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A "wow" in Uptown: New single-family living, steps from Lincoln Park
Joe Zekas doesn't throw praise around willy-nilly, so when I hear him refer to the new construction single-family home at 707 W Gordon Terrace as "a [...]
Prices take a tumble at Park Boulevard and West Village
This morning's perusal of local listings revealed several hefty price cuts on condos and townhomes at two mixed-income developments, Park Boulevard [...]
Home sales up 33 percent year-over-year
The mixed bag of sales news coming out this morning includes a tumble in sales of existing sales nationwide and a big jump in local sales year-over-ye [...]
Crain’s: Sedgwick planning $350 million development for Uptown
The proposals keep on coming. From Crain's Chicago Business:
Sedgwick Properties Development Corp., led by Marty Paris, hopes to break ground this [...]
I did not and do not endorse @properties Web site
Some of you may have seen ads running in Pioneer Press' North Shore papers – and perhaps elsewhere – that prominently attribute the following statemen [...]
A boost for home values in low-income areas?
The Sun-Times has an article outlining the impact of the Chicago Public Schools system's new policies governing admission to elite selective-enrolment [...]
The home price bottom – are we there yet?
That's a pointless question, and trying to divine an answer to it is a complete waste of your time. You won't know when a housing market hit bottom [...]
Yo in review: January 17 – 23
Can't keep up with YoChicago during the week? Here's some of what you may have missed over the past seven days:
565 Quincy: Belgravia's Jacob Kaufma [...]
Condo rental options down 11 percent since November
I think we'd anticipated a rise in condos for rent following the end of the holiday season. Instead, we're seeing more than 200 fewer units listed for [...]
New loan options offered at Astoria Tower
Buyers have several new mortgage options to consider at Astoria Tower, 8 E 9th St in the South Loop. According to a sheet I picked up at the develo [...]
Shark bites: Short-selling a Trump studio
Unit #2414 at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago may be one of the high-rise's smaller spaces, but when it comes to short sale discounts in Riv [...]
Call of the wild: Realtor-bashing in action
What was it Joe said about Realtor-bashing? "Almost all of the negative commentary is hopelessly juvenile in tone, and leaves one with the impression [...]
Cityscape Condominiums up for auction
Want to pick up some condos and commercial space along Western Avenue in Saint Ben's? You'll have a chance on January 30, when Rick Levin & Associa [...]
I spy finished balconies at Parc Huron
The temporary two-by-four barriers ringing many of Parc Huron's concrete balconies are coming down and new metal railings are going up. Construct [...]
360 degrees of views from a riverfront duplex penthouse
Last fall Joe Zekas joined Prudential Rubloff's Joanne Nemerovski for a walk through Unit #2701 at 445 E North Water St, one of the most spectacular [...]
Paying more for amenity access
"The residents felt very strongly about having the free breakfast. [Recession or not,] it's critical to have the proper amenities."
- Sheilla Manigat [...]
Conlon opens sales at new Albany Park condos
Here's a project that's flown under our radar until now: a new five-story, 45-unit building at the corner of Leland and Kedzie avenues in Albany Par [...]
Wong's advice: Find the "worry price"
Here's a nugget of pricing advice from @properties co-founder Thad Wong, via Bob Darrow's Your Windy City Guide blog:
The worry price is the price at [...]
Never mind, 2010 is the year of price cuts
Granted, we're still just 20 days into the new year, so maybe it's not wise to start declaring a theme for the year just yet. But here's a thought: Wh [...]
"Friends and family" deal pays off at Trump
One group of sellers at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago are doing OK. According to an article at Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, partici [...]