Move UP to Naperville Blog #2

Friday, I was at a CE class, taught by my favorite "teacher", Lynn Madison.The class was an elective and really interesting. It focused on the four different types or styles of people's behavior.There are analytics--scientist, engineers and accountants.There are drivers--CEO's, goal focused, type...

I was on the phone yesterday with a long-time REALTOR friend of mine. Lois and I were in the same training class at Rich Port back in the '70's.In those days we attended training classes in the basement of their headquarters in La Grange. And, I can remember Gene Dabe, one of their office manager...

Woodridge Stats as of October 26, 2006                     Condo & Town homes  Currently there are 109    2(or less) bedroom homes on the market with an average list price of $241,562 and a market time of 93 days.                         Currently there are 22   3 bedroom homes on the market with...

Naperville Stats    as of    October 26, 2006                                 Condo & Town homes  Currently there are 295    2(or less) bedroom homes on the market with an average list price of $248,024 and a market time of 105 days. Currently there are 122   3 bedroom homes on the market with an...

This morning's Chicago Tribune big story on their business page:Big drop for Area Home Sales    ( http://tinyurl.com/yhgdls )And, yes, the precipitious drop in DuPage County is 34%. Now that's a lot less homes being sold!But, the National Association of REALTOR's Chief Economist, David Lereah, ca...

Naperville Stats    as of    October 23, 2006 Single Family detached homes Currently there are 178   3 bedroom homes on the market with an average list price of $426,881 and a market time of 118 days. Currently there are 765   4 bedroom homes on the market with an average list price of $699,566 a...

I saw this interesting statistic yesterday in an article based upon a random survey of 2,500 adults – the first-ever attempt to quantify “Internet addiction” in the general population – found that between 6% and 14% of computer users said they spent too many bleary-eyed hours checking e-mail, mak...

Have you noticed that home interiors now have 'Tuscany Gold', 'moss', 'eggplant' and 'chocolate' instead of the good old 'relocation beige.'Now, some of these colors are lovely. But having seen homes where every dining room is a claret, a burgandy, a merlot, I'm wondering if we aren't over-doing ...

I've been going to closings for years. In Illinois we have a CLOSING. No escrow for us.When I first started, a closing would last 30 minutes, at the most 45. The sellers had a few papers to sign as did the buyers. Money and keys were exchanged. And, they'd schedule closings every hour.Today? Most...

I had a newbie agent call me the other day for feedback. Unusual, no, not really. Until he asked me the following:"Did I notice anything unusual in the bedrooms?" So, I asked him what he meant. And he told me this:"I think that someone is living inside the house. The drapes are jumbled up on the ...