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All highs, no lows: Looking for luxury near the North Side's lake shore

All highs, no lows: Looking for luxury near the North Side's lake shore

Today's "just for the fun of it" search: the priciest condos with three or more bedrooms, located on or near the lake in the major lakeside neighbor [...]
No wasted space at Mill Creek's Payton places

No wasted space at Mill Creek's Payton places

The Payton (PDF) is one of the most popular single-family home options in Mill Creek's Tanna neighborhood, says Diane Mikos of Sho-Deen Residential. [...]

Fallout still a factor in the downtown market

Developers continue to report that some buyers don't want to close on their contracts (i.e. investors) while others lack the financial resources to cl [...]

Quote of the day: short sales will rule

So much for our predictions -- the Calculated Risk blog looked at a new report on foreclosures and declared 2010 "the year of the short sale." [...]
Promotions from the past: The Spire

Promotions from the past: The Spire

We've cultivated quite the collection of promotional materials from sales centers, ranging from a handful of Xeroxed floor plans stapled to hand-wri [...]
Immigrants and neighborhood development

Immigrants and neighborhood development

In his opening remarks at LISC/Chicago's "Back to the Future" panel last week, Raul Raymundo of The Resurrection Project focused on the role of immi [...]

Today's Realtor – getting by on gift cards and deli trays

How bad is it out there for the average Realtor? An e-blast from Chicago Agent advertising tomorrow's brokers open house at Lexington Square reminded [...]

Prairie Pointe's auction: home styles and minimum bids for 13 new condos

The announcement of Inland Real Estate's March 14 auction of 13 Prairie Pointe condominiums was a good teaser, but it left out some key details, such [...]
Construction checkup: Wells Street's rental high-rises

Construction checkup: Wells Street's rental high-rises

On Friday I found myself on Wells Street in the Loop, starting my hike back toward the Yo offices in River North, when I happened upon the construc [...]

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 [...]

The curious case against Lakeview Collection

So why would Wachovia Bank file a suit against Centrum Properties partners John McLinden, Sol Barket, and Arthur Slaven, their Lakeview Collection LLC [...]

Yo in review: February 7 – 13

Can't keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed: Forest Glen: a neighborhood for the rest of us Elysian [...]
All about 565 Quincy's Q Room

All about 565 Quincy's Q Room

You can't talk about the perks of living at 565 Quincy without talking about the Q Room. Belgravia Group took 11,000 square feet of basement space a [...]
Shark bites: Looking for lofts in all the right places

Shark bites: Looking for lofts in all the right places

Due to their neighborhoods' old industrial and warehousing natures, many of the discounted homes, short sales, and foreclosures in River North, the [...]
Mill Creek quacks me up

Mill Creek quacks me up

It seemed like 100s of ducks took flight as we approached them earlier today at Mill Creek, in west suburban Geneva. We shot the ones that remained [...]

2009 – the worst year for downtown sales

Crain's Alby Gallun attended today's Appraisal Research Counselors luncheon and came back with mixed news. On the one hand, downtown developers made [...]

The only home in Chinatown

This week Time Out Chicago is asking readers to check out Chinatown, which sounds like a good excuse to see what's for sale down there. The answer? No [...]
Planning for a future without the Olympics

Planning for a future without the Olympics

Chicago may not have landed the Olympics, but it should set some neighborhood development goals for 2016 nonetheless, says Alderman and Cook County [...]

Closing tips: Figure in time for wire transfers

Recent changes to the Illinois' Title Insurance Act could demand some smart scheduling on your part. On January 1, the state banned cashier's checks, [...]

Parkside's next phase gets the go-ahead

Now that the city has injected some TIF stimulus into the flagging Parkside of Old Town development at Division and Larrabee streets, Holsten Real Est [...]
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