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A Gold Coast apartment walk with Stephanie
Stephanie Konow and Katie Bommarito, former apartment rental agents, recently co-founded Chicago Rentals Direct. Having acquired in-depth familiar [...]
Developers of failed Northbrook project indicted
When I first wrote about the Center of the Northshore project, shortly after it was announced nearly 5 years ago, I opined that "it has an air of [...]
MLS-listed downtown rental inventory continues to shrink
Back in November of 2009, when we began tracking MLS-listed homes and condos for rent in 14 downtown ZIP codes there were 1,927 units available. A [...]
Rent Jerry Kleiner’s house for $16K a month
Restaurateur and designer Jerry Kleiner offers up decorating tips in the above video, using his Carnivale restaurant and his home to illustrate hi [...]
Hurry, tell the brokers – it’s nationwide open house weekend
The National Association of Realtors is promoting Nationwide Open House Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5.
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$450K on Elston – what happened here?
It's difficult enough to fathom how anyone would spend $450,000 for a garden-variety 3-bedroom condo in the 3700 block of Elston Ave. It's beyond [...]
Cermak Creative Arts District inches forward
The long-discussed Cermak Creative Arts District has taken a small step forward with the selection of architectural firms to perform the first pha [...]
A Wilmette rental pick and a North Shore update
The MLS-listed rental inventory of homes and condos ticked up slightly over the past week, from a 13-month low of 230 last week to 236 this week. [...]
The penthouse space atop 200 North Dearborn
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin visited the penthouse at 200 North Dearborn on a much nicer day in the Loop than March 14, when I shot the above [...]
Yo, by the numbers
Our ace network administrator, Matt McClure, has just compiled YoChicago traffic stats for the month of May and for the twelve months ending May 3 [...]
Washington Park, 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. Yesterday we t [...]
Home builder trends: open floor plans replace the living room
New home sizes are shrinking and each space in a home is up for evaluation as to its usefulness when builders design new floor plans. In many cases, [...]
Start your search for an August rental now
We've previously highlighted one of the biggest mistakes apartment renters make: starting their search too late.
Many landlords have already id [...]
Suburban Chicago rents – ups and downs
The headline and the story at Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily tell a tale of uniformly rising rents, declining vacancy rates and fewer concessio [...]
A sunny, spacious and unique Lake View townhome
If you've seen more than a few Lincoln Park and Lake View townhomes you quickly conclude you've seen them all – "same-old, same-old" is what you f [...]
New models, prices drawing location-conscious buyers to Trio
"Seventy-five percent of the people purchasing from us are doing so because they like the walk-to-work, jump-on-an-El or get-right-on-the-expressw [...]
Why they bought at 235 Van Buren
The buyers at any high-rise development have varied motives for their purchase. For some, the views or the architecture are the prime motivator. F [...]
A short walk from downtown Evanston and the Farmers Market
Laura Doherty's voice and banjo accompaniment provide a charming introduction to Evanston's popular Farmers Market, which is open every Saturday f [...]
Case-Shiller home price index for Chicago falls sharply
It's Case-Shiller Tuesday, the eagerly-awaited release day for the March closings data, reflecting contracts signed prior to then.
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