Why Buy in Naperville Illinois?

Naperville is the third largest city in Illinois, about 40 miles outside of Chicago. What's magic about Naperville is that it's a city of more than 142,000 people, with all the sophistication that gets you, but it still feels like a small town.

The anchor of all things Naperville is its Downtown, with its pleasurable Riverwalk, its fountains and bridges, its shops, restaurants, its Carillon, sled hill, beach, woods. The Riverwalk alone generates a lot of foot traffic, but there's also North Central College, the Nichols Public Library, DuPage Children's Museum, Edward Hospital, and the Naper Settlement historical re-creations and museum-all either attached to downtown or just a few blocks off it.

Here are some other interesting tid-bits about Naperville.

• 2007 Population of more than 142,698 expected to reach almost 160,000 by the year 2010
• 2005 named #3 best places to live, 2006 voted #1 Best Place to live, 2007 #2 Best place to live.
• #1 best places to retire by Money Magazine
• The Naperville Public Library was named the #1 Outstanding Library in the County for the seventh consecutive year.
• Named the #1, #2, and #3 "Most Kid-Friendly City in America".
• Talented and dedicated teachers, are the foundation of both School Districts 203 and 204 serving the Naperville community.
• Walking magazine listed Naperville on its top ten list of U.S. "walking towns," in 1999.

But why buy in Naperville? Why now?

Now is the perfect time to take advantage of lower home values in Naperville, to position yourself for some serious future returns.

Here are some facts as to why now is the time to buy;

• Large inventory of homes to choose from
• Historically low interest rates
• Tax credit for First time home buyers
• Having a sense of security without worrying about your rent going up
• Mortgage interest write-off

Current ACTIVE inventory:

Bed Bath SF Price

4 2.1 2248 $299,950

4 2.1 2300 $300,000

4 2.1 2768 $334,900

4 2.1 2391 $340,000

3 2.1 2400 $359,900

4 2.1 2898 $379,900

4 3 2650 $385,000

4 3 2735 $399,000

I hope I have given you a picture of how great Naperville is and why buying here would be a great investment.

Come see why 142,698 people that call Naperville home, will you be number 142,699?

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Thanks for reading my Naperville Illinois Real Estate Blog!

Maria Mastrolonardo, Realtor

RE/MAX of Naperville

Cell: (630) 248-6077

Web: Naperville Area Home Search

eMail: mmastrolonardo@gmail.com

I can help you purchase a home or sell your home in the towns of: Naperville, Aurora, Lisle, Plainfield, Bolingbrook, Warrenville, Wheaton, Woodridge or other surrounding areas.