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Does calling homebuyers dummies promote renting?
A hat tip to Curbed National for alerting us to this bizarre video from Rent.com.
According to a recent New York Times / CBS poll, nearly 9 in [...]
Bell and Coonley – market updates by school district
Over at his lively Chicago Real Estate Local blog, Prudential Rubloff's Eric Rojas has been surveying home prices in sought-after "buzz" elementar [...]
Are journalists unfairly portraying Austin?
Over at Austin Talks Anna Friedman Herlihy, a long-time resident of the neighborhood, is protesting what she feels is the media's inaccurate portr [...]
Bidders for Children’s site make their final pitch
The Sun-Times' David Roeder is reporting that the three development teams remaining in the bidding for the Children's Memorial Hospital site made [...]
At Lakeshore East, The Coast will block The Tides
Ever since the announcement of a new tower at Lakeshore East fronting `Wacker Drive there's been speculation about how it would affect the views f [...]
Get out and enjoy Chicago’s neighborhoods
I think it's fair to say that most Chicagoans have never seen most of Chicago. Many Chicagoans have never ventured beyond the downtown and north l [...]
Front porch alert – a Hinsdale classic
If you're a sucker for a great front porch you'll want to take a close look at 444 S Madison St in Hinsdale.
The newly-listed 4,535 square [...]
North Shore teardown and land listings scarce, but moving slowly
Six years ago builders seeking North Shore teardown lots were as common as flower-munching deer in Highland Park.
Today I can find only 4 home [...]
Wacker Gateway Park under construction below 235 Van Buren
Getting tired of the Congress Parkway bridge construction at Wacker Drive? You wouldn’t be the only one. According to IDOT’s bridge website, the [...]
North Aurora’s Remington Landings has new homes ready
Riding out I-88, a couple of miles past the Aurora Outlet Mall, is Remington Landings, a quiet community near parks and woodland that’s close to the [...]
A Wright home in Glencoe for $550K
The Ravine Bluffs subdivision in Glencoe is home to half a dozen homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It also hosts a Wright-designed bridge and [...]
Should you rent an apartment or a condo at Lakeshore East?
The Lakeshore East mega-development on Chicago's New East Side has three rental towers, The Tides, The Shoreham and Aqua, which also has condomini [...]
Home price declines on a map, by ZIP Code
The Wall Street Journal has a useful interactive map of home price declines – from peak levels – presented on a map by ZIP Code.
The color-codi [...]
Chicago condo prices up month-over-month, down sharply year-over-year
It's Case-Shiller Tuesday, and the results are in for April home price trends.
The not-seasonally adjusted index for metro-area Chicago single-fami [...]
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Near West Side, one of YoChicago’s hottest neighborhoods of 2006
We're taking a brief look at the state of each of the eight neighborhoods we spotlighted as Chicago's hottest back in June of 2006. We've already [...]
All the real estate news that’s fit to link
Throughout the day, every day, we scan feeds from 100s of local, regional and national news sources and select the items that keep you informed ab [...]
The Sun-Times begins a series on Chatham
Several years ago Barry Pearce and I sat down with the late Dempsey Travis, one of Chicago's most accomplished citizens, for a wide-ranging discus [...]
When the special assessment costs more than the condo
A 3-bedroom, 3-bath condo at 5000 South East End Ave in Kenwood was just listed for sale for $89,900 – plus a $90,000 special assessment occasione [...]
High-rise living in Lincoln Park, Part 2
The high-rises fronting Chicago's Lincoln Park offer some of the most attractive living options anywhere in the US, but the character of the area [...]