Category: Video
Are inspecting architects poorly trained?
A lender's requirement that an inspecting architect certify that a condo project was built in accordance with the plans and city codes theoretically [...]
Are developers interfering with home inspections?
The vast majority of problems in condo developments occur in a project's common areas, according to home inspector Tom Corbett of Tomacor. And develo [...]
Is the City of Chicago protecting home buyers?
Top-rated home inspector Tom Corbett, of Tomacor, and YoChicago's Joe Zekas discuss whether the city's building inspectors ensure that homes are buil [...]
Who says real estate brokers don't work hard?
Lately, it seems, they're worker harder than ever. In the video above Coldwell Banker Winnetka North's Linda Martin walks us through a newly-built $ [...]
Mortgage loans are still available
It's "tougher but not impossible" to get mortgage financing says Steve Molitor of PHH Home Loans in this video.
I met Steve last Sunday at a well-a [...]
Budlong Woods: named after a pickle factory
The second video from my property tour with Baird & Warner's Meg Kravitz spotlights the Bryn Mawr Terrace Condominiums, a new development in Bud [...]
A Venus Flytrap for the unwary buyer
That's Tom Corbett's take on what he sees as "an abundance of poorly built" properties in Chicago today.
Corbett is a highly-rated home inspector w [...]
A Venus Flytrap for the unwary buyer
That's Tom Corbett's take on what he sees as "an abundance of poorly built" properties in Chicago today.
Corbett is a highly-rated home inspector [...]
Albany Park, 3105 W. Argyle condos, Chicago
Baird & Warner's Meg Kravitz walks YoChicago's Patrick Rollens through a model in a 9-unit condo rehab in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood.
The [...]
Budlong Woods, 2525 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago
YoChicago's Patrick Rollens joined Baird & Warner's Meg Kravitz to learn a bit about the Budlong Woods neighborhood and take a walk through a new con [...]
Kennedy Estates: Will transit options sell homes?
Yesterday Yo toured Kennedy Estates, a modern, 6-story European-inspired condo project in Jefferson Park. The site offers a unique mix of transit op [...]
Kennedy Estates in Jefferson Park, Chicago
Kennedy Estates is a new concrete, steel and glass condo in Jefferson Park on Chicago's northwest side. It's between the nearby Kennedy and Edens Exp [...]
Site work for the Chicago Spire: Dance to it!
If you can stomach the techno music, this video is a sharp roundup of construction images from The Chicago Spire's ongoing development.
Curious abo [...]
There's never been a better time to buy
... model furniture from bankrupt builders.
Hundreds of buyers flocked to Clublands of Antioch, the subject of a recent Tribune article, to fork ov [...]
The upside to the housing bust
Hundreds of buyers flocked to Clublands of Antioch, a subdivision whose builder recently filed bankruptcy, to fork over cash in exchange for bargain- [...]
Does this look like a ghost town to you?
A recent newspaper article characterized Clublands of Antioch as a desolate "ghost town" with unpaved roads, nonexistent street lights and unfinished [...]
The changing face of Pilsen
It's been a while since we've taken a look at Pilsen, but Chicago Public Radio has been there in the meantime. Take a look. Hat tip to CATO-TV for a [...]
Say goodbye to Kate and hello to Patrick
Kate Hawley is leaving YoChicago tomorrow (Pearl Harbor Day), and Patrick Rollens will become the new managing editor of YoChicago and New Homes Mag [...]
A few thoughts on green building
Kate Hawley introduces her successor as Managing Editor of YoChicgo and chats with him on the subject of green building. [...]
Cue soulful trance music: Waterview Tower out of the ground
This pastiche of still photos shows the progress of construction on Waterview Tower up until Dec 1, accompanied by the musical stylings of Chicane, [...]