LaNita's Blog

It surprises a lot of buyers when they hear that a condominium will not accept FHA financing and will only accept Conventional or cash. Before you think about purchasing a condo in Illinois, go to https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/condlook.cfm and type the city you are interested in purchasing a co...

Recently I have had a lot of buyers ask "How close are home selling to list price?" I remember when I first got into real estate, homes were selling 3-4% of list price. So I went back to 2008 and pulled some numbers for Plainfield. I could only pull the first 500 closed properties because that is...

Twenty-two homes sold during the month of January, 2012 in Joliet. Homes ranged from $100,000 to $175,000. Of the twenty-two homes sold, 11 were foreclosures and 5 were short sales. The average sold price was $139,366 with a list price average of $143,209. The sold properties closed averaging 97....

Sixteen homes sold during the week of Feb 13 - 17, 2012 in Joliet. Of the 16 homes, 4 were foreclosures and 3 were short sales. Prices ranged from $30,000 to $209,900. Average home sold at $110,234 with the average asking/list price was $117,775. Sold properties closed averaging 93.6% of their Fi...

This is a downtown restaurant/business inspired event, the fourth in a series. This is a wine, cheese and chocolate food tour and will include a wine sample and cheese pairings at three of the locations and delicious chocolate offerings at two of the locations. It is a walking tour although shutt...

Set in the court of Henry II, King of England at Christmas of 1183. This comic drama heats up as the royals play a high stakes game of check and mate for power and love. February 10 - 12, 2012 Fridays & Saturdays 8:00pm, Sundays 2:00pm Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park, 201 W. Jefferson Street in...

Who Can Buy a HUD Home? Almost anyone can purchase a HUD home. If you have cash or you qualify for a loan (subject to certain restrictions) you may buy one.  All HUD homes are first offered to owner-occupant purchasers. These are people who are buying the home as their primary residence. After th...

I'm posting this as public because I want it to be on my public post so buyers know what not to do. Here's the story: I rec'd an email about a week about from Steve saying he wants to buy a townhome in Plainfield. I emailed him back and he forwarded his preapproval letter so I set him up on a sea...

Roger & Annette relocated from Ohio to the Aurora area for a job.... LaNita is the reason Wife and I finally got our dream house. LaNita listened to what we were looking for, narrowed down the thousands of choices to a manageable level, and helped us sort through the bad. Then she got to work sch...

Newly opened La Dolce Vita in Plainfield! This is a must-try Italian restaurant! The staff is awesome and the decor is up-scale. The linguini con scampi e broccoli was to die for and the wine list is fabulous! This is a great restaurant and a great addition to Plainfield! I wouldn't call it "kid-...