| May '11 | Jun '11 | Jul '11 | Averages | |||||||
| St Charles | ||||||||||
| # Active | 512 | 535 | 535 | 527 | ||||||
| # Sold | 51 | 67 | 62 | 60 | ||||||
| MKT Time | 227 | 237 | 191 | 218 | ||||||
| Med Sold $ | $285,500 | $330,000 | $399,500 | $338,333 | ||||||
| Geneva | ||||||||||
| # Active | 257 | 258 | 257 | 257 | ||||||
| # Sold | 22 | 41 | 34 | 32 | ||||||
| MKT Time | 213 | 221 | 122 | 185 | ||||||
| Med Sold $ | $299,000 | $297,000 | $319,000 | $305,000 | ||||||
| Batavia | ||||||||||
| # Active | 186 | 187 | 190 | 188 | ||||||
| # Sold | 19 | 39 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| MKT Time | 217 | 123 | 177 | 172 | ||||||
| Med Sold $ | $253,800 | $275,000 | $259,900 | 262900 | ||||||
| Elburn | ||||||||||
| # Active | 107 | 117 | 110 | 111 | ||||||
| # Sold | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| MKT Time | 223 | 321 | 310 | 285 | ||||||
| Med Sold $ | $262,500 | $198,750 | $200,000 | $220,417 | ||||||
| Sugar Grove | ||||||||||
| # Active | 89 | 80 | 86 | 85 | ||||||
| # Sold | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| MKT Time | 257 | 176 | 176 | 203 | ||||||
| Med Sold $ | $245,000 | $250,000 | $234,250 | $243,083 | ||||||
| Maple Park | ||||||||||
| # Active | 42 | 40 | 37 | 40 | ||||||
| # Sold | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| MKT Time | 175 | 93 | 278 | 182 | ||||||
| Med Sold $ | $350,500 | $158,000 | $265,000 | $257,833 | ||||||
BIG WIG In the 18th century when many men wore wigs, the most important men wore the biggest wigs. Hence today important people are called big wigs.
CROCODILE TEARS These are an insincere display of grief or sadness. It comes from the old belief that a crocodile wept (insincerely!) if it killed and ate a man.
CUT AND RUN In an emergency rather than haul up an anchor the sailors would cut the anchor cable then run with the wind.
FROM THE HORSES' MOUTH You can tell a horse’s age by examining its teeth. A horse dealer may lie to you but you can always find out the truth 'from the horse’s mouth'.
GIVE SOMEBODY THE COLD SHOULDER When an unwanted visitor came you gave them cold shoulder of mutton instead of hot meat as a hint that they were not to call again.
GOODBYE This is a contraction of the words God be with ye (you).
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK This old saying probably comes from a Medieval law which stated that peasants could use branches of trees for fire wood if they could reach them with their shepherds crook or their billhook.
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG This old saying is probably derived from the days when people who sold piglets in bags sometimes put a cat in the bag instead. If you let the cat out of the bag you exposed the trick.
PEEPING TOM According to legend a man named Leofric taxed the people of Coventry heavily. His wife, lady Godiva, begged him not to. Leofric said he would end the tax if she rode through the streets of Coventry naked. So she did. Peeping Tom is a much later addition to the story. Everybody in Coventry was supposed to stay indoors with his or her shutters closed. However peeping Tom had a sneaky look at Godiva and was struck blind.
A PIG IN A POKE This is something bought without checking it first. A poke was a bag. If you bought a pig in a poke it might turn out the 'pig' was actually a puppy or a cat. (see "Let the cat out of the bag" above.)
POT LUCK In the past all kinds of food went into a big pot for cooking. If you sat down to a meal with a family you often had to take 'pot luck' and could never be quite sure what you would be served.
RED TAPE This phrase comes from the days when official documents were bound with red tape.
RED LETTER DAYS In the Middle Ages saints days were marked in red in calendars. People did not work on some saint’s days or holy days. Our word holiday is derived from holy day.
RULE OF THUMB This comes from the days when brewers estimated the temperature of a brew by dipping their thumb in it.
SHAMBLES Originally a shamble was a bench. Butchers used to set up benches to sell meat from. In time the street where meat was sold often became known as the Shambles. (This street name survives in many towns today). However because butchers used to throw offal into the street, shambles came to mean a mess or something very untidy or disorganized.--
START FROM SCRATCH This phrase comes from the days when a line was scratched in the ground for a race. The racers would start from the scratch.
STRAIGHT LACED This phrase was originally STRAIT laces. The old English word strait meant tight or narrow. In Tudor times buttons were mostly for decoration. Laces were used to hold clothes together. If a woman was STRAIT laced she was prim and proper.
TRUE BLUE This phrase was originally true as Coventry blue as the dyers in Coventry used a blue dye that lasted and did not wash out easily. However the phrase became shortened.
WILLY-NILLY This phrase is believed to be derived from the old words will-ye, nill-ye (or will-he, nill- he) meaning whether you want to or not (or whether he wants to or not).
WHITE ELEPHANT In Siam (modern day Thailand) white or pale elephants were very valuable. The king sometimes gave white elephant to a person he disliked. It might seem a wonderful gift but it was actually a punishment because it cost so much to keep!
I found these old sayings interesting, and hope you enjoyed them! And of course, I had to google Real Estate sayings:
* If you think no one cares you're alive, miss a couple of house payments.
* If you want to know exactly where the property line is, just watch the neighbor cut the grass.* I have a temporary mortgage. What do you mean temporary? Until they foreclose.
* Realtor: First you folks tell me what you can afford, then we'll have a good laugh and go on from there.
* The dream of the older generation was to pay off a mortgage. The dream of today's young families is to get one.
* This country is great. It's the only place where you can borrow money for a down payment, get a 1st and 2nd mortgage and call yourself a homeowner.
IF you know of any that I overlooked, won't you please share them on my facebook page?
Sending happiness to you...
Diane Morales
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