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Great home for sale in O'Fallon IL just reduced!     On August 5th proceeds from every Blizzard purchased at participating Dairy Queen restaurants will help local Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals.  Since it is going to be "Hotter than a Goat Eating a Blow Torch" ...no I did not make tha...

June 2010 And Mid Year Quarter Real Estate Market update for O'Fallon IL.   Nationwide: More money for troubled homeowners... The Treasury Department has approved another $1.5 Billion to help homeowners in the five States with the highest levels of foreclosure rates.  Arizona, California, Florida...

Tax credit extension passes Congress: U.S. homebuyers who are eligible for a Homebuyer Tax Credit now have until Sept. 30 to close the transaction and receive the credit. Congress has extended the closing deadline, which had been June 30, by an additional three months. President Barack Obama is ...

    An amendment that would have extended the U.S. Homebuyer Tax Credit closing deadline from June 30 to Sept. 30 died with the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010, which also would have extended U.S. jobless benefits. The Senate voted Thursday 57-41 against the legislation. NAR e...

Real Estate market update for O'Fallon IL May 2010 NATIONWIDE: The results are somewhat mixed on the effect of the Obama administration's program that allows homeowners to modify their current mortgages in an effort to keep them in the home and avoid foreclosure. By the end of April 2010 roughly ...

The tax credit has officially expired and the numbers are pointing to it being a huge success.  Nationwide data is not in yet for April however in March home sales were up 21% over the same period last year according to The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index.  First t...

Welcome to Hopkinton! Congratulations...you ran You made it. All those cold mornings in the dark, the rain, snow and wind, you ran.  While others slept or hit snooze you ran.  You ran when you didn't want to, you ran when you felt terrible...you ran.  20 miles (or more) time that could be spent d...

The Holdens | RE/MAX Preferred | 618-531-4887 1068 Catalpa, O'fallon, IL Fantastic Park-Like Backyard! 3BR/1+1BA Single Family House offered at $189,900 Year Built 1995 Sq Footage 1,850 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 1 full, 1 partial Floors 1 Parking Unspecified Lot Size Unspecified HOA/Maint $0 per mont...

Do you realize how easy it is to save water in your home without sacrificing the performance or design of your plumbing fixtures? A simple way to identify high performance, water conserving fixtures is with the WaterSense label. Products that have achieved this label will be at least 20% more eff...

  So far in 2010O'Fallon is averaging 20 homes a month closed.  Numbers are fairly consistent with January seeing 20 homes close, February was at 18 and March was at 22. This shows a 7 home increase over the first quarter of 2009.       Additionally average sales price is on the rise over 2009.  ...