St Charles IL Home For Sale

Brand new construction!
Lot 1 Pine St in St Charles IL

4BR/3.1BA Two Story priced at $799,900.

For more information, call The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 or visit www.Lot1Pine.com

NEW LISTING – Batavia IL

NEW LISTING at 37W758 Volintine Farm Rd, Batavia IL
4BR/2.1BA Traditional priced at $554,900

An excellent opportunity awaits you in this four bedroom, 2.1 bath home. Situated on 1.4 acres, this immaculate home is located in the Heritage West subdivision and offers country living yet just minutes away from shopping, the train, and the expressway. Light and bright, the two-story foyer showcases the Oak staircase leading to the second level. Hardwood floors lead from the foyer area to the generously sized eat-in kitchen. Here you will find 36″ Oak cabinetry with crown molding, an ample amount of counter space, and French doors leading to the four season room allowing for year round entertainment. Adjacent to the kitchen is the family room with its brick gas log fireplace and French doors to the living room making this a perfect place for family gatherings or just hanging out. Upstairs is the large master bedroom with walk-in closet and luxury master bathroom. Three additional bedrooms complete the second level as well as the homes second full bathroom. The home also features an unfinished deep pour basement with rough in, an oversized first floor laundry with exterior access to the backyard, and an attached oversized three car garage. You’ll have tons of fun in the sun in the pool with surrounding maintenance free deck! Don’t miss out!

For more information, call The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 or visit www.VolintineFarm.com

Geneva IL OPEN HOUSE Sunday, January 28

OPEN HOUSE – SUNDAY JANUARY 28
FROM 12pm to 3pm

131 N Harrison, Geneva IL

Rte 38 to Harrison, north to home

Don’t miss your chance to tour this adorable 3BR/1.1BA Ranch priced at only $255,900!

For more information, call The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 or visit www.131Harrison.com

St Charles IL Real Estate Market Conditions

There are currently 660 single family and townhomes listed for sale in St Charles. The average home is currently priced at $602,003. Since January 1st, 32 homes have closed, compared to 33 during the same period last year. This is an 3% decrease. The average sold home was priced at $381,785 and sold for $374,633. This shows a 98% list to sales price being realized. This information was pulled from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois on Monday, January 22, 2007.

Information reported by The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 – www.kombrink.com

North Aurora IL Real Estate Market Conditions

There are currently 170 single family and townhomes listed for sale in North Aurora. The average home is currently priced at $315,134. Since January 1st, 8 homes have closed, compared to 10 during the same period last year. This shows a 20% decrease. The average sold home was priced at $241,812 and sold for $237,534. This shows a 98% list to sales price being realized. This information was pulled from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois on Monday, January 22, 2007.

Information reported by The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 – www.kombrink.com

Geneva IL Real Estate Market Conditions

There are currently 257 single family and townhomes listed for sale in Geneva. The average home is currently priced at $426,246. Since January 1st, 11 homes have closed, compared to 10 during the same period last year. This is a 10% increase. The average sold home was priced at $342,690 and sold for $331,863. This shows a 97% list to sales price being realized. This information was pulled from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois on Monday, January 22, 2007.

Information reported by The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 – www.kombrink.com

Elburn IL Real Estate Market Conditions

There are currently 159 single family and townhomes listed for sale in Elburn. The average home is currently priced at $445,654. Since January 1st, 5 homes have closed, compared to 4 during the same period last year. This is a 25% increase. The average sold home was priced at $448,720 and sold for $435,480. This shows a 97% list to sales price being realized. This information was pulled from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois on Monday, January 22, 2007.

This information reported by The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 – www.kombrink.com

Batavia IL Real Estate Market Conditions

There are currently 218 single family and townhomes listed for sale in Batavia. The average home is currently priced at $416,034. Since January 1st, 7 homes have closed, compared to 10 during the same period last year. This is a 30% decrease. The average sold home was priced at $368,228 and sold for $292,214. This shows a 79% list to sales price being realized. This information was pulled from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois on Monday, January 22, 2007.

