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Tell-tale signs of termite treatment
You know to keep an eye out for termite damage as you shop for a home, but what exactly should you look for besides chewed-up pieces of lumber? In t [...]
A Neoclassical villa atop a Mag Mile skyscraper, for just $11.5 million
Does your home have an enough room?
Not enough room, but a room that gives visitors "just enough information" about you, and that serves as a "mirr [...]
Turn-of-the-century home in Morgan Park nears 15th month on the market
Morgan Park saw 151 sales of single-family homes between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, according to Chicago Magazine. That's on par with North C [...]
How to spot termite damage before you buy
Contrary to popular belief, Chicago does have termites, and the damage they cause isn't just "an old house phenomenon," says home inspector Tom Corb [...]
433 Briar: irreplaceable vintage in Lake View
An affiliate of Belgravia Group recently acquired the unsold units at 433 W Briar Pl in Lake View, and has started a sales program and a makeover of [...]
An REO specialist on FNMA's HomePath programs
Steve Klein, an REO manager for Coldwell Banker Realtor and REO specialist Frank DeNovi, sat down with YoChicago's Joe Zekas earlier this month to e [...]
Charting a year's worth of sales in 288 Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs
Chicago Magazine has posted sortable charts of transactions, average sale prices, days on market, and more for Chicago's 77 community areas and 211 su [...]
What's the yuppie dream home?
The four-bedroom / two-bath home is "a size many buyers aspire to own," says Coldwell Banker Real Estate CEO Jim Gillespie. In CNN / Money's words, it [...]
Case-Shiller Tuesday: Up here, down there
Chicago home values rose 1 percent from June to July but dipped 1.7 percent year-over-year, according to the S&P / Case-Shiller July 2010 Home Price I [...]
New construction roundup: West Town condos, Part 2
Here are four more sites of new-construction condos in the West Town community area. (See yesterday's roundup here.)
1414 W Grand Ave: Unit 3, a thr [...]
Elm Street Plaza, then and now
This afternoon's selection from the Yo archives is our old folder of prices and floor plans for the 33-story, 395-unit Elm Street Plaza, located at 11 [...]
Schools and home prices in Wicker Park
During our brief walk down Division Street earlier this month, Eric Rojas and I stopped a couple times, once near Moonshine at Division and Marion a [...]
New construction roundup: West Town condos, Part 1
These four condos are some of the newest you'll find in the West Town community area. Check back tomorrow morning for listing from four more West T [...]
The priciest one-bedroom in Chicago
I didn't mean to write anything else about this building for a while -- it just happened that way.
As the headline says, this is the priciest one-bed [...]
Branch out with Homeward Bound
Interested in homes outside of the city? Along with the Homeward Bound - Chicago blog at ChicagoNow, we also manage Homeward Bound blogs for the Nor [...]
Yo in review: September 18 – 25
Can’t keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed:
Grand Bend at Green Bay in Evanston: Renting to own and [...]
At water's edge in Edgewater
Looking for a lakefront single-family in the city? For $1.65 million, you can buy the "only home on Chicago’s North Side with exclusive beachfront a [...]
Huge discounts for restored two- and three-bedroom condos at 433 Briar in Lake View
Seventeen fully restored two- and three-bedroom condos at 433 W Briar Pl in Lake View have returned to market at 32 percent below their old list price [...]
Hockey homes: Ex-Hawks have condos for sale and for rent
Cristobal Huet will be tending goal in Europe this season, so he doesn't have much use for his 4,700 square-foot condo at Millennium Centre (right), 3 [...]
Crain's: REIT to buy Aqua apartments
An multifamily REIT division of Texas-based Behringer Harvard bought Burnham Pointe earlier this summer and is now angling for a 75-percent stake in A [...]