Thursday, September 8, 2022

2021 was the Best of the Real Estate Market


 Closed Listings in Illinois are down from 2021.

The enormous seller market over the past 2 years has diminished.

Higher Interest rates combined with soaring inflation has hurt the selling of homes in both States.

The market is much slower now in Illinois and Indiana.

Home prices will stabilize and decrease in some homes that are not as desirable.

The multi contract situations will not be common any longer, eliminating most of the bidding wars.

It is not all doom and gloom. Homes are still selling, people have to move and people still want to buy homes.

Buying a home will be easier due to lack of buyers.

With the unstable economy it is impossible to predict the market conditions in 2023.

Friday, September 2, 2022

Are you Living a Smart Life?

Food for Thought: By B. O'Reilly

Making foolish mistakes today can lead to misery. 

More than ever before, foolish decisions will hurt you.

Driving intoxicated can derail your entire life. 

Trusting someone with your money without legal documentation is simply insane. 

Acting impulsively in public will come back to punish you. It's almost guaranteed.

Therefore, personal discipline is needed in daily life. Do you really need that tattoo or that drug?

Is it smart to confide personal information to another person? 

How about your job - are you giving your best effort or gaming the system?


Never before has our society been more complicated and uncertain. 

Life is becoming exceedingly difficult. Many of us, especially younger Americans, are ill-equipped to face adversity.

Living a smart life is hard as everything worthwhile is. 

But if you don't try to do that - expect to experience major pain.