Happy Friday!

Spring has sprung (probably fake spring) and the suburban housing market has been absolutely bonkers. It’s like everybody waited until the day after the Super Bowl to decide “I want to buy a home right now.” If you’re selling, smile! It’s still a seller’s market. If you’re buying, hire a battle-tested agent that can represent you and go to bat for you.

Let’s Get Into It!

-John

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📍Don’t Forget to Spring Forward This Weekend - Details

📍Bears Could Stick With Arlington Heights - Video

📍Lemont’s Biggest Concert Series Is Back - Details

📍Frankfort’s Play Ground Renovation In Its Final Stages - Details

📍Orland Is Looking To Turn Old Riviera Site Into Sports Facility - Details

📍Mokena Chamber of Commerce Announces Front Street Fest 2026 - Details

📍Pizza Di Farfalla Officially Joining Emerald Social in Mokena - Video

📍Orland Park Amazon Deal Unlocks $12M Road Project It Badly Needed - Details

📍Chicago Bears Might Be Inching Close To Indiana With This Stadium Bill - Details

📍Frankfort Construction Notice! AT&T To Install Fiber Optic Infrastructures - Details

📍 Mar 7 - Shamrock Showdown: Rocket Pro Wrestling (Joliet) - Details

📍 Mar 7 - Escape Room Conquest at Park District (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 8 - Mom & Son Nerf Battle at Lions CC (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 10 - Karate Kids Class at Park District (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 11 - Trains, Planes, & Automobiles at Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 13 - Parents Night Out At Community Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - Beauty & The Beast Meet & Greet at Noonan Academy (Mokena) - Details

📍 Mar 15 - Camp Manitoqua S’Winter (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 16 - Flag Football 101 at Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - Snapology Festival Rides Engineering at Park District (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - American Girl: St. Patrick’s Day Party at Park District (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 18 to 20 - Scholastic Book Fair at Bettenhausen Rec Center (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 22 - Teen Job Fair at Public Library (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 22 - Nerf & Nachos at New Life Church (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 24 - Teen Self Defense Training at Founders Center (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Apr 8 - Game Day Sports at Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Apr 26 - Bluey Inspired Party at Fetti Celebrations (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 7 & 8 - Annual Irish Fest (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Mar 7 - St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Events (Lemont) - Details

📍 Mar 7 - Irish Trolley Crawl (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 8 - Irish Parade (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 8 - Irish Tea at Vogt Visual Arts Center (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 10 - Shake The Shamrock at Bettenhausen Center (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 11 - St. Patrick’s Day Singo at Founders Room (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 11 - Shamrock Search at Yunker Farm (Mokena) - Details

📍 Mar 13 - Little Leprechaun at Founders Community Center (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - Irish Dancing at Harmony Square (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - Chicago River Dyeing (Chicago) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Chicago) - Details

📍 Mar 15 - South Side Irish Parade (Chicago) - Details

📍 Mar 15 - North Side Irish Parade (Chicago) - Details

📍 Mar 15 - St. Patrick’s Day River Cruise (Chicago) - Details

📍 Mar 16 - Flashlight Clover Hunt at Fire Fighter Park (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 21 - Bunny Breakfast at North & Maple (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 22 - Bank Of America Shamrock Shuffle Run (Chicago) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - 2026 Primary Elections (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - 2026 Primary Elections (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - 2026 Primary Elections (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - 2026 Primary Elections (Mokena) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - 2026 Primary Elections (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Mar 17 - 2026 Primary Elections (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 7 - Turning The Page Annual Gala at Crystal Tree Golf & CC (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 7 - Spring Craft Show at Founder Center (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 7 - Record Collectors Show at Quality Inn (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 7 - Vintage Market at Soundgrowler (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 8 - 2026 Bridal Expo at The Renaissance Center (Joliet) - Details

📍 Mar 9 - Home Improvement Listening Session at Village Hall (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 10 - XTreme Hiphop Step Aerobics & Burn at Park District (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 11 - Pound.Rock.Workout at Park District (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 12 - Culinary Caravan Fundraiser for Morning Star Mission (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 12 - Hatha Yoga at Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - Victorian Shellwork at Studio VOP (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - Family Health Fair at Sportsplex (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - Indoor Adult Tennis Lessons at Founders Community Center (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 15 - Flurry Artisan Market at Hailstorm Brewing (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 14 to 15 - Spring Craft Show at Carl Sandburg HS (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 18 - Lunch Bunch & Bingo at Oaks Recreation & Fitness (Mokena) - Details

