Author: Joseph Askins

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Riding the Red Line: Belmont

Riding the Red Line: Belmont

The Red Line's stop in Lake View (for riders traveling out from downtown, at least) is at Belmont, a station that bears a strong resemblance to th [...]
Rental deal of the day: A 1 BR two blocks from Southport, available for $950

Rental deal of the day: A 1 BR two blocks from Southport, available for $950

Today's rental deal of the day from Chicago Rentals Direct is a 750 square-foot one-bedroom / one-bath with a study and a large rear deck, located jus [...]
The high end of condo rentals in Lake View

The high end of condo rentals in Lake View

Single-family homes in Lake View can fetch rents as high as $10,000. For condos, the highest price point at the moment is $6,900, which will ren [...]
Riding the Red Line: Fullerton

Riding the Red Line: Fullerton

Travel north on the Red Line from 35th Street and you'll end spend a lot of time underground. All of downtown's Red Line stations are underground, [...]
The fat lady sings for Opera Lofts’ developers

The fat lady sings for Opera Lofts’ developers

"What are they going to get from me? I have nothing. Even my little dog is sick." - Contractor Adolfo Castellanos, responding to news that he a [...]
Walk Wright into eight Oak Park homes next month

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 [...]
Riding the Red Line: North / Clybourn

Riding the Red Line: North / Clybourn

The last subway station a northbound rider on the Red Line will encounter is the newly renovated North / Clybourn stop at the border of Lincoln Pa [...]
The selection for swimmers in the South Loop

The selection for swimmers in the South Loop

At a recent panel discussion about the rental market, Greg Mutz of AMLI Residential Partners said he expected Chicago's next round of apartment buildi [...]
A 3,000 square-foot oddity in Oriole Park, priced at $539K

A 3,000 square-foot oddity in Oriole Park, priced at $539K

This squat stone turret of a home doesn't look like most of its Norwood Park neighbors, or anything other single-families that went on the market [...]

Case-Shiller Tuesday: Chicago home values at summer 2001 levels

Chicago home values in February dipped to levels not seen since the summer of 2001, according to today's Case-Shiller Home Price Indices release from [...]
Ravenswood is a good spot to raise kids

Ravenswood is a good spot to raise kids

Architect Pat FitzGerald built a new home in Ravenswood 20 years ago and has raised his two children there. He's recently put that home on the mar [...]
Stuff that sells: Five that took a dive in April

Stuff that sells: Five that took a dive in April

This afternoon I was browsing a list of homes that have closed over the past 30 days at half a million dollars or more. Five of those homes ended up c [...]
One month free for Astoria Tower’s two-bedrooms

One month free for Astoria Tower’s two-bedrooms

Crescent Heights is knocking a month's worth of rent off new 14-month leases at Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. According to the fine pri [...]
Deal of the day: $1,250 for a corner 2 BR with great lake views in Lakeview East

Deal of the day: $1,250 for a corner 2 BR with great lake views in Lakeview East

Today's deal from Chicago Rentals Direct is a two-bedroom / one-bath corner unit at 3639 N Pine Grove Ave, just a block east of the northern tip o [...]
Riding the Red Line: Clark / Division

Riding the Red Line: Clark / Division

Below the intersection of Clark and Division streets is the next-to-last subway station that riders pass through when traveling north on the Red L [...]
Pooches prohibited from most Near North Side apartments

Pooches prohibited from most Near North Side apartments

If you're searching for a dog-friendly apartment, you might as well skip most of the buildings on the Near North Side, including those in the Gold [...]
Waterton posts rents for Mondial units

Waterton posts rents for Mondial units

After finding signs of rentals at Walton on the Park last Friday, I started checking up on other condo towers that have announced conversions to see i [...]

Weekend reads from the news feed

Not every story we add to our Chicago Real Estate News feed warrants "top story" status or a "quote of the day" post, but that doesn't make it any les [...]
Walton on the Park rentals hit the market

Walton on the Park rentals hit the market

Last month some outside investors paid off a $82-million loan for Walton on the Park, Mesirow and Enterprise's long-languishing 189-unit high-rise at [...]
From the vault: Good Friday in Pilsen

From the vault: Good Friday in Pilsen

Every Good Friday, thousands of Pilsen residents turn out for a Stations of the Cross procession down 18th Street. Last year I met the throng near [...]
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