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The patient type: 877 days and counting at 2440 Lakeview
Are there no takers for this parkside home? That's OK, the sellers will wait. Unit 14A at the 2440 Lakeview co-op has been on the market for 877 conse [...]
Home prices take a tumble in the south suburbs
The October issue of Chicago Magazine features a rundown of home prices and appreciation trends in Chicago's neighborhoods and suburbs.
Chicago's sou [...]
October in review: Looking back at sales in the Downtown / Loop market
Yesterday's news of a $5.25 million resale at the Palmolive Building (right) had me wondering what else sold in the downtown market this October. I pu [...]
Meat lovers meet their match in Logan Square
Take a break from real estate for a moment and whet your appetite with this video. Last week Joe Zekas and photographer Michael Kardas stopped for a [...]
Choice cuts: New reductions for six Wrightwood Crossing condos
Speaking of new construction in Lincoln Park and Eric Rojas, Eric just caught wind of new pricing at Wrightwood Crossing, the new 19-unit building a [...]
Pups on parade
Over the weekend Joe Z. posted some pics from a Halloween dog parade outside Alta at K Station in the Fulton River District. In case you missed the [...]
New construction roundup: Lincoln Park single-families
"The high end real estate market in Lincoln Park is in constant motion," says Realtor Eric Rojas in a recent blog post about new infill construct [...]
Four years of Yo video
The YoChicago staff uploaded its first videos to YouTube on November 2, 2006. One, shown above, was a simple walk past the Vic Theatre on what appea [...]
The sun hasn’t set at Solstice on the Park
You'd think there'd be little interest in continuing to market a high-rise that doesn't exist, and in most cases, there isn't. The sales centers and [...]
Mondial on the move
In the four months since @properties took over the marketing of Mondial, 910 W Huron St in River West, and cut prices on select condos by 10 to 30 per [...]
Quick cuts: $50,000 off in under two weeks at an upgraded Edgewater single-family
The single-family home at 1758 W Thorndale Ave in Edgewater went on the market for the first time in October 2009. Just nine months later, in July 2 [...]
An REO specialist’s mission statement and succession plan
A typical real estate agent lacks a mission statement and a succession plan, making it difficult for lenders to be confident in hiring his services. [...]
An upbeat, happy home in Winnetka’s Hubbard Woods
A few short years ago your search for a 5-bedroom home for less than $1M in Hubbard Woods or any part of East Winnetka would have presented you with [...]
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 les [...]
Buy a new car or three homes in Ford Heights?
The October issue of Chicago Magazine features a rundown of home prices and appreciation trends in Chicago's neighborhoods and suburbs
There are some [...]
Halloween dog parade at K Station
The shots in the slide show were taken this morning at a Halloween dog costume contest and parade at the park at K Station.
The event was organi [...]
When times go bad in Lake Forest
"When times go bad, when times get rough," Fleetwood Mac would have you lay down in the tall grass (video).
Join Joe and Jordan Zekas for a drive - [...]
Yo in review: October 23 – 30
Chicago skyline, from Museum Park to Navy Pier
The South Pond's new Nature Boardwalk
A difficult quarter for the Chicago market
$625K in '04, $4 [...]
What Yelpers say about Presidential Towers
With 20 entries to its name, Presidential Towers, 555 W Madison St, is the second most reviewed development in the downtown area at Yelp. Why does it [...]
Loft living: Is this China Club short sale the coolest of the cool kids?
I don't know how Redfin's "popular new listings" list works (what Redfin considers "new," whether they're tracking individual listing views or somet [...]