This information reported by The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 – www.kombrink.com

Home for Sale in St Charles IL

New listing in Renaux Manor subdivision of St Charles, IL
4BR/2.1BA Two Story priced at $439,000

This is an immaculate home featuring all of today’s popular amenities and located in the popular Renaux Manor subdivision. This family friendly home offers a spacious front foyer that opens into the bright and light living and dining rooms. The large eat-in kitchen boasts beautiful hardwood floors, 42″ cabinetry with crown molding and newer appliances. A door in the eat-in area leads to the brick paver patio and large fenced backyard. A perfect gathering place is the adjoining family room with its gas log fireplace and wall of windows allowing views of the backyard. On the second level of the home are the four large bedrooms each containing generous closet space. The master bedroom has a large walk-in closet and luxury bathroom with a corner whirlpool tub, separate shower, and double bowl vanity. The basement is finished with a large recreation room and storage area with a second laundry hookup. Additional features of this home include a 1st floor laundry/mudroom off the garage, April Aire humidifier, professionally landscaped, security system, and a sprinkler system. Pride of ownership shows throughout this home!

For more information, call The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Excels 630-262-4321 or visit www.177Picasso.com

2007 Housing Trends: Part Three – What’s Out

Last in a three part series, I’ll share some interesting insight from various publications, experience, and trends in our local Chicagoland residential real estate market.

“As is” in home sale marketing.  Anything went in the boom market, but if you’re planning to use “as is” in 2007, forget it.  Buyers see “As Is” as a red flag about the home and the seller. With all the competition from existing and new housing, an “As Is” will chase the buyers away.

Buyer incentives.  Free cars don’t sell houses, realistic pricing does. Gimmicks only confuse and distract buyers. Cut to the chase and deduct the cost of your free-with-purchase from your current price and send the signal to buyers that you’re selling real property, not personal property.

Endless Open Houses.  The open house pendulum has swung from “the house sold in the first day” to “we need to have our house open every Sunday”.  Desperation is when your home is open every Sunday, and don’t think buyers don’t know this and keep track. Plan on every three weeks if you must have a public open house.

Over-full-price offers.  It was a strategy in the boom market to under-price a home and let the market set the selling price.  Not today!  One thing that won’t change in 2007 is that every buyer will want a deal, and you had better be prepared for them to walk if they don’t get one.

Bedrooms not large enough for a bed.  In the boom, rehabbers and developers learned the fastest way to profit was to increase the room count of an existing home.  Bedrooms shrunk to walk-in closet size when a four-room, one-bedroom was gut-rehabbed into a four-room, two-bedroom.  Or, the doorways and windows eliminate required wall space. Savvy agents kept asking, can you fit a queen-size bed in either room?  And the answer was usually, no.
 
Loads of glass upper kitchen cabinet doors.  Buyers say it looks great, but many who specified and experienced it firsthand don’t have the time to keep their kitchen cabinets organized.  Plus, if you hate washing the windows, having more glass in a greasy room like a kitchen is high-maintenance.

Bowl-shaped above-counter bathroom sinks.  The splashing and overall upkeep have earned these the reputation of nice to look at, but, “no thanks, don’t want one.”

Any shiny metal finish.  Brushed nickels and pewters are in and antiqued and polished brass is out.

Stainless-steel refrigerators and dishwashers are a fading trend.  The cold look and higher maintenance of steel is shifting buyers to specify warmer colors in kitchen appliances.

Spiral staircases.  Once the rage for mid-seventies makeovers, these are now death to a home seller.  The boomers have aged, their kids don’t like them, they’re unfriendly to pets and a danger to young children and elderly parents.  Take yours out and put in a standard staircase (inside or out) before you sell.

Bamboo floors.  The first reviews are in on this popular eco-friendly flooring, and they’re not pretty.  Complaints range from easily dented and scratched to prone to warping from variations in our climate and humidity levels.

Hardwood laminate floors.  These noisy, poor relatives of solid hardwood simply don’t stand up to multiple sandings to remove stains or change colors.

Home sellers who smoke in their home while it’s on the market.  Buyers HATE second-hand and stale smoke odors.  Marketing your home is not the same as living in it. If you have to smoke, go outside.  Clean the smoke smell from the house, carpet, window treatments, etc.