About Kankakee County, IL

May Market in Kankakee County

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Kankakee - Iroquois - Ford MLS Promatch Statistics for 05-01-2008 to 05-31-2008

# of ACTV LISTINGS SOLD Avg. Sold Price Avg. DOM Avg. Sold to list price %

Commercial 84 2 $811,125 109 80.11%

The average list price of Commercial was $269.980 10 new listings for the month of May.

Lots, Farm, Land 461 12 $294,358 321 95.31%

The average list price of Land was $488,149 with 22 new listings for the month of May.

Mobile Home 41 8 $43,900 295 97.77%

The average list price of Mobile Homes was $42,172 with 8 new listings for the month of May.

Multi-Family 122 8 $348,187 137 92.24%

The average list price of Multi-family property was $101,318 with 11 new listings for the month of May.

Residential 1333 134 $123,898 125 95.26%

The average list price of Residential was $172,684 with 230 new listings for the month of May.

Total listings 2041 158 $155,887 142 93.76%

The active listings counts are always the current activities in the system and are not affected by the date range specified in the report

The number of New listings is based on the number of current active listings that have listing dates that are within the date range specified for the report.

Homes in Kankakee county are selling - average sold price to list price is over 90%

April Market in Kankakee County

The phones are ringing off the hook in Kankakee County!

Real Estate is a great investment!!

Kankakee - Iroquois - Ford MLS Promatch Statistics for 04-01-2008 to 04-30-2008

# of ACTV LISTINGS SOLD Avg. Sold Price Avg. DOM Avg. Sold to list price %

Commercial 78 3 $201,666 169 87.06%

The average list price of Commercial was $525,096 46 new listings for the month of April.

Lots, Farm, Land 451 12 $146,782 329 97.61%

The average list price of Land was $525,096 with 46 new listings for the month of April.

Mobile Home 37 2 $30,250 73 90.30%

The average list price of Mobile Homes was $43,537 with 8 new listings for the month of April.

Multi-Family 129 9 $61,544 509 81.90%

The average list price of Multi-family property was $275,693 with 14 new listings for the month of April.

Residential 1302 114 $128,922 148 93.95%

The average list price of Residential was $172,219 with 263 new listings for the month of April.

Total listings 1997 140 $126,270 186 93.60%

The active listings counts are always the current activities in the system and are not affected by the date range specified in the report

The number of New listings is based on the number of current active listings that have listing dates that are within the date range specified for the report.

If you go to http://www.sheriffalert.com/ and register, you can receive early tornado & misc. special emergency information from the sheriffs department on your cell phone. This is a free service & provides some early warning for the rural people who can not hear the sirens.

I pass this site out to all my clients who live in Kankakee County. Herscher High school just sent information to parents stating they would begin using this system to alert parents to snow days. I haven't seen that one come through but the storm alerts work quite well.

The City of Kankakee is leading the way using technology to bring WiFi Hotspots that will cover many areas of the city. The service was designed to attract businesses and vistors to the area by offering an innovative free service that provides WiFi Hotspots to connect to the internet anytime you are in the coverage area.

Visit http://www.wifikankakee.com/ to request a free account that allows 15 hours of free internet each month.

Here is a map of the covered areas that allow access to WiFi HotSpots.

Contact Brian Hoots @ Speckman Realty for all your real estate needs in the Kankakee Area or Visit www.brianhoots.com to search for a home and more local resources.

It's warming up and the market is jumping in our area! After record cold temperatures and out of the ordinary precipitation things are finally getting jump started in Kankakee County!

The sun is out, buyers are out, spring has sprung in Kankakee County!

Real Estate is a great investment!!

Kankakee - Iroquois - Ford MLS Promatch Statistics for 02-01-2008 to 02-29-2008

# of ACTV LISTINGS SOLD Avg. Sold Price Avg. DOM Avg. Sold to list price %

Commercial 80 3 $44,500 87 58.09%

The average list price of Commercial was $462,558.00 6 new listings for the month of February.

Lots, Farm, Land 438 10 $114,504 266 96.53%

The average list price of Land was $ with 14 new listings for the month of February.

Mobile Home 32 1 $18,000 226 67.92%

The average list price of Mobile Homes was $37,878.00 with 1 new listings for the month of February.

Multi-Family 131 6 $78,233 110 91.06%

The average list price of Multi-family property was $370,141 with 12 new listings for the month of Feb.

Residential 1199 92 $127,968 148 95.82%

The average list price of Residential was $168.609 with 181 new listings for the month of February.

Total listings 1880 112 $120,884 155 95.04%

The active listings counts are always the current activities in the system and are not affected by the date range specified in the report

The number of New listings is based on the number of current active listings that have listing dates that are within the date range specified for the report.