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Quote of the day: Do signs sell condos?
Prudential Rubloff Realtor Eric Rojas, at his Chicago Real Estate Local blog:
My personal opinion is a for-sale sign won't help sell your condo. In [...]
Riding the Red Line: Cermak / Chinatown
My next stop on the way north via CTA's Red Line was the Cermak / Chinatown station, located at 138 W Cermak Rd. Due to construction on the statio [...]
Stupid Realtor tricks – open house edition
Some Realtors never come up short on ways to waste your time by bait-and-switching you into looking at their listings.
Hat tip to a CribChatter com [...]
Twenty-five things the rental services won’t tell you
The slick-looking Web sites for apartment rental / locator / finder services tell you that you’ve arrived at Chicago’s premier FREE rental service [...]
A peek behind the mortgage modification curtain
The Columbia Journalism Review is not a typical starting point for a behind-the-scenes look at how banks are handling the mortgage modification proces [...]
The ‘deal of the century’ in the South Loop?
Is $225,000 for a 1,285 square-foot, two-bedroom / two-bath loft in the South Loop the "Deal of the Century"? That's how Lynn Laddish Plata of @pr [...]
Cutting prices early and often in Holstein Park
How long should a home stay on the market at its introductory price before taking a cut? How long should it stay at a new price before changing on [...]
Rare Kenilworth rental at $1,000 a month
Have you been longing to ditch your basement apartment in Uptown for an address in tiny, tony Kenilworth but thought you’d never be able to afford [...]
Bank plans bulk sale for Kroupa’s Sheridan condos
Seems like every brokerage in Chicago took a turn with the high-rises at 2930 and 3033 N Sheridan Rd in Lake View. Now North Community Bank will try i [...]
Touring a new home at Ashford Place in Plainfield
Last week Mike Hampton took Chuck Gekas through a new-construction single-family home at Smykal Homes' Ashford Place community in southwest suburb [...]
$99K for a Blue Moon Loft in Fulton Market
This morning an 800 square-foot, one-bedroom / one-bath loft at the Blue Moon Lofts, 215 N Aberdeen St in Fulton Market, was listed at $99,000, ma [...]
Shodeen sticks with grand opening prices at Reston Ponds in Sycamore
While Chicagoland home builders have been experimenting with incentives to draw skittish buyers, Shodeen Residential's Reston Ponds in Sycamore ha [...]
Up to 40% off original prices at Front Street Lofts in Lemont
Marquette Companies has rolled out a "spring savings program" at its Front Street Lofts development in downtown Lemont, offering homes for as much [...]
A million is the median in Lake View
Eric Rojas, on the Lake View market at the end of 1Q 2011:
Over the last three months the median price of a closed or under contract single fam [...]
23% below 2008 sale price at One Museum Park
Last week William Wenthen of WDW Properties delisted and relisted a 1,485 square-foot, north-facing condo at One Museum Park, 1211 S Prairie Ave, [...]
Yelping about heating cost disclosure
All of YoChicago’s rental Guides link to Yelp reviews of buildings and landlords where they’re available, but those reviews aren’t the only useful inf [...]
Riding the Red Line, starting at Sox / 35th
Last Wednesday I started what will be an ongoing project through the next month or two: a series of videos profiling each Red Line station between [...]
A spacious, flexible loft in Lake View
Unit 2C at 1318 W George St in Lake View is an open, light-filled loft with an 18-foot high ceiling in the living room, and a master suite with a [...]
New homes bigger in 2010 than in 2009, defying ‘trend’
Last week Joe Zekas pointed out that homebuilders are marketing lower ceilings as a trend in new homes. He cautioned that today's metaphorical lem [...]
Apartment rental bedbugs – Yo’s do-not-call list
Note: Consult the 2014 version of our do-not-call list.
New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist ads into believing th [...]