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We've been mightily impressed with Outside.in since its launch. The site consistently outperforms any other that we've found on aggregating blog con [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: comp killers, homophobes and short sales
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by the Christian Real Estate Network. If you're an agent representing bargain-seeking buyers, you might [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: condo appreciation gone wild, bubble boo-boos and slashing prices
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Zillow's Drew Meyers. Read about a condo that supposedly appreciated more than $700 per day for the l [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: Realtors, Redfin and buying in Manhattan
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by HomeThinking. Read reactions to last week's 60 Minutes segment, get an an analysis of why the NWMLS i [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo:
Eric, on the Ravenswood Journal: Graffiti of the day (maybe the year!)
Dan, [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: Skyhooks aren't just for hoops
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by RSS Pieces. Read about how not to get swindled by a broker, how to "2.0 your blog" and the rewards of [...]
Get to know Lincoln Park – 1 building at a time
It's one of the country's best-known neighborhoods, and there are worse ways to get a feel for it than browsing DePaul University Libraries' Lincoln P [...]
Crain's launches online real estate daily
The new Web site, ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, will augment Crain's real estate news coverage with a searchable archive, a calendar of real-estate even [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: the blogosphere's best real estate writing
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Jon Lansner's real estate blog at the Orange County Register. Lansner hunted through the real estate [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Eric (Ravenswood): Million dollar homes sneak under the radar
Suzie (Chica [...]
Gentrification debate – blogs follow the Starbucks?
Gentrification has been on our minds lately, so a recent survey by aggregator Outside.in about the nation's "bloggiest neighborhoods" piqued our cur [...]
Chicago rent barometer: hot and cold summer studios
Summer isn't too far away, and that means students leaving the city, interns moving in and others like them swarming to either sublet their places or [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: ad networks and Armageddon
The 40th installment of Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Transparent RE. Get the word on real estate ad networks, how some real estate bloggers ar [...]
More than you ever wanted to know about Chicago zoning now online
Lots of terrific blog ideas fall by the wayside as their part-time operators are crushed under the weight of their ambitious volunteerism, but we ho [...]
Want to make this Morgan Park owner move?
Zillow allows owners to advertise a "make me move" price without actually placing their home on the market.
One Morgan Park homeowner, at 2319 W 109t [...]
3-D models on Google Earth
You're looking at a 3-D view of Harbor Point on Google Earth.
If you have Google Earth 4 (and if you don't you should) you can download and view 3- [...]
Police blog offers glimpse of old public housing woes
Yes, the Chicago Police Department has a blog. "Checkerboard Chat: Of the Police...By the Police...For the Police" makes for addictive reading, esp [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: first international edition
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is a first-ever international edition, hosted by London's very own Renthusiast. Find out why property in Morocco i [...]
Pardon our dust – Yo design improvements coming this weekend
We've been working hard at the Yo during the last year to bring you the biggest, bestest, funnest site devoted to Chicago housing and neighborhoods on [...]
Chicago Chick is moving out of Chicago
Blogger Chicago Chick is trying to move from her Bucktown condo to the northern suburbs, causing her no small amount of anxiety. We wish her well - t [...]