| Dec '11 | Jan '12 | Feb '12 | ||||||
| St Charles | ||||||||
| # Active | 437 | 427 | 458 | |||||
| # Sold | 28 | 29 | 18 | |||||
| MKT Time | 106 | 236 | 170 | |||||
| Med Sold $ | $254,950 | $320,000 | $314,147 | |||||
| Geneva | ||||||||
| # Active | 180 | 161 | 181 | |||||
| # Sold | 20 | 13 | 20 | |||||
| MKT Time | 215 | 214 | 180 | |||||
| Med Sold $ | $279,500 | $311,000 | $322,750 | |||||
| Batavia | ||||||||
| # Active | 125 | 129 | 136 | |||||
| # Sold | 26 | 13 | 10 | |||||
| MKT Time | 193 | 167 | 307 | |||||
| Med Sold $ | $220,000 | $228,500 | $297,920 | |||||
| Elburn | ||||||||
| # Active | 80 | 81 | 75 | |||||
| # Sold | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| MKT Time | 75 | 24 | 216 | |||||
| Med Sold $ | $180,000 | $200,000 | $212,000 | |||||
| Sugar Grove | ||||||||
| # Active | 56 | 55 | 64 | |||||
| # Sold | 10 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| MKT Time | 180 | 132 | 127 | |||||
| Med Sold $ | $223,750 | $298,500 | $219,300 | |||||
| Maple Park | ||||||||
| # Active | 27 | 30 | 27 | |||||
| # Sold | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| MKT Time | 389 | 294 | 71 | |||||
| Med Sold $ | $178,950 | $365,000 | $178,000 | |||||
Since the price of gas seems to be everyone's least-favorite subject right now, I thought I'd chime in.
Here are some ideas to help you save gas:
- Avoid rapid acceleration/braking
- Observe the speed limit --You can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.30 per gallon for gas.
- Remove excess weight
- Avoid excessive idling (the difference with or without a/c is only about 1¢ savings!
- Use cruise control to maintain a constant speed
- Use Overdrive
Diane's Daily Discovery 01.06.11
Can someone please explain this to me?! I've tried for so long to understand HOW gas companies can get away with this... No where in our monetary system do we offer a fraction of a cent. Maybe we do?! But in my 46 years of life, I've never seen or learned about one. We've had denominations that have come and gone: $500, $1000, $5000, $10,000, and $100,000 ~and an 1865 law did allow for a $3 National Bank Note, and designs were engraved for a potential $3 Legal Tender Note around the same time, but in each case no $3 notes were ever actually printed for circulation. Fractionals were issued in denominations of 3¢, 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, 25¢, and 50¢. But NO WHERE do I find a 9/10 cent! (The British "had" a haypenny worth 1/2 cent. But alas, the coin was demonetized and withdrawn from circulation in December 1984.) SO tell me HOW can gas companies legally charge $3.15 9 for a gallon of gas?! Seriously. IF I pump exactly 1.0 gallons of gas, I should be entitled to 1/10 of a cent change. Correct? IF I pump exactly 5.0 gallons of gas, I deserve 5/10 or half a cent back. Guess what? I want my money back... Let's see, IF you add up all the gallons I've pumped in my lifetime:
30 years of driving x 52 weeks/year = 1560 weeks of lifetime driving.
1560 x 15 (average car gas tank) = 23,400
No matter what the price of gas was at the time, it was always something and 9/10...
So, if I take that 23,400 x .001 = 23.40
I WANT MY $23.40 IN CHANGE!!
Ok, so it's not a lot... but it's the principle of the matter. Gas companies should be prohibited from charging in fractional cents. Who's with me? I say we should protest and file a class action lawsuit against all the gas companies... Ok, not really (I'm actually against frivolous law suits) but I do think this practice should be abolished.
As a Realtor®, I drive a lot. So, the cost of driving is something that I'm seriously aware of. I kind of chuckle to myself every time someone asks me "where" I do business? Naively, when I started Real Estate, I thought I'd be working just St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia and Elburn... Boy, was I mistaken! I go where my clients need me to go (and if it's a bit TOO far, then I can refer you to an agent you can trust! As we have a huge network of qualified agents all over the US and Canada!).
Next time you're filling up your tank, "Don't forget to remember me!" Ask the clerk for your proper change (LOL) and let me know if you do get that 1/10¢ back...Until then drive safely. =)
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