Oct 31, 2007

This Week on Spike

This Week on Spike—October 31

Dennis Rodkin appears regularly on WGN's Spike O'Dell Radio Program sometimes discussing properties not mentioned in the Deal Estate blog. Check back here each week to find links and information for those listings.

From the 10/10/07 show - Elmhurst Homes:

$300,000
*sale price: $305,000, sold 9/7/07
*asking price: $349,900, reduced from $363,450
*133 days on the market
*7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, split level
*address: Northwest side of town
* features: home warranty, new windows, newer roof and furnace

$600,000
*sale price: $598,000, sold 8/17/07
*asking price: $624,900, reduced from $649,000
*77 days on the market
*9 rooms, four bedrooms, 2-plus baths
*address: Southeast part of town
*features: 3-sided view into Butterfield Park, new interior door, refinished floors and baseboards, new pella windows, fancy master bath with spa shower and“Kohler artist sink”

$900,000
*sale price: $900,000, sold 7/25/07 A FORECLOSURE, bank-owned
*asking price: $913,900, down from $927,900
*56 days on the market
*13 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 4-plus baths
*address southwest side of town
*features: built in 2005, showy gourmet kitchen, lots of granite and custom finishes, brick paver driveway. Property sold As Is by bank.

$1.2 million
*sale price $1.15 million (nearest recent sale to our target), sold 9/14/07
*Asking price: $1,199,900, down from $1.3 million
*224 days on the market
*10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3-plus baths
*address: a few blocks west of Elmhurst College
*features: Great Tudor looks, lavish kitchen with thermador and bosch appliances, fireplace in the master suite, walkable to downtown and Wilder Park. Remarks from agent: seller very motivated (a builder with two other houses ready and marked down).

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