Tag: West suburbs
A Prairie-style home on a Burr Ridge pond
The listing copy for this home encourages you to "embrace nature and enjoy the serenity of the pond and waterfall."
On days like yesterday, wi [...]
An Austin 3-flat and an Oak Park 4-flat
In-house tipster Eric just alerted me to a price drop on a classic Austin 3-flat 916 S Austin Blvd.
The investor-oriented property, which needs [...]
Son of a Gunderson
Seward T. Gunderson made a name for himself in the 1900s selling good-sized sturdy homes to the burgeoning middle class in Oak Park, the relatively [...]
Walk Wright into eight Oak Park homes next month
Even if you aren't in the market for one of the five Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes currently for sale in the suburbs, you still might be interes [...]
Two Tudors come to market in Oak Park
A couple of the newest single-family home listings in Oak Park are identically aged Tudor-style homes starting at similar prices.
One, a 2,247 [...]
Slow times for Downers Grove’s upscale market
There are 15 homes listed for sale in Downers Grove in the $1 million and up range, but only two sales have closed in the last six months.
Most [...]
The lowest-priced condo in Hinsdale
The listing copy bills this two-bedroom / two-bath unit at 300 East Claymoor Rd as the lowest-priced condo in Hinsdale, a community where condos a [...]
Another price chop on French Normandy home in River Forest
The housing stock, the schools, and mass-transit access to downtown Chicago make it easy to understand why so many families find west suburban Riv [...]
Truly under water in Burr Ridge
The term "underwater" usually refers to sellers who owe more on their mortgage than the market value of their home.
And then there are homes th [...]
Upgraded one-bedrooms in the Oak Park Arts District, priced under $190K
Last week Michael Giliano of Prudential Rubloff listed 11 condos in a 12-unit building at 900 - 910 S Taylor Ave in Oak Park, a block north of the [...]
Minority numbers on the rise in Hinsdale
From Homeward Bound - West:
The overall numbers are small, but the minority population in Hinsdale saw substantial percentage gains over the pa [...]
Quote of the day: Sellers near transit holding fast
In a post about Oak Park homes, Eric Rojas notes that sellers near the village's transportation hubs are holding on to higher asking prices.
Th [...]
Berwyn’s school barrier
Berwyn’s campaign to attract gay residents, which we’ve mentioned before, becomes easier to understand once you take a closer look at Berwyn’s sch [...]
Retro marketing – the flat panel returns
A couple of years ago it seemed that every new home developer was offering a flat-panel TV with every new home sale. The offer became so common th [...]
Blood near the tracks in Forest Park
The Residences at The Grove was a quality development from a top-notch builder in a location steps from the CTA Blue Line in Forest Park. You can [...]
Are Oak Brook sellers living in fantasyland?
Oak Brook is a highly desirable, aspirational community, but that’s not the gist of our reference to fantasyland.
There are currently 32 homes [...]
Conditions are right to move up to a new-construction home at Reston Ponds
Homeowners considering a change of location would be wise to list their homes now to avoid competition from foreclosures later in the year, say ar [...]
How integrated is Oak Park?
The Chicago metro area has a reputation as one of the most segregated in the country.
Oak Park, however, is often cited as one of Chicago's fe [...]
Does this condo house heartless creeps?
Read the stories about fines levied against a blind man by the One Bloomingdale Place condo board from yesterday’s and today’s Daily Herald, and draw [...]
Some random notes on Norridge
The Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey informs us that the Village of Norridge’s population is more than 35% foreign born, and nearly [...]