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Loyola welcomes students to the Far North
Yo sales manager and Loyola alum Anish stumbled upon this new video from his alma mater, which introduces new students to the campus' Far North Side [...]
Pilsen's Chantico South — all of it — on the market for $1.96M
Pilsen's always a fun topic around these parts, and one that we haven't spent nearly enough time with this year. Today I pulled up the neighborhood's [...]
Quote of the day: Resigning ourselves to another tax credit
I know a lot of you out there would argue that a housing market correction, as painful as it is, is necessary for housing to truly find its footing ag [...]
Why a real estate agent bought at Bridgeport's Lexington Square
Last week Joe Zekas paid a visit to Lexington Square in Bridgeport and had a chance encounter with Marnie Beilin, a veteran real estate agent at Pru [...]
In other news – good reads from the feed
Not every story we add to our Chicago Real Estate News feed warrants "top story" status or a "quote of the day" post, but that doesn't make it any les [...]
Yo in review: August 21 – 28
Can’t keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed:
Quote: Condo marketing to "cast a wider net" than befor [...]
Slow-moving apartment project at Western and Bloomingdale finally nearing completion
I kind of tuned out the long-stalled project at Western and Bloomingdale avenues sometime last year, well after it had turned into a boarded-up, gra [...]
Revisiting Motor Row Lofts, nine months after the auction
Three quarters have passed since the developers at two South Loop projects, Motor Row Lofts and Michigan Avenue Tower II, sold more than 60 new condos [...]
Rental trends around the South Loop: 60605 rental listings dip below 60616
For the first time since we started tracking homes listed as rentals in the MLS, the number of homes available in 60616 (bounded by 16th, 35th, and [...]
Walking with Andy: Bookman's Alley and the restaurants of downtown Evanston
In the last segment from their recent walk through downtown Evanston, Joe Zekas and Grand Bend at Green Bay's Andy Kiener pay a visit to Bookman's A [...]
Trust, but verify
While I'm on the subjects of 2650 North Lakeview and Redfin data, I might as well point out the following.
You see this Google map at the bottom of [...]
Trend lines: Two years of Chicago sales
Homes sold in Chicago (on a 90-day running count) from the week of August 11, 2008, to the week of August 9, 2010, courtesy of Redfin. [...]
A look at Donovan Park, near Lexington Square's new townhomes in Bridgeport
The Lexington Square townhomes in Bridgeport have the singular advantage of fronting Donovan Park, a half-block square city park with ball fields, b [...]
Buy from Jameson, rent through Koenig: Terrazio triggers déjà vu in the South Loop
So Sedgwick Properties builds some condos in the South Loop, taps Jameson to sell the homes, and eventually, after activity slows to a crawl, Koenig [...]
The top of the taxed in Lincoln Park
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Which Lincoln Park developments pay the most in property taxes? Blockshopper has the answer. The top [...]
What happened inside Lexington Park?
One of the interesting wrinkles in the story of Lexington Park Condominiums -- the ghost tower at Michigan Avenue and Cermak Road in the South Loop [...]
Mapping violent crimes in Chicago ‘hoods
I think the added level of complication is worth it. There are the shades of purple on the north, which should come as no surprise. The blues on [...]
Letting the bedbugs bite
“The worst case I’ve ever seen they didn’t need me and the dog. I opened the door and they were just falling off the ceiling.”
- Linda Develasco, own [...]
Finding the Wright home in Chicagoland
Last week Frank Lloyd Wright's old studio at 25 E Cedar St in the Gold Coast went on the market for $1.7 million. Wright didn't design the 6,000 squ [...]
Domain1700 plan calls for six new single-families on Paulina, Hermitage in Bucktown
This spring I mentioned Ranquist Development's plan to convert the old Sisters of the Resurrection convent at 1849 N Hermitage Ave in Bucktown in [...]