🌱 Patch AM: How will 2026’s ‘normalizing’ market affect Barrington home prices and buyers?

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• How will 2026’s ‘normalizing’ market affect Barrington home prices and buyers?

Today's riddle: What did the hair spray say to the hair when it got back from vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and misty, with a high of 42 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly to mostly sunny, temps: high: 45, low: 36.
• Thursday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 51 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• After a ‘clarifying' 2025, experts expect a return to normalcy in 2026 (chicagoagentmagazine.com) — Barrington-area homeowners and buyers are part of a slowly normalizing 2026 housing market, according to the North Shore-Barrington Association of REALTORS. Experts say Chicagoland prices should grow moderately as inventory improves, mortgage rates ease, and agents increasingly rely on AI tools and updated training to navigate post-settlement rules and find better-quality leads.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday January 6

• Register for ESL Classes at Archer Heights Library/Regístrese para las Clases de ESL en la Biblioteca Archer Heights
  Archer Heights Branch Library , 5055 South Archer Avenue , Chicago
  10:15 am
• Preschool Story Time
  Chicago Bee Branch Library , 3647 South State Street , Chicago
  11:00 am
• Adult and Senior Coloring
  Canaryville Branch Library , 642 West 43rd Street , Chicago
  3:00 pm
• Tech Tuesday
  Sherman Park Branch Library , 5440 South Racine Avenue , Chicago
  3:00 pm
• Canvas Painting for Teens
  Chicago Bee Branch Library , 3647 South State Street , Chicago
  4:00 pm
• Tween Tuesday: Beaded Bag Charms
  Archer Heights Branch Library , 5055 South Archer Avenue , Chicago
  4:00 pm
• Film Screening: Freakier Friday (2025)
  Gage Park Branch Library , 2807 West 55th Street , Chicago
  4:30 pm
• Puzzlemania
  Chicago Bee Branch Library , 3647 South State Street , Chicago
  4:30 pm
• A Stitch in Time Crochet Club / Club de Tejer
  Back of the Yards Branch Library , 4650 South Damen Avenue , Chicago
  6:00 pm
• Club Create/Club Creativo
  Back of the Yards Branch Library , 4650 South Damen Avenue , Chicago
  6:00 pm
• Family Story Time
  Brighton Park Branch Library , 4314 South Archer Avenue , Chicago
  6:30 pm
• Tree Commission
  Lake Zurich Calendar , Community Services 505 Telser Road , Lake Zurich
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Continuing Creative Endeavors through Service Learning —Dr Kiran Frey Read on Patch

• J Alexander's posted a job opening for Server Assistant in Barrington. Apply here.
• Whole Foods posted a job opening for Meat Team Member (Service Counter) - Part Time in Barrington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Barrington here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hoffman Estates

• NJPW Bringing G1 Climax Back To The United States (pwmania.com)
• OJ Powell sets Willowbrook career scoring record: Saturday's Suburban Life sports roundup (shawlocal.com)

Arlington Heights

• Amazon Selects Orland Park for Proposed Retail Development at Former Petey's II Restaurant Site (arlingtoncardinal.com)
• Classic Chicago DateBook (classicchicagomagazine.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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