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Naperville

Mixed news for condos in Naperville

August 24, 2009

I just started working with a woman looking for a condo in Naperville for her and her son. Back in early July I blogged about Naperville’s house market in “Naperville’s 60565 Zip Code Continues to Have Strongest House Market”
An area’s condo market isn’t necessarily the same as its house market. That’s especially true this [...]

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Naperville’s 60565 Zip Code Continues to Have Strongest House Market

July 5, 2009

Yesterday I celebrated the 4th of July at the home of my friends Bill and Chuck who have a gorgeous home in Naperville. Bill and Chuck’s house is in the the 60565 zip code shown in the white part in the map which experienced the smallest drop in median sale price when comparing the last [...]

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Naperville Gets High Marks From Its Residents

October 20, 2008

Survey results recently released by the City of Naperville reveal that 92% of respondents who had an opinion were satisfied with the overall quality of life in the city. This compares to a national average of 77%.
70% of those who had an opinion were satisfied with the overall value they receive for their city taxes. [...]

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Aurora & Naperville Park N Ride Locations

March 24, 2008

Saturday I showed homes in Aurora to a gentleman who will be commuting on the Metra Burlington Northern Santa Fe Line to work in Chicago’s Loop. After doing some research and talking with friends who live in Naperville, he decided it was best to search for homes close to the Park N Ride locations for [...]

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Naperville Library Rated #1 in Its Population Range

March 8, 2008

Today I showed houses and Naperville and my buyers wrote an offer. The house they wrote an offer on is walking distance to one of the 3 branches of the Naperville Library. The library has branches at 200 W. Jefferson (Nichols Library, shown left), 2035 S. Naper Boulevard (Naper Boulevard Library), and 3015 Cedar [...]

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3 of Naperville’s Zip Codes Saw Price Increases in 2007

January 28, 2008

Yesterday I showed houses in Naperville to a couple. At this point, they don’t have a preference for a specific area of Naperville, so we looked at houses in several parts of Naperville.
Naperville continues to be a very popular Chicago suburb as evidenced by the rise in median house prices in 2007 for 3 out [...]

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Chicago Area Whole Foods Map

December 26, 2007

My partner’s brother’s family is visiting this week and they’re big fans of Whole Foods. For those of you not familiar with Whole Foods, it’s a grocery store chain which sells high quality natural and organic products. For you Whole Foods Fans out there relocating to the Chicago area, I thought I’d create a map [...]

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Aurora vs. Naperville

May 20, 2007

This morning I showed houses in Aurora and Naperville. My buyers got a good idea of the amount of house you get in the same price range in the far west side of Aurora (west of Orchard Rd.) vs. the northeast side of Aurora (east of Eola Rd.) vs. the northwest part of Naperville (west [...]

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Metra Express Trains

May 10, 2007

So you have a job in the Loop, but you’re looking to buy a home in the suburbs. You figure out how far out from Chicago you’ll have to live to be able to afford the amount of home you want – generally the farther out, the more home you get for the money. Then [...]

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Route 59 in Naperville – Allow More Time for Travel

April 29, 2007

I spent over 8 hours showing houses in Naperville this weekend to 2 different couples. Both of the couples have one or both partners with jobs in downtown Chicago, so proximity to a Metra station is a key factor.
After the couple I worked with Saturday found a house they were interested in, we drove [...]

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