This is a snapshot of the Seven Bridges Market activity for the three months prior to 03/29/07   Area Market Survey Criteria Status: Active, Back on Market, Contingent, New, Price Change, Re-activated, Temp Off Market, Pending, Closed   Property Type: Detached Single, Attached Single Area: Woodridge Subdivision: Seven Bridges (Begins With)  Months Back: 3 MonthsActive Listings           List Price Range                 # Listings               Avg. Days on Mkt         $250,000 - $299,999                    2                          47         $300,000 - $349,999                    3                          100         $350,000 - $399,999                    12                         125         $400,000 - $449,999                    5                          53         $450,000 - $49... 03/29/2007

Seven Bridges Estates is a sub-division that was built upon an 18 hole golf course. The golf course portion, now called Seven Bridges Golf Course, has been reconfigured with lots of water traps and is open to the public. The costs to use the course are expensive and you must use a golf cart. There's a nice restaurant in the clubhouse with views of the golf course.In 1988, the project manager, who was a tenant of mine, asked me to write up a contract for 13 acres of then vacant farm land that was adjacent to the old golf course. Those 13 acres became the entrance to the first section of Seven Bridges. The land sold for $600,000 in 1988. Today, most of the homes are worth that figure!The second section of Seven Bridges Estates has homes that border the golf course and a few that border th... 02/02/2007

Woodridge is the bridge between Downers Grove on the east and Naperville on the west with a population of 33,000.Interstate 355 runs vertically through the village with major access ramps at 75th street and 63rd street. The town has one Junior High School, Thomas Jefferson, which is located just east of the village center complex. And the students go to Downers Grove High Schools.In the village complex you'll find the post office, library, village offices and the police department. Across the street on the south side of the pond is the Park District's office and classrooms.The housing stock has mostly been geared to first-time home buyers. The price range of homes north of 75th street starts around $225,000 and goes up into the $400,000. There are several sub-divisions in this area: Win... 01/29/2007