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Sandwich, DeKalb County - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 1622 Holiday Drive on August 15 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM . Property information  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Illinois real estate news Have you ever heard the saying "Today is a good day because I learned something"? Then today must be a good day. The RTA (Regioinal Transportation Authority) is trying to get a tort tax bill pushed through the Illinois ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
In our area Lakewood Springs, Bristol Bay, Churchhill Farms, Gates Creek, Grande Reserve all have HOAs. An HOA is a homeowners association and with associations come assessments or dues. The assessments are designed to cover the entrances and landscaping ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Sandwich, DeKalb County - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 1622 Holiday Drive on July 22 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM . Property information  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Route 34 has been having delays all week as they expand from two lanes to three with a turn lane. This activity is taking place in front of the 3 new strip malls, water park and Ramada Inn between Plano and Sandwich. The Kohls building now has 4 walls ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
It is well known around these parts that Sandwich is synonomous with antiques. The small city located 60 miles west of Chicago on Ogden Avenue (route 34) has more than a smattering of antiques shops. The antiquers, as they like to be called come from all ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Kendall county in the month of June had a very respectable month. In the single family category there were 136 homes that closed in June. They sold at 98% of asking price. The average sales price was $289,923. That is considerably above both the state ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
The local market in the tri-city area of Sandwich, Somonauk and Lake Holiday remained at a slower pace than our neighbors to the east. We had 17 homes close with an average sales price of $209,821 this was 96% of the asking price and the bright spot, these ...  [Read More]
Posted:byRandy Lyon
Randy Lyon
The weather is great and the kids are out of school. The thoughts of swimming pools, beaches and cool drinks are on the minds of many. This is a great time of year, and a great time to spend with the kids who are on summer vacation. All of our activities ...  [Read More]
Posted:byRandy Lyon
Randy Lyon
The state of Illinois approved the final location of the Prairie parkway connector between Minooka and I-88 near Kaneville. The state had volleyed back two different locations. The first was to pick up at Morris was abandoned for the more easterly start ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
The Plano city council approved the 16900 square foot facility to be located on route 34 and Belli Drive just west of Wal-Mart. The building is a modified new prototype with clerestory windows and a more modern exterior. The store is expected to open in ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Up to $8 million in infrastructure bonds were approved by the city council at the last meeting in May. The annexation agreement between Lakewood Homes and Plano called for the letting of the bonds. No word on how much each homeowner will be required to ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
The USDA has always inspected our beef and pork, they have gone to bat in Washington for farmers nation wide but did you know they also help 1st time homeowners and credit challenged prospective homeowners purchase a new home. The USDA is now providing ...  [Read More]
Posted:byRandy Lyon
Randy Lyon
Statistics through May 21,2007. The Yorkville single family home market has remined stable despite the vast number of homes competing for buyers. Homes continue to sell at 97.33% of asking price. This year 86 homes have sold or are pending close. The vast ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Plano single family homes not including condos, townhomes or duplexes for the first five months of 2007. There have been 29 homes close with an average sales price of $207,800. These numbers have been compiled from the MLS of Northern Illinois and do not ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Visit our new page for Sandwich real estte complete with photos of our home town. Follow our link and be sure and drop us a line to let us know what you want to see on the site. Go ahead and click to view Sandwich home pages http://www.randylyon.com/Sandwich_IL_real_estate/page_1338290.html ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Or better yet what is in a set of initials? MLS stands for multiple listing service. It is a trademark held by the local 200+ MLS services provided to realtors, nation wide. Yet in an anti trust law suit filed in Minnesota, the regional MLS tried banning ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Geneva is a great town with a sense of community. The community has been strengthened this year with some very good football and basketball programs. The current housing market has 269 single family homes listed for sale with the MLSNI multiple listing ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Sugar Grove police are warning residents selling their homes without the assistance of a realtor to be on the look out for scammers. Two local residents have already been duped. It is a familiar scam with a new twist. This time it involves a national For ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
It was announced this morning that the city administrators and the homeowners who have an injunction to halt the new Kendall Market Place have reached an agreement. Kohl's had given the developers Harlem and Irving until today to resume construction ...  [Read More]
Posted:byRandy Lyon
Randy Lyon
The City of Yorkville has helped area residents concerns over noise and congestion by axing the new police sttion on Cannonball Trail. In return the homeowners who have an injunction to stop the Kendall marketplace will drop the injunction. That will allow ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Economic Development Director Paul Borek told the Valley Free Press this week that Sandwich has the potential to become a year round destination. Ok, Sandwich is the destination of hundreds of thousands fair goes every year. Oh and yes Sandwich is the ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
Realtor magazine has reported their monthly housing statistics and across the nation the results are pretty much the same. Here in the midwest and northern Illinois month over month sales for January were up 4.8%. The 1.53 million homes sold in January ...  [Read More]
Posted:byRandy Lyon
Randy Lyon
The 2006 National Association of REALTORS® report on Home Buyers and Sellers finds the most valuable features on Real Estate websites are; listed in order of priority: Property Photos: 83% Property Details: 81% Virtual Tours: 60% Maps: 43% Area Information: ...  [Read More]
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Randy Lyon
The Illinois Emergency Managemaent Agency is offering free Radon kits to Illinois homeowners. If you would like a free kit please follow this link http://www.state.il.us/iema/radon/RadonTestKit.asp  [Read More]
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