OK…let’s do this. Curious which communities around central Illinois had the highest average selling prices for the start of 2019? The following list is from highest to lowest (in the top 10 descending order) based on the average sold price in each community. Coming in at #10: 10-Pekin $103K, down 21% from Jan 2018 9-Chillicothe […]
Category Archives: Top Ten List
Top 10 Questions/Misunderstandings about the Caterpillar Market Stability Program
10 Least Expensive Homes Sold around Peoria in 2015
It’s all about fair and balanced news here on the Monge blog. While the other day we reported the 10 most expensive homes currently for sale around the Peoria area, we thought today we would look at the 10 least expensive homes that sold around Peoria in 2015. Going from most expensive to least expensive, […]
Keeping it local…
Jennifer and I are excited to tell you about an idea we are hatching to help promote some of the local businesses around the Peoria area. Each week we will promote a locally owned company here and offer a gift certificate that will be randomly drawn. This week we would like to promote Five Senses […]
10 Highest Priced Homes Currently For Sale around Peoria
It’s time again to take a look at the 10 most expensive homes currently for sale, as of today, around the the Peoria area. Coming in at #10 4530 N. Miller Avenue in Peoria Heights $1,257,000 This great home has over 6,400 square feet, not counting the basement, which offers another 1,500 finished square feet. Taxes…$34,061. […]
2016…Off to a great start!
The latest figures for sales in the Peoria area came out yesterday. Overall, sales were up +14.3 % Closed Sales (over same period last year) + 4.6 % Increase in Median Sale price (over same period last year) and – 0.8 % Inventory of Homes for Sale (over same period last year). Sure-it’s only January, but a […]
Tales from the Dark Side (of Real Estate)
All of the following are true stories….the names may have been changed to protect the innocent or the incarcerated, but these are all true stories as witnessed by yours truly. Skeletons in the closet (or yard) We had a client once that was selling a house and the day before the closing they called us. They […]
Top ten (or rather 8) highest and lowest tax rates around central Illinois.
(This was originally a post I made a little while back, 2014 to be exact, but is very relevant and to the point with regards to property taxes around central Illinois. It’s one of the most often asked, and most often confused questions about homes in the area….which cities/areas/subdivisions are the highest or lowest, […]