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Shark bites: Top reductions in Winnetka
Matt Garrison's ShoreShark.com tracks price reductions, short sales, and foreclosures in eight northern suburbs: Deerfield, Glencoe, Glenview, Highl [...]
Grants still available for down payments and closing costs at Lake Park Crescent
Buyers can still receive grants for down payment and closing cost assistance at Lake Park Crescent in North Kenwood-Oakland, making select one-bedro [...]
An eco-friendly two-bedroom in Bucktown
The newest video through a Sergio & Banks-marketed property finds Realtor Melissa Govedarica guiding Joe Zekas through Ultimate Homes' eco-friendly [...]
APEX Exteriors renovators trained to identify and mitigate dangers of lead paint
Upcoming legislation will require residential restoration companies to inform clients about the presence and dangers of lead-based paint in their home [...]
Afternoon views from Prairie Pointe
Yesterday I trucked down to Prairie Pointe, 1600 S Prairie Ave, for one of Inland Real Estate's pre-auction open houses. On Sunday, March 14, Inlan [...]
Million-dollar living on Castlewood Terrace
Representing the high end of Margate Park homes during Sunday's open house event was the three-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home at 920 W Castle [...]
Breaking the glass ceiling of construction
Not only is Helen Weiss a principal with one of the state's oldest condo development companies, but she's one of the few successful women in the wor [...]
Crain's: Silver Tower in foreclosure
Well, Crain's saved me a trip to the clerk's office this morning.
According to this article by Alby Gallun (who obviously has my phone tapped), Silve [...]
Taking charge – the next big upgrade?
Are pre-wired vehicle charging stations the next must-have features for new homes? KB Homes will install plugs for electric and hybrid cars to its new [...]
Following Francesca: Streeterville's best bites
You can learn a lot about a neighborhood by visiting its restaurants. Francesca Rose, a Streeterville expert and a real estate agent at Prudential R [...]
Mill Creek's "Payton" model – a home with a rambling master suite
Last month Diane Mikos of Shodeen Residential took Joe Zekas through a Payton-style home (PDF) at the Mill Creek - Tanna neighborhood in Geneva. Pay [...]
More from Margate Park: Studs' home and the lakefront
The second half of my pre-open house drive through Margate Park in Uptown took me around Ainslie Street and Margate Terrace, down Castlewood Terrace [...]
Emerald promotes new price cuts of 25 to 36 percent on select condos
A sales associate at a downtown condo development told me last week that she was facing some stiff competition from Emerald, Senco's twin-tower deve [...]
Deliveries begin at Flair Tower
Apparently people are actually living in Flair Tower now. The leasing staff has set up shop in the building, too. Sounds like it's time to pay our n [...]
A drive through Uptown's Margate Park
On Sunday more than 20 agents hosted 40 open houses in Margate Park, the area of Uptown bounded by Lawrence and Foster avenues, Sheridan Road, and L [...]
Views from a northeast corner penthouse at 235 Van Buren
We've taken in some great views of downtown from 235 Van Buren in the past, but last week was the first time I had ventured up to the tower's top fl [...]
215 West's leasing center opens
A new leasing center has opened at 215 West, the new 50-story apartment high-rise at 215 W Washington St in the Loop.
The 389-unit tower, designed [...]
Touring a Lincoln Park townhome
Earlier today Chicago blogger (and Prudential Rubloff agent) Eric Rojas showed me around a 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath Lincoln Park townhome at 1806 N. Larr [...]
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 [...]
Edgewater and Rogers Park – A long, long time before the dawn
Edgewater condominiums sold for an average of $76,000 in 1979. During 1991 and the first six months of 1992 they sold for an average of $56,570.
In [...]