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Floor plans in focus: A 1,600 square-foot two-bedroom at 433 Briar in Lake View
The C-tier condos (PDF) at 433 Briar in Lake View are two-bedroom / 2.5-bath residences with 1,600 square feet. The plan features a wrap-around kitc [...]
New to the market: $625K in '04, $485K today at The Churchill in the Gold Coast
Today's new listing is a 2,000 square-foot, two-bedroom / two-bath, northwest corner condo on the eighth floor of The Churchill, a vintage 64-unit h [...]
A difficult quarter for the Chicago market
"This has been a difficult quarter for the housing markets in Illinois and Chicagoland. The forecasts for the final quarter of 2010 suggest more of th [...]
The South Pond's new Nature Boardwalk
Join me on a quick walk around the new Nature Boardwalk ringing Lincoln Park's South Pond. [...]
Chicago skyline, from Museum Park to Navy Pier
We were hovering just east of Northerly Island when Michael Kardas took this shot.
Check out our YouTube channel for some of the video from our cho [...]
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 [...]
The view from Lake Michigan over Navy Pier
Photo by Michael Kardas, from our helicopter jaunt last Friday. [...]
Yo in review: October 16 – 23
Mortgage fraud? Nothing to see here!
A six-bedroom / three-bath bungalow on an East Wilmette cul-de-sac
More examples of porch problems
Mies wi [...]
The view from Lake Michigan
Shot from a helicopter earlier today at an altitude of about 1,800 feet above sea level – or 1,100 feet above Lake Michigan.
This is a single shot, [...]
Aerial tour from Belmont Harbor to Rogers Park
The video is unedited footage from a 90-minute helicopter ride around Chicagoland earlier today. Be sure to watch in high-def.
Joe and Jordan Zekas [...]
WSJ: Builder incentives drying up in Chicago area
From the Wall Street Journal:
All of which points to the likelihood that the days where you can score free finished basements and granite countertops [...]
Group tapped for Lathrop redevelopment
Related Midwest, Heartland Housing, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, Magellan Development Group, and Ardmore Associates will lead the multi-phase [...]
New to the market: A top-floor two-bedroom in Lincoln Park for $450K
You'll find today's new listing can be found on the top floor of this turreted 12-unit building at Altgeld Street and Lincoln Avenue. Ed Hester of D [...]
A Bucktown home in a "Walker's Paradise"
Realtor Jim Gramata's home at 2321 W McLean Ave gets a Walk Score of 92, high enough to be deemed a "Walker's Paradise." It's close enough to the We [...]
Bridgeport Metra station nears completion
The new Metra station at 35th Street and Wentworth Avenue in Bridgeport should be finished by the end of year, Gazette Chicago reported earlier this [...]
A brief look at Pulaski International School
Pulaski Fine Arts Academy, the neighborhood school located a few doors from Jim Gramata's Bucktown home, was known for years for its poor test score [...]
Selling short: 34% off '04 sale price at Prairie District Tower in the South Loop
The property history for Prairie District Tower's unit 610 tells a tale of stops and starts. First it sold in 2004 for $380,000. In August 2009 it wen [...]
ILSA: "an escape hatch" for buyers
How much do you know about the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act? If you made a deposit for a new-construction condo in 2006 and found yoursel [...]
Quote of the day: South Loop = Moline?
From the Tribune:
The reason (the South Loop) is getting crushed is it's only the South Loop in a good market. In a bad market, it's no man's land. I [...]
Yo takes to the air
Be sure to watch the video in high-def.
We’re hoping for great weather tomorrow morning, since Yo Joe, Jordan and photographer Michael Kardas are s [...]