Move UP to Naperville Blog #2

Today, is the last Friday of the month, of the quarter and of the first half of the year.Historically, this day has always had tons of closings. In fact, you could bet that your closing will be backed up.So, imagine my surprize, when I went to our closing this morning at a local title company. Si...

OK...you know when you have those days or weeks!Last week in the middle of its wash cycle the dishwasher DIED! 16 minutes into the cycle it went to dishwasher heaven, leaving a lake on my kitchen floor.Out came the consumer reports. Hmmmmmmmmm. Lots of choices. Some really expensive. Off to a big...

Sunday's Chicago Tribune had a big feature story about what your listing agent "should" be doing. The first suggestion was that the listing agent attend all showings.Now, I think that's a stupid, crazy, waste-of-time idea. And here's why.In this market when I show a property I am representing the...

I had a sales person over the other day to discuss a remodeling project. As he talked about his products and what he could do, I noticed that he'd check his treo/blackberry/phone on the sly. Yes, he had it on vibrate. But the more I thought about it, the more I concluded that he thought I was les...

Back on June 14, 2007, I posted a scenario with a buyer and seller getting together on a sales price.  http://activerain.com/blogsview/123771/Let-s-negotiateNow, however, we've finished the inspection and the inspector found that two huge side windows have broken thermo-seals.Buyer requests that ...

 Woodridge Single Family Active Lisitngs, May 22, 2007: There are a total of 151 homes on the market. Average price: $399,309      Days on Market: 113  There are 71 3 bedroom homes on the market; average list price $313,382; days on market: 90  There are 68 4 bedroom homes on the market; average ...

Naperville Single Family June, 2007  Stats As of 6/22/2007:  Number of Active listings: 1392 Average list price: $682,398 Average days on market: 159 The breakdown: There are 252 3 bedroom homes on the market;  average price: $405,706.      Market time: 122 daysThere are 938 4 bedroom homes on th...

Naperville's summer is book-ended with fests. And, to start our summer out with a bang, on Saturday, June 30th, at Knoch Park, up till the last firework's boom on July 4th, there will be 17 rib vendors smoking, cooking, saucing and handing out ribs.The event raises money to stop child abuse and d...

The older I get the more respect I give my parents and grandparents. Their motto: Waste not, want not.We've always recycled newspapers, water and soda bottles. Returned plastic bags to the grocery store and asked for paper bags... always. San Francisco just outlawed the use of plastic bags! And, ...

On a year-over-year basis, the May housing starts dropped 24.2% according to the census bureau. The data comes a day after the National Association of Homebuilders said its builder confidence index fell to the lowest level since 1991.  1392 single family homes are currently active on the Napervil...