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Geneva’s Mill Creek: Ready for the new school year
Time’s short for getting the family into a new school system for the fall and Mill Creek in Geneva has the perfect combination of opportunities.
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Rent-to-own in Evanston’s Grand Bend
Despite home ownership being oft cited as the better deal these days, consumers seem wary of making the commitment.
But if you’re mulling ownership [...]

New construction homes ready at Reston Ponds of Sycamore
If you’re looking to make a move this summer so your family is settled for the new school year, now’s the time to take a look at two move-in ready [...]

$30K discount for 30 days at Remington Landings in North Aurora
During June, J. Lawrence Homes is offering a $30,000 price break on two ‘move-in-ready’ homes at Remington Landings in North Aurora. Just a coupl [...]

Home builder trends: open floor plans replace the living room
New home sizes are shrinking and each space in a home is up for evaluation as to its usefulness when builders design new floor plans. In many cases, [...]

Rebuilding the Del Prado’s public spaces
Architect David Gwinn of the Silliman Group is overseeing the restoration of the old Del Prado hotel in Hyde Park and recently gave Joe Zekas a to [...]

1 year of assessments paid, $5K in closing credits, and an iPad for buyers at 235 Van Buren
The next 10 people who buy a new-construction condo at 235 Van Buren in the Loop will hit an incentive trifecta: one year of assessments paid, $5, [...]

Restoring the Del Prado, a Hyde Park classic
The Del Prado, built in 1918, is one of a group of distinctive buildings that mark the gateway from Lake Shore Drive into Hyde Park in Chicago. Th [...]

Townhome-sized single-floor homes in the West Loop
The high-style, design-intensive condos at CA23 in the West Loop are under new ownership, and prices have been slashed by 30% on the remaining 11 [...]

Hundreds of homes participate in Mill Creek’s community garage sale
The annual three-day garage sale event at the sprawling Mill Creek development in Geneva kicked off yesterday with strong participation despite th [...]

A Lincoln Park garden condo that defies expectations, priced below $300,000
Garden-level homes have a rep for being dim places with little natural light, but this morning Niko Apostal of Coldwell Banker and The Apostal Gro [...]

A single-family home with a townhome price, where Lincoln Park and North Center meet
Yesterday afternoon I met up with Realtor Eric Rojas at Chi Che Wang Playlot Park, near the border of the Lincoln Park and North Center community [...]
Springtime in Mill Creek
Kimberly Kozar, editor of the Mill Creek Messenger, recently shared a set of sunny afternoon snapshots from around Mill Creek with her readers. Go [...]

New prices equal new sales at Trio
The closeout prices in place at the Loft Condominiums at Trio, 650 - 660 W Wayman St in the Fulton River District, have started to attract new buy [...]

Upgraded apartments in a Lakeview East courtyard
Many of Chicago's vintage courtyards have great bones -- and sagging skin. They're sorely in need of a modern update.
The beautiful vintage cou [...]

Five benefits of building a home with J. Lawrence and Smykal Homes
With plenty of resales and foreclosed homes still on the market, it can be easy to forget that building a new-construction home in Chicago from th [...]

The plusses of a four-plus-one
The Chicago four-plus-one takes its name from the four residential floors above a single floor that houses a lobby and parking underneath the buil [...]

A full-floor penthouse with three outdoor spaces in Ravenswood, priced under $500K
Yesterday I met Eric Rojas at one of his newest listings, a, top-floor, full-floor condo at 4610 N Ashland Ave, near Chase Park in Ravenswood.
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A model home checklist from J. Lawrence Homes
With mortgage interest rates at all-time lows and a great selection of quality new homes on the market, it’s an ideal time to get an outstanding v [...]

CA23’s spacious single-floor condos return with major discounts
Belgravia Group has brought the spacious single-floor homes at CA23 back to the market, with new prices sure to catch buyers' eyes.
The 11 home [...]