Sherry Spengel - Wheaton Illinois

 I realize not everyone can afford Wheaton real estate in this price range, but it's still nice to dream about it.  There are currently 38 homes in Wheaton listed for over $1,000,000.  Since January 1, 2007 only 7 homes have sold for over a million dollars!  The average market time for these home...

Our vacation to South Haven, Michigan couldn't have been more relaxing and enjoyable. The town is quaint, the people are friendly and the Lake is beautiful. We spent most of our time playing at the beach – can you blame us? There is so much going on in this town, it’s hard to know where to start....

July is the ultimate vacation month.  Little League baseball season is over and football hasn't yet started.  We just gotten back from a one week vacation to South Haven, Michigan.  What a wonderful vacation town on the lake!  Since 1969, South Haven has held the title of the World's Blueberry Ca...

Good news for Wheaton home sales.  The month of June brought about a $22,000 average sale price increase over June 2006.  The average Sale Price to List Price ratio has also gone back up to 97% (from 96% in the month of May 2007).   June 2007 saw 57 homes close.  That is an increase over the 52 h...

The average list price to sale price ratio stayed the same this month for Glen Ellyn real estate.  Real estate is holding out at 96% of asking price.  There were 49 homes that sold in Glen Ellyn in May 2007 and 50 that closed in June.  So the Glen Ellyn numbers are staying pretty consistent.Sorry...

How do you raise $3,936 in just 3 hours?  Well, it's simple when you put together a good cause, Wyler's lemonade, a bunch of energetic kids and the generosity of Glen Ellyn residents.Reid's Lemon AID stand started 2 years ago during the annual Glen Ellyn 4th of July picnic.  Since that time the C...

This year's annual Fourth of July Parade is set to begin at 10am.  The Wheaton Jaycees will plan the event.  This year's theme is "All the World's a Stage"The parade starts at Main and Wakeman.  It will head south and turn right on Wesley and then left on Wheaton Avenue.  It will turn left on Fro...

This year's Fourth of July Parade will have the theme, "Glen Ellyn... Village of Volunteers" and will begin at 12 noon. The fireworks will be held at Lake Ellyn Park at dusk.The parade will begin just east of Glenbard West High School on Crescent Blvd., at Lake Road. From there, it will proceed w...

As we all know, there life outside of DuPage County.  The Illinois Association of REALTORS released a state of the State report on homes sales in Illinois.  Home sales were up 10.9% in May 2007 (14,349 homes sold) compared to the previous month of April (12,932 homes sold).  Illinois defines home...

This kitchen is not included with the sale of the home.  The home owner will be removing not only the appliances, but the cabinets and counters, thus leaving you a blank slate for a complete redesign.Sound to me like a real estate agent's nightmare.I was working an open house yesterday in The Leg...