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 […]
Category Archives: Top Ten List
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, […]
Top 10 Real Estate Memes
Top 10 Best/Worst Real Estate Signs
Top 12 Priced Homes – Sept 2015
Top 10 Worst Home Photos
Coffee and Market Update
Starbucks experiment….day one. Ok-I thought I would try this whole “work from Starbucks” thing this morning because I just had some website stuff to update (profound and amazingly interesting sales data-thus the need for coffee- for the Peoria area that can be found at https://blog.markmonge.com/…/3rd-quarter-peoria-area-sales-…/). And here are some things I discovered. 1) The couple […]
Top 7 things going on this week in the Peoria area
With September rolling in we have a lot of fun things going on around the area. An Evening of Jazz, with a side of Bacon and Eggs! One of the more eclectic combinations, but it sounds like fun. This will be gong on down at the riverfront this Sat 9/13! There will be live jazz […]
Top 10 most expensive Sold homes so far in 2014
Taking a quick look at the 10 most expensive sales so far in 2014, through 8/20/2014….we have the following… 10. 6520 Waterstone in the Waterstone subdivision. $835,000. Dunlap 9. 12815 Woodland Ridge in the Woodland Ridge subdivision. $855,000. Dunlap 8. 4910 Grandview Drive, Peoria Heights. $863,000 7. 3327 Pilgrims Way, Attingham Subdivision. Dunlap $895,000. 6. […]