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New Buffalo or Evanston?
Anyone contemplating the purchase of a vacation home in western Michigan might also consider Chicago's North Shore. It's an easier commute for the w [...]
One home ready for immediate delivery at John Hall's Reserve of St Charles
Buyers and brokers looking to make a deal before the April 30 tax credit deadline can tour a newly constructed single-family home at John Hall Homes [...]
A loft of many nooks at Haberdasher Square
This one-bedroom loft at Haberdasher Square, 728 W Jackson Blvd, plays much larger than its 1,300 square feet because of the variety of spaces it ho [...]
Sales update: @properties handling sales for Parkside of Old Town's first phase
With the construction of more public and affordable-housing units just around the corner, @properties has been called in to market the surplus of co [...]
Case-Shiller Tuesday: Chicago values continue annual decline as national values inch upward
The most exciting piece of news about the February S&P / Case-Shiller Home Price Index came out yesterday, when the index's committee advised everyone [...]
Terrific pricing at the edge of Edgebrook
Talke a walk through one of the new condos at Edgebrook Pointe, 6425 W Touhy Ave, with Joe Zekas and Phyllis Bisceglie of Sergio & Banks.
Two-bedro [...]
1400 Lake Shore Drive auction brings in almost $3.5 million with 20 sales
I couldn't make it to yesterday's 1400 Lake Shore Drive auction, but an intrepid Yo reader had my back.
Jameson and Fine & Co had planned to auction [...]
Quote of the day: African-Americans looking for better lives outside of Chicago
African-Americans are the same as most. They want a bigger house, better schools, a better quality of life than they can get in the city.
- State Rep [...]
Talks continue on Rogers Park proposal
Developers Richard Aronson and Scott Sinar will present the latest revisions of their proposed mixed-use building in Rogers Park at a community mee [...]
A Tony Grunsfeld home in Highland Park: not unfriendly, just private
Ernest Alton "Tony" Grunsfeld III has designed dozens of homes along the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan. Most are in the distinctively modern idio [...]
Lucido in University Village: Rental options and cab convenience
In this segment from our University Village tour, Gary Lucido of Lucid Realty and Getting Real discusses a renter's options in the neighborhood and [...]
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 l [...]
Kenilworth homes sell after steep price cuts
One of our local correspondents, Prudential Rubloff's Taylor Lindstrom, recently checked in with a report on home sales in Kenilworth. Read the full [...]
Yo in review: April 17 – 24
Can’t keep up with YoChicago throughout the week? Here are some stories you may have missed:
Mark Segal of Habitat Company: Entering the second de [...]
Shark bites: Landmark luxury on Lake Shore
A Lake Shore Drive address in the Gold Coast rarely comes cheap (unless you're buying at auction this weekend, perhaps), but it's especially pricey wh [...]
Seeing signs of life in Winnetka's $2M to $4M market
Linda Martin is seeing strong activity on the North Shore this spring, even at price points near $4 million, with many of buyers making cash offers. [...]
Why is the downtown condo rental inventory drying up?
In late November we started tracking the number of condo rentals in select Chicago ZIP codes in hopes of seeing...something. Every Friday, we record [...]
200 North Dearborn gets FHA approval
I suppose I assumed 200 North Dearborn had received approval for FHA-backed mortgages sometime in the past year or two. Guess not -- according to HUD, [...]
Eight two-bedrooms available from $1,236 a month at 22 South Western
One of the many new construction developments in Fresh Horizon Realty's portfolio of new and newly rehabbed condos and single-families is the 12- [...]
Chicago home sales up 50 percent, median price down almost 5 percent in March
April may be the cruelest month, but March wasn't too bad for home sales around Chicago. (Actually, April could turn out to be all right itself, if pe [...]