📍 Mar 19 - Glow Wild: A Lantern Festival of Hope at Brookfield Zoo (Brookfield) - Details

📍 Mar 21 - West Fest Craft and Vendor Fair (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 21 - Midnight & Moonlight Gala at Odyssey Country Club (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 22 - Lions Club Garden Party Fashion Show at VFW (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 22 - Spring On The Green 2026 at Breidert Green (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 24 - Coffee & Conversations at Grounded Coffee (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 24 - Self Defense Training at Founders Community Center (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Mar 26 - Cup In Hand Kickball League at Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 26 - 5v5 Basketball League at Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 April 11 - Forgotten Warrior Memorial 5K (Channahon) - Details

📍Finance Department Assistant (Mokena) - Details

📍Part Time Park Maintenance Worker (New Lenox) - Details

📍Property & Evidence Custodian at Police Department (Tinley Park) - Details

📍Division Analyst at Assessor’s Office (Cook County) - Details

📍 Mar 14 - Breakfast & Bunny Hops (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 15 - Annual Easter Egg Hunt at St. John’s UCC (Mokena) - Details

📍 Mar 18 - Egg My Yard at Park District (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 15 - Meet The Easter Bunny at Civic Center (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 28 - Donuts With The Bunny at Yunker Farm (Mokena) - Details

📍 Mar 28 - Hopper Cottontail Party (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Mar 28 - Lucky Egg Hunt at Centennial Park (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 28 - Bunny Hop Bar Crawl at VFW (Lemont) - Details

📍 Mar 28 - Doggie Egg-Stravaganza at Canine Campus (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 29 - Photos With The Bunny 2026 (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 29 - Egg-Stravaganza Swim at Tinley Fitness Pool (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 29 - Easter Egg Hunt at Living World Lutheran Church (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Mar 30 - Natural Egg Dyeing: Craft Your Colorful Creations (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Mar 30 - Egg-Venture Seekers (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Apr 1 - Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt at VOGT Woods (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Manhattan - $3.19 ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 New Lenox - $3.46 ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 Mokena - $3.39 ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 Frankfort - $3.49 ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 TODD BEBEE LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅 Fri, Mar 06 | 6:30PM

📍 BERNIE GLIM LIVE - North & Maple (Tinley Park) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅 Fri, Mar 06 | 7:30PM

📍 JOURNEY 2 JOVI LIVE - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲$12.51 | 📅 Fri, Mar 06 | 8:00PM

📍 JACK BYRON LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅 Sat, Mar 07 | 6:30PM

📍 LYNSKYNYRD LIVE - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲$12.45 | 📅 Sat, Mar 07 | 6:30PM

📍 WHISKEY FRIENDS LIVE - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲$12.51 | 📅 Sat, Mar 07 | 9:30PM

📍 EVAN FOX LIVE - North & Maple (Tinley Park) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅 Sun, Mar 08 | 4:00PM

📍 Bulls Head to the Sacramento Kings This Sunday

📍 Blackhawks Head to the Dallas Stars This Sunday

📍 White Sox Play Seattle Mariners & Kansas City Royals This Weekend

📍 Chicago Stars Season Starts March 15!

This week, the Chicagoland area including Cook and Will county have 8,214 available homes for sale. That is a slight increase from last week's total of 8,114 homes available for sale.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate as of today is: 6.13%.

Mokena - Just Listed: 2  ⎸ Closed: 4
New Lenox - Just Listed: 7 ⎸ Closed: 8
Tinley Park- Just Listed: 20 ⎸ Closed: 14
Frankfort - Just Listed: 8 ⎸ Closed: 5

*If you don't see your suburb on here, shoot me a reply email "what's the weekly update in my suburb?" I'll happily send that over to you!

Text me if you need help making a move in 2026!

C: 708-612-0644

E: [email protected]

Sharing our clients’ BIG wins! Thank you for trusting us to serve you and your families!

Friday: 73/58 - ⛈️Thunderstorms - 💧83% -💨 SSW 19mph

Saturday: 61/33 - ☁️Cloudy - 💧24% -💨 W 21mph

Sunday: 62/45 - 🌥️Generally Clear - 💧6%-💨 SW 18mph

Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend!

 John Sintich

Realtor® 

Keller Williams Preferred Realty

708-612-0644