Tag: @properties
Chicago neighborhoods, simplified
Are 77 community areas and a hundred-something distinct neighborhoods just too much to remember? Don't worry, @properties has you covered. Never mista [...]
Sales update: Price cuts and resales emerge at Silver Tower in River North
We received a new e-blast from @properties over the weekend advertising two examples of price reductions at Silver Tower, the 40-story high-rise at [...]
Query quintet: Five questions with @properties agent Courtney Larisey
I met @properties agent Courtney Larisey last month during a tour of brokers open houses in Wicker Park. Courtney, who was marketing a short-sale in a [...]
Parsing two brokerages' "top spot" claims
Our friend Bob Darrow has noticed ads from both Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and @properties declaring their superiority in the Chicago mar [...]
Bob Darrow on proper pricing: Better to get it right the first time
Is it better to list your home high and gradually reduce its price over time until a seller bites, or to opt for a lower but more accurate price fro [...]
The state of retail in Bucktown
When the biggest gaps in your commercial market are the lack of good hotels and gyms, you know you're in pretty good shape. In the final video from [...]
New construction opportunities in Bucktown
Even with today's economic climate, a developer could succeed in Bucktown right now with the right type of single-family home, says @properties agen [...]
What loft buyers should know about building repairs and special assessments
Scaffolding and construction dumpsters have been common sights outside of Wabansia Avenue's loft buildings this year. As we stood outside some of th [...]
A look at Bucktown's lofts
With the completion of the Baer Lofts, it appears that the market for new adapted-reuse units in Bucktown has just about dried up. Because of that, [...]
Touring Bucktown: Winchester Avenue's single-family homes
Last Wednesday I spent the morning driving and walking around Bucktown with @properties agent David Wolf. Wolf's name is a common sight on for-sale [...]
Web presence: @properties.com
After hearing that Chicago-based brokerage @properties launched a new and enhanced Web site this week, I set out to explore it, engage it, and pass [...]
Query quintet: Five questions on the market with @properties agent Tracy Boyce
This morning I joined a caravan of agents on a tour of broker open houses in Wicker Park. At a three-story townhome at 1530 N Elk Grove Ave, I met @pr [...]
Five easy pieces on the real estate market with Elizabeth August of @properties
We've called up @properties agent Elizabeth August several times over the years, mostly to get the latest scoop on the new condos at 155 N Aberdeen St [...]
Rethinking the four-plus-one in Lake View
Surely the four-plus-one has its fans, but in my experience, they're few and far between. Occasionally you'll come across a four-plus-one that break [...]
Bob Darrow on Broadway retail and alternatives to Boys Town
From the Center on Halsted, Bob Darrow and I walked east along Waveland Avenue to Broadway. If Halsted Street represents the heart of Boys Town nigh [...]
The homes of Melrose Street
"Melrose between Broadway and Halsted is nearly idyllic -- it's just gorgeous," says @properties agent Bob Darrow early on in this segment from our [...]
The nearly news: high, low, and in-between in Boys Town
As Bob Darrow has already told us, home prices in and around Boys Town stretch from the mid-$100s for small studio condos up into the seven figures fo [...]
Buying and renting in Boys Town
"You would think that everybody's priced out of Boys Town, but the neighborhood is still home to a lot of affordable apartments," @properties agent [...]
Boys Town basics with Bob Darrow
National Coming Out Day and the gay rights rally in Washington have both come and gone, but we're going to keep the spirit alive for the rest of the [...]
Superior 110: Where brokers buy
On Tuesday I visited the brokers open house at Superior 110, the new high-rise at 110 W Superior St in River North. While I was there I asked sales [...]