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Chopping block: 36% off over 41 days at a Paramount loft
A one-bedroom loft at Paramount Lofts, 1645 W Ogden Ave on the Near West Side, has dropped in price from $169,000 to $109,000 since going on the mar [...]
Baer Lofts returning at lower prices
The unsold units at Baer Lofts in Bucktown have started creeping back onto the market -- a couple showed up on the MLS in June, another in July, and n [...]
Loft living: 5,500 square feet, eight parking spaces, and a fireman pole for under $900K
I know what you're thinking: "I love the urban cool of a giant loft space in the heart of the city...but where are my eight rides gonna go?" Buy thi [...]
Quote of the day: EnV misses the mark
We thought we could deliver a product that renters would appreciate and pay for.
Not yet, apparently. That's David Lynd of the Lynd Company, on his e [...]
A sleek, dramatic Bucktown single-family home for $799K
Since developer - agent Jim Gramata moved to 2321 W. McLean in 2003, what he calls the “fourth quadrant of Bucktown” has become, in his view, the pr [...]
Pre-fire vintage in Lincoln Park for $1.74M
Is this the oldest Chicago home currently on the market? It's a Victorian single-family at 2029 N Seminary Ave that dates back to 1861, just 24 years [...]
Lincoln Park's "new civic jewel"
This morning Lynn Becker published the first part of a two-part reflection on Lincoln Park's South Pond and the new Studio Gang-designed Nature Boar [...]
What is a recapture rate?
Mortgage lenders are in business to loan money, and would like the opportunity to "recapture" the loan on properties they've taken ownership of in f [...]
The only $2M+ home west of Western
At $2.19 million, the 9,850 square-foot, seven-bedroom / six-bath home at 3757 N Keeler Ave in Irving Park holds the distinction of being the most [...]
Chicago Magazine visits The Columbian
If you're a regular visitor to Chicago Magazine's website, you might have noticed how good Dennis Rodkin's videos are looking these days. His latest [...]
From the vault: Erie Park, from Freedom Center
In a few minutes, River North's Erie Park will become A. Montgomery Ward Park. In honor of this re-dedication, and in keeping with the recent theme [...]
Mies with ease: 1,300 square feet for $165,000 at Promontory Apartments
Not every Mies-head can drop 900 large on a Michael Pado renovation at 860-880 Lake Shore. If you're dead-set on buying into a Mies building, you ca [...]
More examples of porch problems
Home inspector Tom Corbett took me down a North Side alley last month to point out a variety of all-too-common deficiencies in porch and stair const [...]
A 6-bedroom, 3-bath bungalow on an East Wilmette cul-de-sac
Bungalows are as common as hyper-cute 4-year olds in Wilmette, so it wasn’t the home style that drew me to an open house several blocks from the Lin [...]
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 [...]
Mortgage fraud? Nothing to see here!
I found the above campaign video via The Welles Park Bulldog, one of the 100s of sites whose feeds we monitor for our Chicago Real Estate News page. [...]
Yo in review: October 9 – 16
A stay-at-home tour of historic Pullman
The Chicago Spire: 2005-2010?
A condo alternative in Belmont Heights
Vultures see rental potential for T [...]
Real Living Helios moves to Jameson
It's been a while since we've seen a big shake-up on the brokerage scene. One of the few mergers we saw this year was in January, when Real Living Hel [...]
Top-of-the-line rentals: the priciest new listings in downtown Chicago
More than 160 condos, townhomes, and single-families in 14 downtown ZIP codes have entered the MLS as rentals over the past seven days. These six unit [...]
Sherman Park in Back of the Yards
Even with Irish Pirate's huge spoiler, no one came forward to name this nabe. The park in question is indeed Sherman Park, and it's located in the B [...]