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Websites for real estate attorneys.

Buyers and sellers want three things from a closing attorney's site: the fee, what it covers, and what happens between contract and closing.

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Ilse Marquardt, Attorney at Law: Fees page on a desktop

What your clients want to know

Questions they type before they call.

  • How much is the closing, and what is included?
  • What happens during attorney review?
  • Do you handle condos, and the association paperwork?
  • Can you close if I am out of state?
  • How soon can you start?

What your site includes.

A real estate website from Settled Sites is a complete site built around the questions your clients ask before they call. It comes with the pages below, the Illinois rules for your practice checked, and every later change made for you by email, for $299 a month with no setup fee.

  • A fees page with the flat fee by transaction type: buyer, seller, condo, refinance
  • A plain walk-through from signed contract to closing day
  • Condominium sales, including the Section 22.1 disclosures sellers must provide
  • A page for realtors and lenders who refer clients to you
  • Attorney bios with your bar admission and years closing in Illinois

Attorney review, explained once, properly.

Most Chicago-area residential deals use the Multi-Board Residential Real Estate Contract, with an attorney review period of five business days. Clients search for it the day they sign. A clear page that explains what happens in those five days, and that you can start the same day, is one of the most useful things a closing attorney's site can have.

The Illinois rules for your practice.

Showing a fee is allowed and clients love it, but it has to be accurate. "Starting at" must not read as the price most clients pay, and the fee should say what is excluded, such as title charges and recording fees. Flat fees for residential closings in the Chicago area are commonly quoted between $500 and $1,500, so clients compare. Date your fee table, and it is kept current for you.

We are web designers, not lawyers, and this is not legal advice. You approve every page before it goes live.

Questions from real estate attorneys.

Should we publish our fee?

If your fee is flat and stable, yes. It answers the question most clients have before they call, and it filters out people looking for something else. Your page shows exactly what the fee covers.