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Ann Wood, Broker, ABR, SRS - CRIS Realty

I'm a real estate broker helping people buy & sell properties. I'm not your typical 9 to 5 agent as I work all hours of any day, whatever is required!

For 2022-2025, I was recognized as being in the top 3% of real estate agents in our area

10/02/2026

🏡 OPEN HOUSE THIS SATURDAY IN NEW LENOX!
📅 Saturday, October 3 | ⏰ 10 AM–1 PM
💲 Offered at $550,000
If you’ve been searching for a large home on a large lot in New Lenox, come see this one in person!
This beautiful, oversized 3-bedroom Forrester-style home sits on just over ⅓ acre and has been well cared for and nicely updated. And wait until you see one of its biggest highlights—a 4-car garage! 🚗🚗🚗🚗
Inside and out, there’s plenty to appreciate:
🏡 Spacious Forrester-style floor plan
🌳 Large ⅓+ acre lot
🚗 Rare 4-car garage with incredible extra space
☀️ Four-season room overlooking the backyard
✨ Nicely updated and well maintained
❤️ Move-in-ready condition
Whether you need extra garage space for vehicles, a workshop, hobbies or storage—or you simply want more house and more yard in New Lenox—this home deserves a closer look.
🎥 Watch our Open House video for a sneak peek, then join us Saturday, October 3 from 10 AM–1 PM and tour it for yourself!
Ann Wood & John Rymsza | CRIS Realty
Helping buyers and sellers throughout New Lenox and the surrounding communities.

10/01/2026

🏡 You’ve spent decades building a life in your home. But have you made a plan for what comes next?
We’ve worked with many longtime homeowners and empty nesters over the past year, and we’ve noticed something: deciding whether to stay, downsize or move is rarely just a real estate decision.
There are much bigger questions.
➡️ Can our home still work for us 10 or 20 years from now?
➡️ Could either spouse comfortably manage the home alone?
➡️ Do we have our wills, trusts and powers of attorney in order?
➡️ Do our children know what we want?
➡️ What happens to our home if something happens to us?
➡️ Should we age in place, downsize or consider a 55+ community?
➡️ And…what are we going to do with 30 or 40 years of STUFF?
These conversations inspired us to create a new Planning Your Next Chapter series for Baby Boomers, empty nesters, longtime homeowners and their adult children.
We’re starting with our new comprehensive guide:
“Planning Your Next Chapter: A Guide for Empty Nesters & Longtime Homeowners.”
Over the coming weeks, we’ll dig deeper into estate planning and your home, aging in place, downsizing, home equity, planning for a surviving spouse, moving closer to family, helping Mom and Dad plan, and much more.
Our goal isn't to convince anyone to sell their home.
Sometimes moving is the right choice. Sometimes staying exactly where you are is the right choice.
The important thing is understanding your options and making a plan while the decisions are still yours to make.
👇 Read the complete guide here: AnnWoodRealtor.com/blog/
And if you're a longtime homeowner in New Lenox or Chicago’s southwest suburbs who has started wondering what your next chapter might look like, Ann & John would be happy to talk through the real estate side of your options—even if selling is years away. Give us a call at (815) 263-8855.

09/30/2026

🏡 Thinking About Moving from Chicago to New Lenox?
More space. A bigger yard. A garage. Maybe that finished basement or extra bedroom you’ve been wishing you had.
For many buyers considering a move from Chicago, New Lenox offers the opportunity for more room while still keeping access to the city through Metra, I-80 and I-355.
But what is it really like to live here?
We put together a new Moving from Chicago to New Lenox Guide covering the questions we hear from relocating buyers:
➡️ What types of homes will you find in New Lenox?
➡️ What are the lots and neighborhoods like?
➡️ Can you commute to Chicago on Metra?
➡️ Is New Lenox walkable?
➡️ Where do locals like to eat?
➡️ What is everyday life here actually like?
As local New Lenox real estate agents, we wanted this guide to go beyond the usual statistics and give buyers a better feel for the community we know and work in every day.
👉 Read our complete Moving from Chicago to New Lenox guide at our website

And if you’re seriously considering making the move, give us a call at (815) 263-8855. Ann & John would be happy to take you on a personal tour of New Lenox—not just the homes, but the neighborhoods, parks, restaurants, Metra stations and other places that can help you decide if New Lenox feels right for you.
Ann Wood & John Rymsza | CRIS Realty

09/29/2026

🏡 COMING SOON IN NEW LENOX!
Looking for a large home on a large lot in New Lenox—with plenty of garage space too? This one is going to be worth watching!
We’re getting ready to bring this beautiful, oversized 3-bedroom Forrester-style home to the market. Sitting on just over ⅓ acre, this well-kept and nicely updated home offers plenty of room inside and out.
✨ A few highlights:
🏡 Large, well-maintained New Lenox home
🌳 Just over ⅓ acre
🚗 4-car garage — a rare find!
☀️ Four-season room overlooking the backyard
🛠️ Nicely updated and move-in ready
❤️ Meticulously cared for by the current owners
Whether you need extra room for vehicles, a workshop, storage, hobbies—or simply want a spacious New Lenox home with a large yard—this property has a lot to offer.
👀 This is just the first look! We’ll be sharing the full house tour, additional details, and Open House information soon.
Thinking about buying or selling a home in New Lenox, Illinois? Ann & John are here to help.
Ann Wood & John Rymsza | CRIS Realty
Your Dream = My Passion

