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Yo's list – a guide to renting Loop / New East Side apartments and condos
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for Loop / New East Side apartments, most of them featuring the eleven (that’s all there are) rental high-rise [...]
The Packard Lofts of Winnetka's Hubbard Woods – a perfect place for a "pied-a-shore"?
Hubbard Woods in Winnetka is as interesting and walkable a neighborhood as almost any in Chicago. Its eclectic mix of mostly local shops and restaur [...]
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 [...]
North Shore bargain-priced 4 bedroom, 3 ½ bath in Glencoe under $400K
The 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath contemporary home at 1010 Skokie Ridge in Glencoe sold for $615,000 in 2002. It's currently listed with Jameson for sale at [...]
MLS-listed downtown rentals surge 18.4% in two weeks
We've been tracking, since last November, the number of condos, townhomes and single-family homes listed for rent in the MLS in 14 downtown Chicago ZI [...]
New homes are selling well in West Bucktown
Earlier today I walked through a beautiful new home at 1738 N Rockwell, in the neighborhood that Realtors have been calling "West Bucktown."
I' [...]
Predicting home prices – where’d that $500 billion go?
At Reality Check Diane Olick reports on the difficulty housing experts are having arriving at any consensus on the direction and scale of housing pric [...]
South Loop's Library Tower announces close-out pricing
Lennar Homes is inviting buyers to "take advantage of the best value in the South Loop while you can."
Only three one-bedrooms remain unsold at Lib [...]
Why Eric enjoys Southport Avenue
Too often we assume that buyers already know why Southport Avenue is a popular destination, or focus primarily on just one element of the corridor. [...]
Curbed is coming to Chicago
Curbed founder Lockhart Steele (he swears that's his real name) sent me an e-mail this morning announcing that he'll be launching Curbed in Chicago th [...]
Yo's list – A guide to renting Streeterville apartments and condos
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for Streeterville apartments, most of them featuring the eleven (that's all there are) rental high-rises in th [...]
What happened to that looming North Shore foreclosure wave?
Late last year real estate agents were sounding alarms about a pending tsunami of foreclosures on the North Shore. It doesn't appear to be happening [...]
Matt's market majority mojo – extend and pretend
Matt Garrison is one of my go-to guys when I want a completely candid take on what's happening in the lakefront Chicago market. Yesterday I asked Matt [...]
Where buyers get their open house info
The homes sections of local newspapers and magazines have become a secondary source of information about open houses, as buyers turn more frequently [...]
Avoid Apartment Savvy maggot liars
According to a Draper and Kramer representative there is currently only one studio apartment available at 1350 North Lake Shore, and the rent is $1,21 [...]
Austin continues to edge out Belmont Cragin in foreclosure filings
The Woodstock Institute’s Q2 2010 report is available, and Austin retains its slim lead over Belmont Cragin for first place in the number of city fore [...]
The changing rankings of Chicago’s top brokers
Crain’s Chicago Business reports this morning on the ups and downs of major Chicago brokerage firms.
An amusing sideshow in the article is @propertie [...]
A stonemason’s dream home in Riverwoods
The tiny (population 4,000) Village of Riverwoods, bordered by Lincolnshire, Deerfield, Northbrook and Buffalo Grove, is an easily overlooked enclav [...]
Wilson Yard arrives in Uptown
Like it or not, Wilson Yard is here. The mayor, Alderman Shiller, and developer Peter Holsten were on hand to cut the ribbon on the massive mixed-inco [...]
From hot to not: East Garfield Park
What our staff said about East Garfield Park in 2007:
The streets are still tough here, but the tide has started to turn in recent years, with r [...]