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Wrightwood Crossing condos continue to close
One of the freshest closings in Lincoln Park is unit #205 at Wrightwood Crossing, 1307 W Wrightwood Ave, which sold last week for $600,000. The 1, [...]
Multi-unit buildings are ‘back in the game’
Multi-units are back in the game and many long time owners have the ability to sell for market or below prices. Although we like the affordability of [...]
Rent or buy a 3,000 square-foot duplex in a Potter Palmer mansion
Two stories of a Potter Palmer-built mansion at 33 E Division St in the Gold Coast are on the market, either for rent or for sale. (Not to be confused [...]
433 Briar’s homes and many more found in Nettelhorst’s dynamic district
By many measures, Nettelhorst is an exception. Just 11 years ago, the facility at Broadway and Melrose Avenue was a failing school on the verge of clo [...]
New-construction Lake View home debuts at $2.45 million
Lake View's $2 million market didn't dry up in 2010 -- 10 homes sold at or above that price, compared to 12 in 2009 and 11 in 2008. There's still a su [...]
A peek inside the Austin market
They used to say that you could swap a pair of 501s for a car in Prague. In Austin, you should be able to swap a car for a home. The median sale p [...]
Yo’s latest apartment guide – Lincoln Park
Finding an apartment in many of Chicago’s neighborhoods is a quick, pleasant walk in the park compared to finding one in New York and many other c [...]
A tour of Hyde Park’s Windermere House apartments
The Windermere House, 1642 E 56th St, has an enviable location a short distance from Lake Shore Drive and a Metra station, fronting the Museum of [...]
No sign of ‘others’ in Mount Greenwood
Mount Greenwood has never been Chicago's best model of diversity, but the 2009 American Community Survey data do show signs of change amongst its [...]
Grand Bend cuts prices in bid to sell out now
"Our compelling prices represent a dramatic opportunity to buy high-end, very large, brand new condominiums at near auction-level pricing," said A [...]
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Yo in review: January 1 – 8
Don't stop thinking about the new year
Edison Park ends its brief flirtation with integration
What Mary likes about Des Plaines
Lincoln Par [...]
A ‘Modernist interpretation’ of a Kenwood mansion, priced at $1.59 million
Looking for an alternative to all those Queen Annes and Italianate mansions in Kenwood? This James Nagle-designed single-family at 4824 S Woodlawn [...]
Year opens with 1,100+ downtown homes for rent
Every Friday we record the number of homes in 14 downtown Chicago's 14 ZIP codes that are listed for rent through the MLS. Today, the first Friday of [...]
Lofty letdowns in McKinley Park
Times are tough at McKinley Park Lofts. Two of the three units that closed there last year sold for 77% and 46% below their 2007 sale prices. (The [...]
Quote of the day: Is the worst behind us?
"The days of plunging housing prices, you know 20, 30 percent, are very, very far in the rear-view mirror, we’re not going to see that again. There si [...]
A quick glance at Garfield Ridge
Despite seeing thousands of white and African-American residents leave, the Southwest Side neighborhood of Garfield Ridge actually grew in size by [...]
Condo checkup: North Center triplex now priced in $420s
Back in July, Joe Zekas and Eric Rojas toured one of Eric's new listings, a three-story condo at 4152 N Lincoln Ave. Right now, the 2,000 square-f [...]
This hasn’t been Chicago’s worst housing price downturn
I quit practicing law in June of 1979 to go full-time into the business of rehabbing and converting rentals to condos in Chicago and Albuquerque. [...]
Does this condo house heartless creeps?
Read the stories about fines levied against a blind man by the One Bloomingdale Place condo board from yesterday’s and today’s Daily Herald, and draw [...]