Naperville

Naperville houses for sale by number of bathrooms

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Need a house with 3 or more full bathrooms? You might want to look in Naperville where 43% of houses for sale have 3 or more bathrooms.* After my recent blog post, “Naperville 4 bedroom houses for sale“, a Naperville dentist wrote a comment asking about the distribution of houses for sale by number of Click to continue...

Naperville 4 bedroom houses for sale

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Last Saturday I showed eight Naperville 4 bedroom houses. Shown below is the price distribution for Naperville 4 bedroom houses for sale.* Prices start at $200K with most 4 bedrooms houses priced between $300K and $600K. The median sale price for the past year was $420K, down 5.6% from the prior year. Currently Naperville has Click to continue...

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 Click to continue...

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 Click to continue...

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 Click to continue...

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 Click to continue...

Naperville Library Rated #1 in Its Population Range

March 8, 2008

Today I showed houses in 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 Glade Click to continue...

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

January 28, 2008

Yesterday I showed houses for sale 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 Click to continue...

Aurora vs. Naperville

May 20, 2007

This morning I showed houses for sale in Naperville and Aurora. 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 Click to continue...

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 Click to continue...

DuPage & Will County Property Taxes

April 19, 2007

This morning I received an email from a gentleman considering relocating to Naperville. He asked for help understanding property tax rates there since Naperville is in both DuPage and Will counties. Tax rates in the Chicago area are usually described in terms of an amount per $100 of value by governments (e.g. $7.5 per $100 Click to continue...

Disappointment in Naperville

October 2, 2006

The timing of events in life can see rather cruel at times. Last Wednesday I wrote about my buyers who had to submit their “highest and best” offer on a home in Naperville. On Thursday we learned that the seller selected their offer over the other offer. Thursday night the buyers and I met to Click to continue...

Naperville #2 Small City According to Money Magazine

July 26, 2006

Topped only by Fort Collins, CO, Chicago suburb, Naperville, was deemed the 2nd best U.S. small city to live in by the editors of Money Magazine. Read “Best Places to Live 2006” for the details. Click to continue...