Category: Single-family homes
Centro 18: Coming…when?
The folks at Kimball Hill Homes have a lot on their plate at the moment, so it should come as no surprise that one of the company's long-delayed pro [...]
Deal of the day: Lennar matching Fed's interest-rate cut through Sunday
Okay, so this may apply only those shopping for homes outside of Chicago proper, or for those willing to hasten their hunts for new digs, but we fig [...]
Bluewater 5440 still making waves in Edgewater?
A tip from a longtime Edgewater resident (thanks Marcum!) last week suggested that Bluewater 5440, a high-rise concept that's been in the works for se [...]
Touring the Rowhomes on Stave
As promised, here's some footage from our recent tour of the Rowhomes on Stave, 2060 N Stave St.
Jay Kuchenbecker of Century 21 Sussex & Reilly [...]
Logan Square side street home to new row houses
The biggest challenge Tim Sheahan and Jay Kuchenbecker have faced since the Rowhomes on Stave went on the market late last year is the fact that man [...]
A high-rise in your back yard at Walton on the Park
During a brief visit to Walton on the Park's sales center at 1 W Walton St, we snapped this photo of the impressive scale model in the lobby. In the [...]
Sales update: One house remaining at California Estates
It's been a long time since Yo looked at California Estates, a set of 16 townhouses in the 1800 North block of California Avenue. Readers and writer [...]
Four luxury homes to replace canceled high-rise in Lakeview East
It's official: the tall, narrow high-rise that was planned for 541 W. Cornelia Ave has been scrapped, according to Robert Stone, of JDL Development Co [...]
Lincoln Park single-family home sells after brisk stay on market
A recent entry from Chicago Magazine's Deal Estate blog describes a ritzy Lincoln Park single-family home at 623 W. Belden Ave. that sold after a six- [...]
Report: New home sales hit 12-year low
Sales of new single-family homes fell by 9 percent from October to November, down to a seasonally adjusted rate of 647,000, according to a new report [...]
Green home shines in USGBC pilot program
It used to be a tavern, but now a century-old building at 1825 W. Wabansia Ave. in Bucktown has a new label: the first home in Chicago to go green und [...]
Gold Coast still commands healthy prices
Think of this as a bookend to yesterday's dismal foreclosure sale in Wicker Park. Chicago Magazine's Deal Estate blog is reporting the sale of a seven [...]
Who says real estate brokers don't work hard?
Lately, it seems, they're worker harder than ever. In the video above Coldwell Banker Winnetka North's Linda Martin walks us through a newly-built $ [...]
Lake Forest mansion channels historic Bucks County
Let's say you have roughly $7.6 million to spend on a new home. Would you fork over your cash for this granite mansion in Lake Forest? Perhaps Dan S [...]
Modern luxury, ancient nature and selling homes
The Asian longhorned beetle took its toll on trees in the historic eastern slice of Ravenswood beginning in the late '90s. The recent storms also to [...]
Landrosh nabbing hot sites in Lake View, Ravenswood
Success in developing and selling new construction often has as much to do with nabbing the right sites as it does with conceptualizing, marketing [...]
Take a tour of Riverside Homes in Bridgeport
Camera in hand, Yo recently walked through a model at Riverside Homes, from DeGrazia Development Co, which will ultimately comprise 37 single-family [...]
Urban living in suburban Wilmette
If you're a confirmed urbanite you might be shocked by how closely parts of Wilmette mimic a city lifestyle, and even more shocked by how pleasant a [...]
Wicker Park house wins Landmark Award
A restored limestone house at 1555 N Hoyne Ave in Wicker Park (.pdf) is among the winners of the Chicago Landmark Awards for Preservation Excellence [...]
New single-family homes in Ravenswood
YoChicago's Joe Zekas and neighborhood resident and Chicago Home Estates sales agent Eric Rojas take a look at some new-construction single-family h [...]