5/10/10
Maureen Mohling, one of our local correspondents for Winnetka, has a flair for finding the right word or phrase to summarize a complex topic....
4/20/10
The Chicago Association of Realtors has scheduled a two-day “Heroes Welcome Home” program for next month that will teach Realtors how to address the...
4/1/10
Joe Zekas was taking a smoke break when the mail arrived at the YoChicago office Wednesday afternoon. I typically don’t snoop around his office,...
3/24/10
So distressed properties are the market’s “new normal” — what does that mean for people who aren’t looking to buy or sell a foreclosed...
3/19/10
Among all of the Chicago brokerages with a strong online presence, it was Rubloff that pioneered many of the concepts buyers expect from today’s...
3/17/10
Don’t know if you’ve heard about it, but there’s this thing called a “first-time buyer tax credit” going around right now, as well as...
2/11/10
Recent changes to the Illinois’ Title Insurance Act could demand some smart scheduling on your part. On January 1, the state banned cashier’s checks,...
1/28/10
Upon reflecting on Linda Martin’s recent open house at the $3.69 million home 322 Chestnut St in Winnetka, Joe Zekas started wondering whether open...
1/15/10
After running through all the things in a buyer’s favor in today’s market — low prices, low interest rates, and government incentives — Genie...
1/12/10
What advice would Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch give a buyer who’s entering the market for the first time? For one, buyers...
12/10/09
People’s increasing willingness to abandon their own piece of America illustrates a paradoxical change wrought by the housing bust: Even as it tarnishes the...
12/2/09
I met @properties agent Courtney Larisey last month during a tour of brokers open houses in Wicker Park. Courtney, who was marketing a short-sale...
11/14/09
I don’t often see Web sites making the jump to print, but Jenny Ames‘ Live and Play in Chicago has done just that. During...
11/10/09
Last Tuesday I met @properties agent Jeff Proctor at a broker open house he was holding at 1306 N Greenview Ave #1, a 2,300...
11/3/09
This morning I joined a caravan of agents on a tour of broker open houses in Wicker Park. At a three-story townhome at 1530...
10/30/09
You’ve brushed up on your auction lingo and the auction process — now it’s time to go to the event itself. Julie First of...
10/28/09
On October 23rd, the Metropolitan Planning Council, in partnership with the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and Regional Transportation Authority,...
10/26/09
In an effort to get the most substantive responses from our interviewees, we’ve honed the five questions of our ongoing “five easy pieces” feature....
10/26/09
Last week Julie First of Sheldon Good & Company helped you improve your auction vocabulary. Now she’s going to give you some pointers on...
10/25/09
It’s not enough to compare one home in Roscoe Village to all the others in the neighborhood. As buyers on the North Side focus...