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Un-affordable housing follies, North Lawndale edition

Un-affordable housing follies, North Lawndale edition

"The dream lives on in Lawndale," chanted the crowd, which included the obligatory coterie of local pols and pastors, at the opening of a new "aff [...]
Cityscape condos back on market in Bell School attendance area

Cityscape condos back on market in Bell School attendance area

We're not seeing – and not likely to see for some time – large new condo projects, but infill development is continuing in this depressed market. [...]

Quote of the day – get crooked or get out

From this morning's e-mail: I … did flips and short sales on the south side until early 2007. By then, the vast majority of flips had at least one [...]
An Inverness country retreat on nearly 2 acres

An Inverness country retreat on nearly 2 acres

The home at 222 Bradwell Road in Inverness has a classic split-level floor plan with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, a family room, an office, and 3 fireplac [...]
A DePaul / Sheffield single-family home update

A DePaul / Sheffield single-family home update

The area bounded by Armitage Ave (2000 N), Fullerton Ave (2400 N), Halsted St (800 W) and Racine Ave (1200 W) is the heart of the Sheffield Histor [...]
Trulia applies a Band-Aid to rental fraud problem; YoChicago offers a solution

Trulia applies a Band-Aid to rental fraud problem; YoChicago offers a solution

A recent post at TruliaBlog boasted that: As online rentals fraud is becoming an industry-wide problem, Trulia is committed to keeping our rent [...]
Is this Evanston townhome ideal for a young family?

Is this Evanston townhome ideal for a young family?

A hat tip to Anne West's informative North Shore Views blog for alerting me to one of her recent listings in northwest Evanston, a short block sou [...]
I didn’t know where Sycamore was before listing the home

I didn’t know where Sycamore was before listing the home

As I headed into the city yesterday I heard a real estate agent on the radio delivering the all-too-typical babble about how she worked "throughou [...]
Cooperative living at Stone Soup Ashland

Cooperative living at Stone Soup Ashland

If you like having lots of roommates you might want to check out Stone Soup Ashland, a cooperative living arrangement in a 100-year old convent wi [...]

WTTW visits Chicago’s fascinating little-known neighborhoods

WTTW's Geoffrey Baer has taken us to many places throughout Chicagoland and told us their often wonderful stories. Architecture critic and WBE [...]

Distressed sales drag city metrics down

The number of homes sold in Chicago increased slightly in the second quarter of 2011, but the pernicious influence of distressed sales has been draggi [...]
Laugh line of the day – oversupply of 28 million detached suburban homes

Laugh line of the day – oversupply of 28 million detached suburban homes

If you're in search of grotesque flights of fancy you typically need look no further than the latest from the nearest new urbanist. Here's the [...]
Downtown MLS-listed rentals renting at torrid pace

Downtown MLS-listed rentals renting at torrid pace

The MLS-listed rental inventory in the 14 downtown ZIP codes that we track dipped slightly during the past week from 782 units to 763 units. Of th [...]
Say goodbye to Streeter Place views?

Say goodbye to Streeter Place views?

The Sun-Times is reporting that Golub & Co. is seeking zoning approval to build a 42-story high-rise and an 11-story building on a site between Gr [...]
A sunny Lincoln Park townhome at The Pointe

A sunny Lincoln Park townhome at The Pointe

Over a span of 30 years Lincoln Park developers refined the art of townhome planning and design. By the time The Pointe was built on the former si [...]
South Loop Market opening in September at 235 Van Buren

South Loop Market opening in September at 235 Van Buren

I met Jimmy, one of the owners, at the South Loop Market this morning. It's a family-run business, and Jimmy's wife and 8-month old daughter looke [...]
Lincoln Park high-rise living near Clark and Fullerton

Lincoln Park high-rise living near Clark and Fullerton

The high-rises fronting Chicago's Lincoln Park offer some of the most attractive living options anywhere in the US, but the character of the a [...]
A Lincoln Park single-family with a roofdeck skyline view

A Lincoln Park single-family with a roofdeck skyline view

What's touted as one of the largest homes on a single lot in Lincoln Park just came on the market after 15 years with the same owner. T [...]
Rent vs own no-brainers in Winnetka’s Woodley Road

Rent vs own no-brainers in Winnetka’s Woodley Road

As we've noted a number of times before, the Woodley Road area has a Winnetka mailing address but is actually in an unincorporated area of Cook Co [...]
High-end finishes and convenient location at Park Boulevard in Bronzeville

High-end finishes and convenient location at Park Boulevard in Bronzeville

For a limited time new home buyers can receive a $10,000 grant through the Find Your Place in Chicago program when they purchase a new home at Par [...]
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