Category: Housing trends
Trends affecting prices, architecture, locations, financing and other elements of Chicago houses, townhomes, condominiums, high-rises and single-family homes.
Are falcons forcing displacement in Uptown, or are critics pigeons in their own right?
Did we see the metaphorical implications of our recent Uptown pigeon-eating falcons post? Of course, we did, 'cause friends, everything in Uptown's [...]
Another unjustified "Thank you, Chicago!"
It happened again. Last night I was in Tower Records at Clark and Belden to return a movie (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe -- don't bother), when [...]
Student rush on the South Loop
What? Another student high-rise development may be taking place in the South Loop? Is it only a matter of time before the frat pack well and truly dec [...]
Chicago hotel condos – a financial or lifestyle investment?
Hotel condos - are they good investment vehicles? Opinions vary. Some say that by the time you have paid assessment fees and Chicago's notoriously hig [...]
In Chicago's kitchens, is stainless steel the next avocado green?
It's not often that one can glean insight into new housing trends by watching a sitcom. I caught a re-run of Everybody Loves Raymond, wherein Ray's pa [...]
The easy – or sleazy – way to buy a loft
We've noticed a trend lately for real estate agents to use their Web sites to imply that they have listings in buildings when, in fact, they don't. Th [...]
Are you part of the big sort?
Or is it a notion that puts you out of sorts?
What's the big sort, you ask? Let economist Richard Florida tell you about it:
Individuals are sorting [...]