Author: Joseph Askins
Rental watch: Fresh offers in 60654
The number of downtown condos, townhomes, and single-families listed for rent through the MLS has been back up above 1,000 for the past couple of wee [...]
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 [...]
Construction checkup: Lincoln Park 2520
This was the scene this morning at 2520 N Lakeview Ave in Lincoln Park, where Lincoln Park 2520 is climbing high.
Prudential Rubloff only keep [...]
Quote: Poor common areas equal poor investments
Syndicated columnist David Myers warns a reader against buying into a development with dilapidated common areas and immediately running for a spot on [...]
Will spring bring a thaw to One Museum Park?
In case you haven't noticed, the One Museum Park towers are still stuck in a rut.
At the newer of the two towers, the 298-unit One Museum Park [...]
Renaissance Lofts slapped with foreclosure suit
Last month we brought you this video interview with David Derk, who is suing the Kopley Group for not honoring a buyback guarantee at Renaissance [...]
Stuff that sells: March in Streeterville
The dense 60611 ZIP code, which roughly corresponds to the Streeterville neighborhood, is where the action is when it comes to recent transac [...]
A ‘vanilla box’ in Wicker Park, priced below $500K
The lowest-priced single-family home in Wicker Park, excluding a short sale listing at 1234 N Marion Ct (marketed as a "hot Bucktown location", de [...]
Quote of the day: Do signs sell condos?
Prudential Rubloff Realtor Eric Rojas, at his Chicago Real Estate Local blog:
My personal opinion is a for-sale sign won't help sell your condo. In [...]
Riding the Red Line: Cermak / Chinatown
My next stop on the way north via CTA's Red Line was the Cermak / Chinatown station, located at 138 W Cermak Rd. Due to construction on the statio [...]
The ‘deal of the century’ in the South Loop?
Is $225,000 for a 1,285 square-foot, two-bedroom / two-bath loft in the South Loop the "Deal of the Century"? That's how Lynn Laddish Plata of @pr [...]
Cutting prices early and often in Holstein Park
How long should a home stay on the market at its introductory price before taking a cut? How long should it stay at a new price before changing on [...]
Bank plans bulk sale for Kroupa’s Sheridan condos
Seems like every brokerage in Chicago took a turn with the high-rises at 2930 and 3033 N Sheridan Rd in Lake View. Now North Community Bank will try i [...]
$99K for a Blue Moon Loft in Fulton Market
This morning an 800 square-foot, one-bedroom / one-bath loft at the Blue Moon Lofts, 215 N Aberdeen St in Fulton Market, was listed at $99,000, ma [...]
Up to 40% off original prices at Front Street Lofts in Lemont
Marquette Companies has rolled out a "spring savings program" at its Front Street Lofts development in downtown Lemont, offering homes for as much [...]
A million is the median in Lake View
Eric Rojas, on the Lake View market at the end of 1Q 2011:
Over the last three months the median price of a closed or under contract single fam [...]
23% below 2008 sale price at One Museum Park
Last week William Wenthen of WDW Properties delisted and relisted a 1,485 square-foot, north-facing condo at One Museum Park, 1211 S Prairie Ave, [...]
Riding the Red Line, starting at Sox / 35th
Last Wednesday I started what will be an ongoing project through the next month or two: a series of videos profiling each Red Line station between [...]
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 [...]
From the vault: Saint Joseph’s Day in the Heart of Italy
St. Joseph has a special place in the real estate world -- plant a statuette of the old carpenter outside a house (usually upside down, the tradit [...]