Tag: North Side
Bucktown trophy remains unclaimed
The "trophy" home that's under construction at 1921 W Wabansia in Bucktown has been on the market for more than two years now, and the address is [...]
From $2.075M to $1.3M in Bucktown
Five years ago when we focused on a 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home proposed for 1842 N Wood St in Bucktown it was offered for sale at $2,075,000. Rende [...]
Tour a Lincoln Park courtyard townhome at The Pointe
Nicholas Apostal from The Apostal Group of Coldwell Banker takes us on a tour of a rarely available 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath courtyard townhome at 2030 [...]
Are high-end Lincoln Park homes in high demand?
I stopped by the Ranch Triangle neighborhood in Lincoln Park on Wednesday to photograph 1703 N Dayton in preparation for a blog post. The home is curr [...]
Roy’s Furniture fire kindles memories
The tragic fire at Roy's Furniture, which has been much in the news, took me back to the late 1970s.
I bought two six-flats in the 1800 block of Ha [...]
A completely remodeled Logan Square single-family under $300K
Here's something you don't see often - a top-to-bottom remodeling in Logan Square priced at $299,000.
The 3-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home at 1834 N [...]
Why they love where they live
Planned Property Management, one of our sponsors, has run contests for the best video set to the company's theme song and for the its official [...]
New construction on the former site of California Estates
A 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath proposed new construction home has just come on the market at 1820 N California Ave in Logan Square. The list price is $549, [...]
Why Katie likes living in Lake View
Last week I shot video at 16 different rental properties in Evanston, Lake View and Rogers Park with BJB Evanston and BJB Properties.
Whenever [...]
MLS-listed inventory up again in north lakefront neighborhoods
For the second week in a row the number of MLS-listed homes, apartments and condos in 6 north lakefront ZIP codes reached a new high since we bega [...]
The view from a Lincoln Park roof deck
You don't need to be in a downtown high-rise to enjoy spectacular views of Chicago's skyline. You don't even need to be in a high-rise.
Th [...]
MLS-listed north lakefront rentals more plentiful, renting quickly
The number of homes, apartments and condos listed for rent in the MLS in six north lakefront ZIP codes is up 17% over the past two weeks to 567, the h [...]
Talking about the much-maligned four-plus-one
The four-plus-one or 4+1 is the Chicago building type that everyone loves to hate – everyone, that is, except for the many renters who choose to m [...]
A luxuriously appointed new West Lakeview home
The newly-listed home at 1928 W Wolfram, in a part of North Center that's often referred to as West Lakeview, is the latest offering from Noah Pro [...]
Rental of the day – The Kensington on Armitage
Today's rental pick is in a building that I renovated and converted to condos back in 1979 – 1980, and is a unit that I lived in for several years [...]
Play croquet in Lincoln Park for half a million less
It isn't often that you'll see the phrase "perfect for croquet" in a listing for a Lincoln Park home, but then there are very few Lincoln Park hom [...]
Landmark Lincoln Park mansions not budging on price
When I visited the Theurer-Wrigley House last August it hadn't yet been listed in the MLS. The landmark home at 2466 N Lakeview, which is more com [...]
Free Cubs tickets from Planned Property Management
It's been a landlord's market recently, but that hasn't slowed the pace of landlord marketing and promotional efforts.
Planned Property Manage [...]
Single-family home sales in North Center
Eric Rojas, one of our sponsors, just posted a market snapshot of single-family home sales during the first quarter of the year in the North Cente [...]
Lincoln Park sales show year-over-year gains
Jeff Herbert of Urban Living has just published a report on Lincoln Park sales during the first quarter of 2012. The highlights:
Total sales fo [...]