Cindy Strahota's Blog

Apr

Slight decrease in housing inventory levels in Kane County IL

Posted by cindystrahota under Fave Neighborhood, For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, For Sellers, General Information, Illinois, Kane County, Regional News, Saint Charles

Inventory Levels for the housing market in the western suburbs of Chicago, IL

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Jan

Distressed properties still nearly half of housing sales

Posted by cindystrahota under For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, For Sellers, General Information, Illinois, Kane County, Marketing Reports, Regional News, Saint Charles

49 % of homes sold in Kane county in 2012 were distressed sales. 6546 residential properties sold in 2012 according to MRED MLS and of these 3216 were distressed sales. A distressed property is a short sale, foreclosure, auction or court ordered sale.

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Jan

New Year shows an increase in the housing inventory in Kane County, IL

Posted by cindystrahota under Fave Neighborhood, For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, For Sellers, General Information, Illinois, Kane County, Listings, Regional News, Saint Charles

2013 enters with a slight increase in housing inventory in the suburban Chicago

Slight increase in housing inventory

area.

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Nov

Chicago area housing inventory

Posted by cindystrahota under Fave Neighborhood, For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, For Sellers, General Information, Illinois, Kane County, Marketing Reports, Regional News, Saint Charles

With the exception of St. Charles, the Fox Valley area continues to see a very slight decrease in the housing inventory levels.

Chicago area housing levels show a slow but steady decrease

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Oct

October Inventory Levels for the far western suburbs of Chicago

Posted by cindystrahota under Fave Neighborhood, For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, For Sellers, General Information, Illinois, Kane County, Marketing Reports, Regional News, Saint Charles

Slight uptick in the inventory levels of some western suburbs in the Chicago, IL area. But for the most part October levels are very close to the September levels.

Chicago western suburbs see slight increase in the housing inventory levels.

Source MRED Multiple Listing Service. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

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Sep

Continued Decline in Real Estate Inventory Levels

Posted by cindystrahota under Fave Neighborhood, For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, For Sellers, General Information, Illinois, Kane County, Marketing Reports, Regional News, Saint Charles

The market continues to steadily absorb the current level of housing inventory in the far western suburbs of Chicago. Is this indicative of a bottom in our real estate market? or just evidence that summer is the busy buying season here in Illinois?

Chicago-area month”s supply of housing inventory

According to the stats from Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) the median home price for Kane County has declined 8.4% while the number of SF units sold increased from by 18.3% (July year over year).

The average home price for Kane County declined 14.5% .

So here in Kane county we are seeing an increase in the number of units sold while prices are still declining. More units are moving at the lower prices.

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Aug

Best in Kane County Schools

Posted by cindystrahota under Fave Neighborhood, For Buyers, For Realty Professionals, For Sellers, General Information, Illinois, Kane County, Regional News, Saint Charles, Thornwood, South Elgin

Are you researching schools in your search for a new home? Check out this recent article from the September 2012 issue of Chicago Magazine noting the best schools in Kane County.

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