THINK SOLD!

   Yep! I couldn't feel better, and worse, for my clients today. I just came from the closing of this BEAUTIFUL home in downtown St. Charles…. Brand new, but on the market for 3 years! Yes, 3 years!I was the THIRD REALTOR for these sellers…… Originally priced at $745,000, it closed today for $535,000! Frightfully, it didn't [...]

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Apologies to all of my regular subscribers for not getting the Monday Morning Market report posted yesterday….. the 7th annual Keenan camp-out occured on the Sunday night of Memorial Day weekend this  year.  (Subsequently, on the following morning the equally famous “Monday morning clean-up” occurs wherein the smashed marshmallows, empty libation cans and dirty paper-plates [...]

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DISTRESSED PROPERTIES……..just the term alone makes one nervous! Is the “distressed” adjective describing the property, the homeowner, or the lender who gave the mortgage? Sometimes, it’s all of the above!! Last week, I spent all day Wednesday and Thursday in Chicago, attending a seminar that would certify me to sell DISTRESSED PROPERTIES….. what an amazing [...]

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    What an amazing thought…… pick 3 local businesses you would miss if they went out of                 business-spend $50 LOCALLY per month…. save the economy! Check out the website at www.the350project.net to see how awesome the idea is! It really lays out the differences between supporting the big franchises, buying online, and supporting the locals! Even [...]

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This information was waiting for my in my "inbox" yesterday afternoon! What a pleasant piece of information to have on a very, very harried Monday! Thought more than a few of you would be interested in reading it as this is one of the top 2 questions I receive as a real-estate professional…. the top [...]

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Welcome back to Monday Morning Market, where Geneva’s resident expert (me!) analyzes the data  from the last 7 days… for detached homes only, here goes: ·         Active listings o   252 in number, ranging from $159,900 to $3,499,000 ·         Price-reduced listings o   15 in number, with 2 listings vying for the “largest price drop of the [...]

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  Monday Morning Market in Geneva….  Good morning to all! Welcome back to “Monday Morning Market,” where Geneva’s resident expert Realtor analyzes the stats for the last 7 days…. Today I am veering off of my schedule as I was unable to do my analysis last week, so I am including the stats for the [...]

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