Category: Housing trends
Trends affecting prices, architecture, locations, financing and other elements of Chicago houses, townhomes, condominiums, high-rises and single-family homes.
Edgebrook condo development selling rooftop decks
Edgebrook Pointe, located at 6419 W Touhy Ave in Edgebrook (actually it's more like Wildwood if you want to be picky), has 18 condos with two or thr [...]
Do sex offenders depress property values?
Yo doesn't normally venture beyond the Chicago metro, but this item from Manhattan-based Matrix poses an intriguing question: is a home harder to sell [...]
Gay real estate Web sites busy in Chicago
In honor of the Gay Games opening this weekend in Chicago, we thought we'd point out an interesting site we discovered the other day. It's the Chicago [...]
Waiting for the wrecker's ball, or maybe not
As reported here mere moments ago [at Yo, great minds are obviously on the same wavelength], you can find real-life examples of a famous New Yorker [...]
Home staging moves way beyond common sense housekeeping
Here at Yo we're always looking ahead and we can't help but wonder what will happen when the frantic condo-buyers of today become the sluggish condo-s [...]
New Homes magazine names the Near South one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes magazine has named the Near South one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods.
"Until recently, it seemed as though development on the Near Sout [...]
New Homes magazine names Jefferson Park one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes magazine has named Jefferson Park one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods.
"The quiet Northwest Side neighborhood of Jefferson Park, bounded [...]
New Homes magazine names Avondale one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes magazine has named Avondale one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods.
"Buyers in search of affordable housing have set their sights on Avonda [...]
New Homes magazine names Galewood one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes magazine has named Galewood one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods. "Galewood is known for its tree-lined streets and brick bungalows, as we [...]
New Homes Magazines names Near West one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes Magazine has named the Near West one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods.
"Rising prices and steady development in the West Loop have booste [...]
New Homes Magazine names Washington Park one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes Magazine has named Washington Park one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods.
"Like much of the South Side, Washington Park suffered deteriora [...]
New Homes Magazine names Woodlawn one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes Magazine has named Woodlawn one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods.
"The neighborhood is sorely lacking in retail and restaurants and marre [...]
The Devil wears Prada – and has Snaidero cabinets in her condo
So now that buyers have so many new whiz-bang high-rises to choose from in downtown Chicago, developers are trying to find ways to make their new-cons [...]
Suburbanites buying twice as many Lakeshore East condos as city dwellers
Maybe it's the promotional stuff about a "village in the heart of Chicago," or the site's former life as a golf course, or its proximity to all that [...]
Does crash of Chicago's 1970s condo craze hold lessons for today?
What's the difference between herpes and a condo? Herpes you can give away. The joke isn't generally apropos now, the way it was during the "bloodbath [...]
They did a Barry Bonds on the house next door
New construction at 2736 Hawthorn Ln - a neat illustration of what' s coming and what's going as the Wilmette teardown tear continues. [...]
Second-home owners ask, why stop at two?
Second-home owners have been a big force in the booming real estate market of the last decade, but the label is something of a misnomer, according to [...]
Feel lucky? Apartment builders do; condo guys, not so much
Condo developers had their turn, but after a decade in the sun, their fortunes appear to be fading as apartment builders get ready to let the good tim [...]
NY Times spotlights Chicago real estate and radio
Nobody covers the waterfront quite the way the New York Times does. Yesterday's edition had a story about Millennium Park's impact on the East Loop, n [...]
New Homes Magazine names South Chicago one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
New Homes Magazine has named South Chicago one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods.
"Commercial and residential improvements have been underway in Sou [...]