Leslie Ebersole | T3 Fellows

Join the residents of St Charles IL in welcoming the holidays with the fabulous Electric Christmas Parade on Saturday November 27. The parade starts at 5:30 pm. In addition to the beautiful floats created and piloted by local business, dozens of local groups will march including the North High Sc...

St. Charles IL is a wonderful suburb of 35,000 residents located about 40 miles west of downtown Chicago. Homes in St. Charles IL range from snug bungalows in the historic downtown to spacious homes in popular subdivisions like Fox Mill, Hunt Club and Royal Fox. Whether you are thinking of buyin...

While prices are down compared to a few years ago, sellers in Geneva IL are relieved that prices have stabilized in 2010. Geneva IL is well known throughout the region as a charming historic town. The downtown area offers tree-lined streets with vintage homes, ranging from quaint bungalows to or...

Batavia IL is a charming community located about 40 miles west of downtown Chicago. This town of 27,000 residents has been named by Money Magazine as one of the top 100 small towns in America. Batavia has weathered the housing downtown relatively well. While prices are lower than a few years ago...

What do you do when you are in a slump? A provocatively titled post My Broker Su@&s by Ken Speer recommends a book called Attitude. While I am all for good attitude, and could certainly use a slug of it on most days, I would recommend something a little different: Get Out! The best way to get out...

  Paul Chadwick is one of the smartest guys I know when it comes to assessing the price a home will sell for. He has developed his model over many years. I have been waiting for years to learn his secrets and here they are. This is also Paul's first blog post so I've disabled comments, go say hi ...

Whether you are thinking of buying or selling a home in St. Charles IL you want to know "How's the Market? I subscribe to Altos Research for up-to-the minute market research to help my St. Charles IL clients make critical decisions on pricing a listing or making a offer for a new home. If you wou...

In the past few weeks I simply tried to nod intelligently when I heard "QE2". I tried to decipher the sound "keweeetoo" but didn't get anywhere. Then when I saw the acronym "QE2", I guessed that it had to with the idea of turning around a battleship because a cruise ship is as big as a battleship...

Every day houses sell in this country. Buyers who have dragged out their search are disappointed when their favorite house pops up as "sold". Sellers who's homes are priced to be highly competitive don't need to roll over just because a buyer wants to steal a home. This post from J Phil Faranda c...

In a conference two weeks ago a leading industry analyst told a group of top Realtors: "The year is over. It was a hard year, get over it and get to work on next year". In the last two weeks I have had offers for listings that opened with the agent claiming "The year is over. The holidays are com...