Beecher, IL (July, 2020) Home maintenance can be overwhelming, but staying on top of the small stuff can save you money and help you avoid emergency repairs. This summer is sure to be very different than usual and most of us will be keeping our distance and staying home. What better time to take care of your biggest investment? Check out this brief list of necessary home maintenance tasks to take care of this summer and throughout the year: Gutters - Clogged gutters can cause Read More

On Friday, October 4th, First Community Bank and Trust hosted its annual Homecoming Tailgate Party in the parking lot of the bank’s Peotone Financial Center. The event, which provides hot dogs, brats, chips, pop, and music for attendees, has become a community tradition that First Community Bank and Trust is honored to host. The crisp, fall weather made the perfect backdrop for this year’s celebration. Around five hundred Blue Devil fans made their way from the annual homecoming parade Read More

Technology is a powerful tool.  It can save time (via mobile payments) and money (comparison shopping has never been easier), and now it’s becoming a routine source of information in the purchase or sale of a home.  More than 50 percent of buyers from all generations frequently used the Internet to search for their home, but that figure jumps to 99 percent for buyers 37 years and younger, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2018 Home Buyer and Seller Read More