavit of title, and other closing documents, and we will make sure state, county and local transfer taxes are paid.  We also will order the survey and review the several title documents that the title company will provide for execution. If your home is subject to a homeowner’s association, there is another long list of requirements that my office will handle.

You are not just buying a service to ensure your deal closes properly; you are buying peace of mind that you will be properly represented through the entire transaction.

Like the sale side, on your purchase, your attorney at Law Office of Maria Pavone Macek will review the contract, monitor contingencies and attend the closing. Arguably far more important on the purchase side of the deal, your attorney will make sure you meet all the contract deadlines, such as inspection and financing. Your attorney also will sit next to you at the closing and explain what is customarily hundreds of pages of loan, seller and title documents.