Champaign-Urbana IL Homes for Sale

Happy Adoption Birthday to my Dog, Sienna! Three years ago today, I traveled several hours to pick up and bring home my beautiful dog, Sienna. It was love at first sight. As soon as I was home with her, I sat on the couch, patted my lap, and she jumped right up there with me. Indeed, she is a 60-...

Greater Champaign County, IL Real Estate Market Activity Snapshot: Oct. 3 - 9, 2010 The following data is for Single Family Residential Homes: New Listings: 105 Average List Price: $142,010 Pending Sales: 35 Closed Sales: 33 Average List Price: $116,624 Average Sale Price: $109,648 Sale-to-List P...

**This post is part of the "Pay It Forward" Active Rain group, the purpose of which is to share and encourage one another to do good and spread kindness. Feel free to post a comment below telling me about your own "Pay It Forward" moment!** As a child I learned to play piano and was fortunate to ...

Champaign County IL Real Estate Market Report, September 2010 September 2010 Residential Sales Information Compared to September 2009 The following real estate market information concerns only residential sales in greater Champaign County, IL, and includes houses, condos, co-ops, and zerolots. Se...

A Weekend Away... This past weekend I was out of town for a friend's wedding in beautiful Wilmington, North Carolina. It turned out to be a lovey get-away. The wedding took place on the river dock where we had gorgeous views of the water and passing boats. We then had the opportunity to walk arou...

Greater Champaign County, IL Real Estate Market Activity Snapshot: Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2010 The following data is for Single Family Residential Homes: New Listings: 86 Average List Price: $143,495 Pending Sales: 41 Closed Sales: 49 Average List Price: $178,246 Average Sale Price: $172,900 Sale-to-...

When Purchasing a Home in Champaign-Urbana IL, Be Sure to Consider the Property Taxes When you purchase a home, one expense to consider is the amount of property taxes you’ll be required to pay yearly. The amount of taxes the seller paid for the prior tax year should be stated on the listing info...

Hello, dear Readers! As I discovered last week, one of the dangers of participating in the "30 blogs in 30 days" challenge is that at the end of the challenge, you're a little blogged out, so to speak. I survived the challenge, and then had the immediate urge to get busy with another project I'd ...