Saturday, August 29, 2015

FUN THINGS TO DO!

September 3-6, Jazz Festival, Chicago, Millennium Park, 77 E. Randolph St.
September 3-7, Buffalo Grove Days, Buffalo Grove, Raupp Blvd. & Lake Cook Rd.
September 4-6, Sunset Festival, Lake in the Hills, Sunset Park, Miller & Albrecht Rds.
September 4-7, Last Fling, Naperville, Downtown Main St. & Jackson Ave.
September 4-6, Septemberfest, Schaumburg, Municipal Center, 101 Schaumburg Rd.
September 6-7, Fox Valley Folk Music Festival, Geneva, Downtown Island Park
September  7, Home Town Festival , Round Lake, Goodnow Rd. & Rt. 134
September 10-13, Jazz Weekend, St. Charles, Downtown area
September 10-20 Oktoberfest, Glendale Heights, Bloomingdale Rd. & E. Fullerton Ave.

Interesting Facts: Old News in Hoffman Estates, Do You Remember?


Sunday special: “All the Chicken You Can Eat for $1.25”


National Food Stores had center cut rib pork chops for .79 cents a lb., and cans of sweet peas or bean eight for $1. 

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Previous Foreclosures and Short Sales

Homeowners losing their homes to foreclosures or short sales during the recession are returning to homeownership, Illinois is among the top 10 states expecting to have the most return buyers. This is good news!

Increased Vacation Home Sales

U.S. Vacation Home Sales rose to a record high in 2014— 21 percent of all transactions that year.