Author: barry pearce
Masters of their Domain
There wasn't much in the vicinity of Chicago Avenue and the Chicago River a few years ago, unless you count cement mixers, newspaper delivery trucks a [...]
Mortgage rates remain steady
Mortgage rates inched up slightly this week, with the average 30-year fixed-rate at 5.72 percent, compared to 5.68 percent last week, according to Fre [...]
City proposes downtown zoning reforms
The city is proposing some progressive measures that would spur affordable housing and address traffic congestion as part of an overhaul of Chicago's [...]
Morhyne courts empty nesters in Kenwood
Morhyne Development Company's latest condo building seems tailor-made for empty nesters and others with a newfound interest in city living. The 22-uni [...]
Lakefront Place condos two-thirds sold
January is not a warm month in Chicago - whether you're talking about temperatures or real estate - but tell that to Teri Lind, of Inland Great Lakes. [...]
Rental market shows slight improvement
Downtown's luxury apartment market showed a slight improvement during the fourth quarter, according Appraisal Research Counselors, though landlords ar [...]
Mortgage rates rise slightly
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.68 percent this week, up slightly from 5.64 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac's Primary M [...]
Home sales break record in '03
Sales of new single-family homes topped one million units in 2003, establishing a new record high for the third consecutive year, according to the U.S [...]
Sales up in Illinois in 2003
Sales of existing homes rose 5.5 percent in Illinois last year over 2002, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors.
The trade group recorded [...]
Crain's: sales rose fastest at Fordham
The Fordham Company posted the largest increase in housing units sold in a new ranking of the area's top 25 home builders by Crain's Chicago Business. [...]
Mortgage rates remain low
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remained low this week, falling to 5.64 percent, down from 5.66 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac's [...]
Courts of Evanston 50% sold
Dubin Residential has passed the 50 percent mark in sales at the Courts of Evanston, a large new development of townhouses in the built-up suburb that [...]
Quadrangle condos hits 75% sold
Unobstructed lake views and affordable prices have proved a winning combination at the Quadrangle Condominiums, according to sales director Marsha Byn [...]
Thrush opens Shakespeare Court model
The Thrush Companies has opened a new model at Shakespeare Court, a new-construction development of 42 condominiums and townhouses on 46th Street betw [...]
Trump Tower eliminates office space
Take a look at the lightning condominium sales in the planned Trump Tower, 401 N. Wabash, and then consider the sluggish office market and you don't h [...]
Belgravia Group opens Hartland Park
How is the local real estate market performing?
Like gangbusters, if you ask Belgravia Group, the Chicago builder behind projects ranging from the Vi [...]
212 East down to last 10 units
Only 10 units remain for sale at 212 E. Cullerton, a contemporary South Loop development with loft-like units.
"Six of the remaining units have premiu [...]
Mortgage rates to remain low
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 5.66 percent this week, down from 5.87 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage [...]
Jameson starting boutique tower
Jameson Development, LLC plans to start marketing during February for 50 E. Chestnut, a 39-story boutique highrise of full-floor units priced from $2. [...]
Michigan Ave. Tower starts construction
Walsh Construction has started work on the 29-story Michigan Avenue Tower, a 229-unit building that will be the first new condo highrise to be built o [...]