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In other news – good reads from the 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 l [...]
Planned downtime today
Some time during the day on Sunday YoChicago will go dark for about an hour.
We'll be launching a major revamp of YoChicago and telling you more abou [...]
Yo in review: November 6 – 13
Can't keep up with all of our posts and videos during the week? On Saturdays we round up links to all YoChicago stories published over the past seven [...]
Transforming an old hospital into new homes in Lincoln Park
Yesterday afternoon Joe Zekas and I met Sandz Development principal David Goldman outside the old Lincoln Park Hospital (or Grant Hospital, if you [...]
(Almost) a year of condo rental listings in Streeterville
Next Friday we'll complete our first year of following condo rental listings in 14 downtown ZIP codes. I'll post the overall trend line next week, [...]
FHA now backs a quarter of all new loans
Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing data [...]
A one-of-a-kind, combo corner loft in the West Loop, priced at $1.15M
Earlier this week, Niko Apostal of Coldwell Banker and the Apostal Group showed me around one of his newest listings, a 4,400 square-foot corner loft [...]
Redfin rolls out first Chicago Insider Report
"There is no buyer urgency in this market. It’s all about the 'deal.' Buyers who don’t get their desired price move on to sellers who are more willing [...]
Sales update: 15 condos left at SoNo
SoNo's closeout has begun. According to a new press release from @properties, the 15 condos still for sale in the 199-unit building, located at 860 W [...]
From the vault: A primer on VA loans
Last fall, Joe Zekas talked to Daniel Chookaszian of American Street Mortgage about one of the most misunderstood types of mortgage loans on the mar [...]
Build your own home on Lake Shore Drive
You rarely see new single-family homes spring up along Lake Shore Drive, that's what someone has in mind in Lake View.
In September Emily Sachs Wong [...]
Tribune: CTA to sell naming rights for rail lines, stations
From Chicago Breaking News:
The CTA will go out for bids next week to sell naming rights to its rail lines and stations, bus routes and other assets, [...]
Floor plans in focus: Different homes, same price at The Lofts at 1800
A lot of readers find their way to YoChicago in their search for info on the Kopley Group's Lofts at 1800, at 1800 W Grace St in North Center. It [...]
About those stupid Realtor tricks…
At the behest of Mary Newill, a trademark administrator in the Legal Affairs Division of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, I'm going to clarify a [...]
A one-of-a-kind Lincoln Park rowhouse at The Pointe
Over a span of 30 years, Lincoln Park developers refined the art of townhome planning and design. By the mid-Nineties, when The Pointe was built, ma [...]
Dewes Mansion listed for $9.9 million
The owner of the 9,768-square-foot Francis J. Dewes mansion at 503 W Wrightwood Ave in Lincoln Park has listed the home for $9.9 million, according to [...]
Stupid Realtor tricks: 23 $1,000 reductions in 42 days for a Graceland West Victorian
OK, everybody in class stare at the single-family at 4023 N Paulina St. It obviously wants our attention, so we'll give it some.
In May this 6,400 [...]
Curbed searches for the next hot ‘hood
Curbed wants to know which Chicago neighborhood is ripe for gentrification, or at least a new wave of popularity and activity. Will it be Bridgeport, [...]
A value-priced six-bedroom in Northfield, home of Cook County’s lowest tax rate
According to the Tribune,
The lowest combined tax rate in the county this year is in north suburban Northfield, where property values are high. Tax [...]
A kid’s view of living in Lincoln Park
Nicholas Apostal grew up in Lincoln Park and attended Lincoln Park Elementary School (currently the city's best boundary-area elementary) and Franci [...]