Leslie Ebersole | T3 Fellows

Has there been "NAR bashing" over the past week or so? My good friend Tom Branch just published a post on the True Value of Realtor® Associations. Having been a participant in many of the debates about the "Realtor® Brand" ad that provoked Tom's post I can say that while there has been "ad bashin...

Most people who work in real estate have heard how valuable the iPad can be. I’m quickly learning that an iPad isn’t just valuable, it’s essential, especially when working with the Millennial Generation.  I showed houses this weekend to a lovely young couple buying their first home. We’re working...

Primrose Farm Park in St. Charles is a 1930s working farm that operates as a living history museum. Visitors can milk a cow, learn blacksmithing and candle-making, and take tours of the orchards and historic farm demonstration plots. Throughout the year this 160 acre facility hosts classes and ev...

Fox Mill Report August 2012 The housing market is on it’s way to recovery in the western suburbs and the Fox Mill subdivision in Campton Hills is doing especially well.  This area of over 800 homes is located on the west side of St. Charles and is located in the highly regarded St. Charles d303 s...

Mill Creek Market Report August 2012 Mill Creek in Geneva IL is one of the most popular communities in the western suburbs of Chicago. Mill Creek encompasses over 650 acres and offers over 45% of open space, including over 125 acres of preserved wetlands and 195 acres of Geneva parks. Mill Creek ...

St. Charles has some of the nicest parks and best recreation programs in the entire Chicago area. The St. Charles Park District manages dozens of parks, from small neighborhood play lots to the amazing new Otter Cove Aquatic Park. One of the most loved parks in the area is Pottawatomie Park on th...

Geneva IL is showing steady improvement in the housing market. There have been 187 closed sales of single family homes so far this year. Of these 187 sales, 20 (11%) were shorts sales  and 15 (8%) were bank-owned foreclosures. The 19% total distress sales is considerably considerably below the av...

Even in relatively prosperous communities like St. Charles the housing market is still somewhat troubled by short sales and foreclosures. Since the first of the year there have been a total of 288 closed sales of single family homes in St. Charles. In the first half of this year about 12% of the ...

The Quarry – Best Pool in Batavia The Quarry Beach is located in a former stone quarry along the banks of the Fox River in Batavia, IL. The Quarry has a huge pool area of over 60,000 sf with islands, slides, and a diving area. The sand bottom is perfect for little ones to play on in the zero-dept...

Is your lawn looking pretty bad this year? Mine certainly looks brown and crunchy. We’ve been facing drought-like conditions here in the Fox Valley. I've been focused on preserving my gardens with hand-watering, so by mid-June the lawn at my St. Charles home looked like it usually does at the end...