Tag: Northwest Side
Today's news: $22 per square foot for a Humboldt Park REO
One of the homes to hit the MLS in the past 24 hours is this 1,422 square-foot, three-bedroom / 1.5-bath single-family home at 1631 N Springfield Ave [...]
Shark bites: "Devastation" in West Rogers Park's condo conversions
Yesterday afternoon I received an e-mail from CondoShark.com's Matt Garrison focusing on two topics: the types of buyers who are active in the post- [...]
Terrific pricing at the edge of Edgebrook
Talke a walk through one of the new condos at Edgebrook Pointe, 6425 W Touhy Ave, with Joe Zekas and Phyllis Bisceglie of Sergio & Banks.
Two-bedro [...]
BlockWalks: the 4400 block of North Albany Street in Albany Park
Loran McDonald was the first New Trier kid I met upon arriving at the University of Missouri more than a decade ago. During our four years at Mizzou [...]
Newly converted three-bedrooms now start in the $250s at 3550 Lyndale
Five of the seven newly converted homes for sale at 3550 Lyndale in Logan Square are 1,370 square-foot three-bedroom / two-baths. When we first report [...]
Loan options "better than FHA" for newly converted condos in Logan Square
Buyers can qualify for below-market interest rates and put their signatures on contracts before the April 30 federal home buyer tax credit deadline [...]
Rental review: homes listed in 60622
Every Friday we record the number of condos, townhomes, and single-families listed for rent in 14 Chicago ZIP codes. This week I thought I'd give on [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Forest Glen
The Forest Glen Community Area encompasses the Northwest Side neighborhoods of Sauganash and Edgebrook, as well as the "micro-neighborhoods" of Midd [...]
Conlon opens sales at new Albany Park condos
Here's a project that's flown under our radar until now: a new five-story, 45-unit building at the corner of Leland and Kedzie avenues in Albany Par [...]
Quote of the day: The next hot 'hood
"How long before it becomes another Bucktown, Wicker Park? I would definitely say in a couple of years."
- Maurice Ortiz, marketing director at Apart [...]
Construction compilation: Reviewing the newest proposals from around Chicago
Keeping with the last post's train of thought, here are some other development proposals we've seen in the news in recent weeks. It seems like a lot o [...]
Sachs redevelopment moving forward
According to The Architect's Newspaper, Brinshore Development has received the go-ahead from the Community Development Commission to convert the Morri [...]
Yo's year: Mining the Silver District
Apparently a lot of you wanted to know about the Silver District this year. Mark's post from March about the 20-unit development at 2800 W North Ave [...]
The nearly news: Montclare resales
Why Montclare? Why not? This "neighborhood for the rest of us" on the Northwest Side has a lot of older homes for sale, but look close enough and you [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Irving Park's Villa District
Bungalow buffs should feel right at home inside The Villa, a tiny, triangle-shaped landmark district located inside the Irving Park community area. [...]
Rock out in an Irving Park Loft
For authentic loft conversions in Chicago, places like the South Loop and River North stand out as go-to neighborhoods. After reading about the "Wil [...]
Humboldt Park's "historical memory"
On Friday participants of LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program took Adolfo Carrion Jr, director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy, [...]
Shorties in Avondale
The "short sale" is somewhere between a sale and a foreclosure. Similar to a common sale, a short sale is listed and marketed by a homeowner or brok [...]
The nearly news: High, low, and in-between in Avondale
In the market for something nearly new in Avondale? Here are the low, median, and high price points for homes built between 2004 and 2007 that are now [...]
Web presence: Shoemaker Lofts
To get an update on the Shoemaker Lofts in Avondale, I got in touch with Steve Samules of Dubin Residential, who heads up sales for the project at 3 [...]