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A real estate agent’s office football shrine
Mike McCurry was an offensive lineman for Indiana University and the Minnesota Vikings, and a pioneer in the Arena Football League.
Last week, [...]
The Sweet Home Chicago affordable housing ordinance
The Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance, which would set aside 20 percent of TIF revenues for affordable housing, goes before the City Council on December 8. [...]
The condo market sleeps with the fishes
"Make me an offer I can’t refuse," says Nicholas S. Gouletas, the godfather of condominium sales, and the chairman and CEO of American Invsco.
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‘I wanted to know that I live in Chicago’
Last night CMK Companies held a holiday party for 235 Van Buren homeowners at the Metropolitan Club, in the nearby Willis Tower. I met a young pro [...]
Fountain View earns its LEED certification
Back in September I reviewed the US Green Building Council's list of LEED projects and found that most of the residential developments that touted [...]
The $50K and under Evanston single-family
The housing meltdown is surfacing single-family homes in Evanston at prices that were formerly unthinkable for vacant land, including 3 homes pric [...]
I am a top producer
This is, sadly, still the marketing approach of all too many Realtors.
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A ‘screaming deal’ on a Hinsdale home
Toward the end of a tour of Clarendon Hills, Mike McCurry stopped to show Joe Zekas a five-year-old home in Hinsdale that originally sold for $2.6 [...]
The fast food desertification of the North Shore
The concept of a “food desert” (PDF) is familiar to many West and South Siders in Chicago, but not everyone recognizes that most of Chicago’s Nort [...]
Quote of the day: Rate your agent
“If it can be known, it will be known; if it can be rated, it will be rated."
- Zillow co-founder Rich Barton, quoted in a media release announcin [...]
Keeping up with the Webster Square wrangling
If you want to keep up with the day-to-day dirt on Webster Square, check out Curbed, where you can get the full scoop on what went down at public [...]
$399K ‘Pre-short sale’ surfaces at Park Monroe
I've noticed several resales listed at Park Monroe, 65 E Monroe St, over the course of the year, but today is the first time I can recall seeing a [...]
The homes, schools, and parks of Clarendon Hills
Last week we introduced you to Coldwell Banker agent Mike McCurry, who explained why many people choose to live in Clarendon Hills in lieu of Hins [...]
Tour a 20,000 square foot Northfield home
Curbed Chicago recently billed an 8,650 square foot home as a “temple of excess.” Some buyers would consider that size home pitifully inadequate.
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Loving the views from 235 Van Buren
What do sisters Alicia and Gabby like about their new condo at 235 Van Buren in Chicago's Loop?
Most of all, Alicia and Gabby love the east vie [...]
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Lombard: chickens out
For your weekend amusement, we present this Daily Herald report on the debate over keeping chickens in Lombard. The debate included the classic sl [...]
Yo in review: Nov. 27 – Dec. 4
Looking toward a land sale at The GlenWoodlawn -- throwing good money after bad?Will Lincoln Park follow the Edgewater precedent?What do all those hou [...]
Reviewer Roundup: What they’re saying about Twelve Twelve on South Michigan
"Living at 1212 is truly an artful experience with our light-filled spaces enhanced with modern design and all of the custom details today’s city life [...]
Mexican flags no longer fly at Rolling Meadows complex
Only time will tell whether a new owner will result in less fur flying at 12 Oaks at Woodfield, but the 12 Mexican flags unfurled over the Rolling Mea [...]