South/Southwest Suburbs Real Estate & Chicago Homes For Sale
Located just minutes from downtown Chicago, South/Southwest suburbs of Chicago offer outstanding restaurants, shopping and antiquing opportunities, and a huge array of meeting and convention facilities. With the metropolitan region's largest concentration of forested recreational land and scores of sports facilities, the Chicago Southland is perfect for active lifestyles.
Major residential real estate development has made its way to the Southland as Chicago's northern and western suburbs are filling in and developers search for the last available open land for subdivisions. Southland property values continue to soar, especially in the southwestern portion of the region. Nevertheless, housing remains affordable compared to the northern and western suburbs. In 2007, Forbes Magazine rated South Holland, Park Forest, and Homewood as being the most "livable" suburbs in the Chicago Metropolitan area. Chicago Southland is bordered by Bedford Park (near Chicago Midway International Airport) on the north, extends south to Peotone, near the Kankakee County line. Its eastern boundary is the Illinois/Indiana State Line, and the region extends west to New Lenox.
Orland Park Real Estate
Orland Park was ranked "45th Best Place to Live In America" by Money magazine in 2006. Orland Park offers a wide range of housing options that best fit a variety of budgets, tastes and lifestyles. Orland Park is located primarily in Cook County extending slightly into Will County with an estimated population of 55,461 residents as of 2005. In 2006, Orland Park was awarded the title of "45th Best Place to Live In America" by Money magazine. Situated 25 miles southwest of Chicago, Orland Park provides access to several interstate highways, with the I-80 east-west coast connector as its southern border.
Tinley Park Real Estate
With a population of 58,322 (2007 census), Tinley Park is one of the fastest growing suburbs south of Chicago. Located primarily in Cook County, Tinley Park is home to The First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, a venue which seats 28,000. Victor J. Andrew High School (Consolidated High School District 230) and Tinley Park High School (Bremen Community High School District 228) are both secondary schools located in Tinley Park.