09/27/2026

🏡 DO OPEN HOUSES REALLY WORK?
We hear some real estate agents say open houses are a waste of time.
And if an agent puts one sign in the front yard, sits at the kitchen table for three hours and hands out flyers...they might be right.
That's not how we do open houses.
For us, an open house is an opportunity to actively sell our client's home. We market it ahead of time, invite the neighbors, use extensive signage to attract attention and, most importantly, spend the entire open house talking with potential buyers and highlighting the features that make the home special.
Why do we believe open houses can still be an important part of selling a home?
🏠 More people get through the door.
🗣️ We get several hours to actively sell the home's features in person.
🔥 A busy open house creates real buyer competition and urgency.
And we've seen it work right here in New Lenox.
One of our recent open houses attracted 36 visitors and resulted in multiple offers. Another recent Wednesday evening open house brought 23 people through the door, along with nine private showings, before the sellers accepted an offer.
Were the open houses solely responsible? No. Selling a home successfully takes the entire package—pricing, preparation, professional marketing, videos, online exposure, showings, open houses and strong negotiation.
An open house is just one tool. But when you actually WORK that tool, it can be a powerful one.
Thinking about selling a home in New Lenox, Mokena, Frankfort, Lockport or the surrounding Will County area? Ask your agent more than, “Do you hold open houses?”
Ask them: “What are you going to do to make people show up?”
🔗 Read our full article at our website
Ann Wood & John Rymsza | CRIS Realty
Your Local Real Estate Experts

09/26/2026

A Buyer Can LOVE Your House… and Still Not Buy It 🏡
When buyers walk through a home, they aren’t simply asking, “Do we like this house?”
They’re really asking:
Do we like this house… at this price… in this market?
A buyer may love the kitchen, backyard and floor plan—but they’re also comparing the home to everything else they can buy. They’re considering the asking price, monthly payment, property taxes, condition, future expenses, mortgage rates and how much competition exists for homes like yours.
And that last part—the market—can change everything. When buyers have fewer choices, they may act quickly and compromise on certain features. Give those same buyers more homes to choose from, and they can become much more selective about price and condition.
That's why selling a home isn't simply about finding someone who loves it. The house, the price and the current market all have to come together.
We explore this in our latest blog, including what buyers are really thinking when they tour your home and what that means if you're considering selling in New Lenox, Mokena, Frankfort, Lockport or the surrounding Southwest Chicago suburbs.
Ann Wood | CRIS Realty
📱 (815) 263-8855

SOCIAL MEDIA POST #2

Social Media Post #2 — Why Isn’t My House Getting Offers?
🏡 Buyers seem to like your house… so why aren’t they making an offer?
That can be one of the most frustrating questions for a home seller.
You may have plenty of showings. Buyers compliment the kitchen. They love the backyard. They like the neighborhood. The feedback sounds positive—but no offers.
Sometimes, the problem isn’t the house.
It’s the value buyers see at that price.
Buyers are constantly comparing your home with other properties they can purchase. An older kitchen, dated bathroom or aging roof may not bother them at one price. But if your home is priced alongside properties that are more updated, those same things can suddenly become reasons to keep looking.
That’s why we tell sellers:
A home doesn’t have to be a bad house to be a bad value in a buyer’s eyes.
Price, condition, competition and current market conditions all work together. If you're getting attention but not offers, understanding why buyers aren't taking the next step can be just as important as getting more people through the door.
We take a deeper look at this—and what buyers are really considering—in our latest blog:
👉 Read “What Makes a Buyer Choose a Home? It’s the House, the Price AND the Market” on my website.
Thinking about selling in New Lenox, Mokena, Frankfort, Lockport or the surrounding Southwest Chicago suburbs? We’d be happy to help you understand how today's buyers are likely to view your home. Give us a call at (815) 263-8855.
Ann Wood & John Rymsza | CRIS Realty

09/25/2026

Buyers don’t just shop for a home price. They shop for a monthly payment.
A $450,000 home isn’t simply a $450,000 decision.
Today’s buyers are looking at the entire cost of owning the home: mortgage payment, property taxes, homeowners insurance, HOA fees and possibly PMI. They’re also thinking about what the home may cost them after they move in. Does it need a new roof soon? Is the furnace getting older? Will they want to remodel the kitchen?
That means two homes with nearly identical asking prices can look very different financially to a buyer.
Mortgage rates matter, too. As rates move, the monthly payment on the same-priced home changes. That can affect a buyer’s purchasing power and sometimes even how they perceive the value of a property.
This is important for sellers to understand because buyers aren't evaluating your asking price in a vacuum. They're asking themselves:
“What will this home actually cost us every month—and is it worth it compared with our other choices?”
It all comes back to the idea behind our latest blog:
🏠 The House
💰 The Price
📊 The Market
All three play a role in a buyer’s decision.
👉 Read our full blog: “What Makes a Buyer Choose a Home? It’s the House, the Price AND the Market.” At website.
Considering selling in New Lenox, Mokena, Frankfort, Lockport or the surrounding Southwest Chicago suburbs? Let’s talk about how today’s buyers are likely to view your home—and how to position it effectively in the current market. Give us a call at (815) 263-8855.
Ann Wood & John Rymsza | CRIS Realty

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