Harding Real Estate, a full service and diversified real estate company serving Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, was established in 1964. We have grown to become McHenry County´s largest independent real estate brokerage firm as well as Woodstock´s oldest real estate company. We serve McHenry County as well as Kane, Lake, Boone, DeKalb and Winnebago counties in Illinois and Walworth, Kenosha and Racine counties in Southern Wisconsin. We are members of the Illinois and Wisconsin Associations of Realtors, McHenry County Association of Realtors, Lakes Area Association of Realtors, DeKalb County Association of Realtors, MRED "Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC" and Multiple Listing Service of Wisconsin. As members of these associations we are able to give your listing maximum exposure.
Our office, located on the southern edge of Woodstock, the county seat of McHenry County, employs 20 full time agents and a support staff of eleven people. We are proud to have a state of the art closing department, a full time advertising coordinator, a computer expert to handle technical matters and Internet sites, as well as an excellent secretarial staff.
Harding´s trained professionals are well equipped to handle all your real estate needs. Many of our agents are brokers in their own right and several have over 20 years experience selling property. Our staff has the knowledge and expertise that it takes to get property "SOLD". Due to our excellent support staff, our agents have more time to spend working with you the client whether buying or selling property. Due to the ever-changing nature of our business our agents attend regular classes and seminars to obtain the latest knowledge so they can better serve you.
Our full time closing officer coordinates the many transaction details between contract date and closing. The expertise in working with attorneys, lenders, title companies, surveyors and home inspectors assures your transaction will result in a smooth closing.
Marketing is handled by a full time advertising professional with an advertising budget well in excess of $100,000 annually. We believe our advertising program is second to none.
In this day and age the Internet is increasingly one of the most important means of promoting property. For those of you who like to surf the net you will be happy to know that we entertain several web sites where you can find our property listings. They are: www.HardingRealEstate.com. www.Realtor.com (which powers approximately 40 other Real Estate website channels), www.mredllc.com , www.HomesandLand.com, www.HGTV.com, www.Trulia.com, www.Tribune.com, www.MetroChicagoRealEstate.com, www.HomeAdvisor.com, www.HomeSeekers.com and many many other third party websites. Our full time computer expert is on staff to assist our agents in computer training as well as keeping our entire staff up to date on all the new technical programs which allows us to provide the best service possible to our clients.
We have a well-trained secretarial staff, which is very knowledgeable regarding the procedures of buying and selling real estate. They are skilled in managing our listings in the multiple listing services, fielding phone calls for showing appointments and other information, as well as creating colorful brochures to assist in the sale of your property.
Harding Real Estate prides itself on the support we give our agents which has resulted in the fact that our agents stay with our firm for many years. We try hard to do things right and offer the best services to our clients and customers. We trust you´ll think so too!!