dupage county: Naperville Condo & Townhomes - 2006 the year in review - 01/20/07 10:51 PM
Quite a year for the Condo/Townhome market in Naperville. The average sale price took quite a leap (about 14%) while the total number of transactions declined about 16% to 869 units sold (compared to the previous years 1034 units)
A large contributing factor to the average price is the advent of the million … (6 comments)
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dupage county: Naperville Homes by the numbers - 2006 - It's a wrap! - 01/20/07 10:08 PM
2006 was an interesting year for residential real estate in Naperville as overall sales declined from 2005 by about 21.5% Single family detached Naperville home sales fell from 2232 total units in 2005 to 1705 total units in 2006 a decline of 23.6%
Of course the total transaction decline created an uncomfortable feeling … (2 comments)
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dupage county: Not just another suburb - A place in history - 01/12/07 11:08 PM
History at it's heart - The Naper Settlement
Right in central Naperville is a piece of land preserved as it might have been in the 1800's. A cultural museum called the Naper Settlement
Located on Aurora Avenue, just steps from Naperville's thriving downtown and renowned riverwalk... the Naper Settlement preserves a long and … (39 comments)
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dupage county: He's not as thought as you drunk he was.... - 01/02/07 10:43 PM
Our first home purchase - "The Life of the Unrepresented Buyer"
1985 We looked at a couple of condos alongside the El tracks in Chicago... nice places, great complexes close to everything... we were assured that we would "get used to the train" the screeching, the rumbling, the shaking... At $48,000 it seemed like a … (56 comments)
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dupage county: Sign in? I don't even know you! - 12/05/06 12:15 AM
Realtor.com is an advertising site. The properties are used to draw you in so that they can build ads around the listings... this makes the site painfully slow. Realtor.com is an opt-in site missing a lot of data... it is notoriously out of date and doesn't let you know if a property … (10 comments)
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dupage county: Naperville's Thriving Condominium & Townhome Market - 12/04/06 11:00 PM
The charts below show the strength of Naperville's attached housing market. Not just on the lower end but Naperville's Luxury Condo & Townhome market too. As is typical in a softer marketplace... the total # of units are down, while the average price has risen considerably. During 2006 There were three … (4 comments)
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dupage county: Naperville's Luxury and Custom Home Market - 12/03/06 12:06 AM
I mentioned in a previous post that Naperville's Luxury Home Market has actually increased in volume over the last year... bucking all current trends. With sales up over 28% for the year, there are still a lot of fantastic homes to be had at advantageous terms. Great opportunities are there for … (8 comments)
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dupage county: Bad market? Depends who you ask... - 12/02/06 11:29 PM
Overall prices appear to have increased by about 8% over the same period last year (see charts below) while overall unit sales have declined a fairly dramatic 20%. An interesting twist though is that the Naperville Luxury Home market (Homes priced at $1,000,000 and over) has taken a significant jump in sales of … (4 comments)
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dupage county: High Octane center of operations... - 09/26/06 02:33 PM
OK, so I do the bulk of my computing from my home office, where I have a big desk, big monitor and a really comfortable chair..... and a most excellent Jura Capresso coffee maker. I do some of my work from my office too, but in the morning Erin is there, … (7 comments)
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dupage county: Here are a couple personal marketing pieces that I've used in the past... - 09/22/06 11:55 PM
These were both Jumbo postcard mailings that I sent out to my farm area... I also sent them to my sphere... It's a great way to get some attention and start some dialog... but mostly it's an "awareness campaign" designed to get people to think about me. (hopefully in a positive … (10 comments)
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dupage county: Farm your neighborhood? - 09/22/06 08:29 AM
When I got into the business, my broker told me to go knock on doors and call people in the neighborhood where I lived. So, being new and desperate... I did. There are about 400 single family homes in that neighborhood and over the years, I've sold over 200 of them … (9 comments)
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dupage county: Photo Psy"cow"logy & The MLS - 09/21/06 07:45 PM
I was talking to another agent about our MLS system and the way agents use pictures in the system.
I told Ron that when I search through the MLS and there is only a picture of the front of the house, I think " it may be a bad agent... or it may … (20 comments)
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dupage county: Wide angle shots - - 09/21/06 04:21 PM
What a difference a lens makes...
In the early summer I purchased the Kodak V570 wide angle lens camera (this was so that my Nikon & Sony cameras would have some company.. as many of you know I suffer from too-little-toy-aphobia...) and I love it! They now sell in the mid $200's … (26 comments)
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dupage county: The Riverwalk is a huge attraction! - 09/19/06 07:11 PM
This is a post with some pictures because it is difficult to describe the beauty of Naperville's Riverwalk. Built almost entirely with donated funds and time, the Riverwalk is the crown jewel of Naperville's thriving downtown area.
Folks just love to have dinner at one of the many outstanding restaurants and then enjoy … (4 comments)
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dupage county: Not just your regular Über Burb! - 09/19/06 09:11 AM
For a long time, Naperville was known as the rapidly growing suburb west of Chicago. As the growth has slowed (running out of room) many of Naperville's other attributes are somtimes misssed by those that haven't been here.
There's more to those high rankings than just great schools, excellent libraries, high income and safety....
Naperville also … (3 comments)
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dupage county: What kind of signs do you use? - 09/18/06 04:50 PM
I've been using picture signs since 1995 (always need to carry a small can of goof off for the things that are drawn on my face) It seems to create some awareness as I am frequently approached by people asking me if I am who I am... :)
The picture is my … (17 comments)
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dupage county: Casual in 1995 - 09/18/06 01:07 PM
I started in the business in February of 1989... I was fortunate enough to pick a really great company to work for.. the broker/owner (Charlie Doss) is a top quality guy and runs his company in a very professional manner. I was also fortunate to have a great manager (Dave Chally) in … (11 comments)
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dupage county: Broadband Wireless in Naperville - 09/15/06 09:47 AM
Last year when Cingular announced that it was turning on it's new 3g service (UMTS) in the Chicago area, I was very excited... until I saw the map. The whole Chicago area (blue) was getting the service except the western suburbs and Naperville (orange) They couldn't have honed in any better on my specific market … (5 comments)
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dupage county: Naperville may get Free WiFi - 07/22/06 09:00 AM
The city of Naperville IL may be contracting (for free) with MetroFi to supply the whole city with free (ad supported" WiFi access throughout town. This follows on the heels of the neighboring town of Aurora IL doing this. I am anxious to see how this works...
The benefit to the city … (5 comments)
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dupage county: Best Place to Live? Of Course! - 07/17/06 07:34 PM
Naperville is used to the honors... "best place to raise children" one of the best places to retire, one of the best walking cities, Best library system, etc...
But Money Magazine is getting close to the truth.... in 2003 Money Magazine said that Naperville was the best place to live in the … (6 comments)
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