St. Charles Halloween House Decorating Contest In St. Charles near K. Hovnanian Chicago’s Regency Estates New Home Community St. Charles is looking for Halloween lovers who want to compete for awards and bragging rights in their annual Halloween House Decorating Contest. On October 14th, tour guides will be available to the public for all the [...]

Glenrise Grove in Glen Ellyn, Illinois K. Hovnanian Chicago’s newest community is Glenrise Grove. This exclusive, new single-family home community offers a limited number of elite home sites and four distinctive new home designs to chose from. Glenrise Grove is located in Glen Ellyn, one of the area’s premier suburbs. The community is a part [...]

Sales up 27.6% in Chicago area, but prices continue downward slide Sales of existing single-family homes in the Chicago area rose 27.6 percent in August from their year-earlier pace, helped by realistic, opportunistic buyers like Danielle and Andrew Ferguson. The west suburban couple, after looking for more than a year, settled on a three-bedroom town [...]

Smart Tips For Encouraging Recycling Nate From K. Hovnanian Homes’ Blog Everybody talks about it, and you know you should be doing it, but how in the world do you get started recycling? There are all kinds of things we can do each day to reduce, reuse, and to recycle. Here are some bigger ideas [...]

St. Charles Indian Summer Celebration In St. Charles near K. Hovnanian Chicago’s Regency Estates New Home Community St. Charles Park District is putting on a great event to celebrate the Indian Summer. The Indian Summer Celebration is inspired by Native American culture and tradition. Kids can learn how Native Americans traditionally gave thanks and prepared [...]

As the mortgage crisis continues to inundate the market with distressed properties, today’s house hunter has no shortage of cheap, foreclosed homes to pick through. Despite all those deals in the previously-owned home market, consumers shouldn’t overlook the potential benefits of buying a new home. “New homes usually sell higher per square foot than resale [...]

7 Ways to Keep Cool, Save Money, and Protect the Environment Are you wondering why your power bills have jumped up recently? Well that means summer is here! According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 20% of the average home’s utility costs come from cooling alone. The cost isn’t all we have to worry about. The [...]

So you’ve made the decision, you are ready to buy a home. Now the question lingers, “Do I buy a new home or an older home?” Newer homes in new neighborhoods tend to offer more amenities, are more energy efficient and offer living spaces and floor plans that are more convenient for today’s lifestyles. Advantages [...]

Town & Country Homes is introducing their new High Performance Home line that are built to help you save money and conserve natural resources, without sacrificing your family’s comfort or principles.

Why should you invest in a new home? Town and Country Homes offers you a few reasons why a new home purchase is the best home purchase: 1.    You Get What You Want. When you build a new home you get to make the decisions and you are not dependent on the person who owned [...]