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Gallup poll: It’s a good time to buy, but many can’t
Overall, there is good reason for most Americans to think now is a good time to buy a house. Interest rates remain near historic lows. Home prices [...]
Conditions are right to move up to a new-construction home at Reston Ponds
Homeowners considering a change of location would be wise to list their homes now to avoid competition from foreclosures later in the year, say ar [...]
Niles, a best place to raise kids
A hat tip to Chicagoist’s blatant rewrite of this Pioneer Press article for alerting us to Niles having been named the best place to raise kids in [...]
Stupid Realtor tricks: MLS search deception
The local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is usually the holy grail of up-to-date and historical real estate information. The Chicago-area MLS is [...]
Feeling the pain: $543K off a five-year-old home in Jefferson Park
The three-story single-family home at 5710 N Latrobe Ave in Jefferson Park's Edgebrook Glen subdivision was built in 2006, listed in August 2007 f [...]
Crain’s: Nine new rental towers in the pipeline
The second tower of SoNo is just one of nine rental high-rises, comprising 3,456 apartments, that are either under construction, breaking ground in 20 [...]
Let moving companies compete for your business with Chicago Movers
Whether you're moving across town, from the city to the suburbs, or out of the area or even the country, you shouldn't get stuck with a high price for [...]
Popular new home model at 1507 W Superior
If you have a sense of déjà vu as you watch the above sponsored video, perhaps it’s because you’ve seen the videos we shot at similar homes at 170 [...]
SoNo rental tower underway
Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting (behind its paywall) that Smithfield Properties has secured construction financing for the second tower at SoNo [...]
Martin Luther King in Chicago
As we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr, we might pause to consider how much has changed since he came to Chicago in 1966 to advance [...]
Lynwood, the ‘hidden jewel’ of the south suburbs
Bridget McClendon of J. Lawrence Homes offers a short introduction to the Village of Lynwood, located south of Chicago. In Lynwood you can find J. [...]
Weekend reads from the news feed
Not every story we add to our Chicago Real Estate News feed warrants "top story" status or a "quote of the day" post, but that doesn't make it any les [...]
Block by block in Chicago neighborhoods
The ways in which people experience Chicago’s neighborhoods are almost as varied as the neighborhoods themselves.
Block by Block looks at Chica [...]
How integrated is Oak Park?
The Chicago metro area has a reputation as one of the most segregated in the country.
Oak Park, however, is often cited as one of Chicago's fe [...]
Can an attorney ethically advise strategic default?
If you spend any time on real estate Web sites you’ll encounter commenters who purport to be attorneys and advise other commenters to stop paying thei [...]
Yo in review: January 8 – 15
Grand Bend cuts prices in bid to sell out nowNo sign of 'others' in Mount GreenwoodA tour of Hyde Park's Windermere House apartmentsYo's guide to Linc [...]
Create your space at Ambry Estates in Lynwood
At Ambry Estates in south suburban Lynwood, buyers can find a new-construction, Dunrobin-style home that's ready immediate delivery, but that stil [...]
Foregoing football? Hit an open house this weekend
A lot of Chicagoans will be glued to the tube Sunday afternoon, as the Bears take on the Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. If football's not yo [...]
Rojas reviews ‘a ridiculous foreclosure deal’ in Lincoln Square
Realtor Eric Rojas and a client recently toured a bank-owned two-bedroom / one-bath condo in Lincoln Square whose price had just dropped to $89,00 [...]
The Legacy finally deemed a tall tower
Last January I asked a representative of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat why The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St, didn't [...]