A peek inside The Brixton Group's C/A 23
Last fall, we showed you floor plans and renderings of The Brixton Group's C/A 23, a five-story condo building planned in the West Loop. Here are a [...]
A Pill Hill back yard
It's scenes like this that make me think: you should spend more time in the office.
Anyone able to guess what this is about? My best guess - Irishp [...]
First price slide ever predicted: NAR
The National Association of Realtors has never before predicted or reported a year-over-year price decline in existing homes. Until this news release. [...]
Comment of the day: props for Beverly
Our photos of the area surrounding the 95th Street / Beverly Hills Metra Station drew plaudits from fans of Chicago's Beverly neighborhood. Levois wro [...]
Decaying Wrigley will make or break neighborhood
Hours after news broke that Sam Zell would take the helm at the Chicago Tribune, speculation began that the real estate mogul would sell the Cubs but [...]
We like to watch: Another Lincoln Park single-family for less than $1M
Yesterday, we showed you a single-family house in Lincoln Park selling for less than $1 million. Today, we were surprised to find another one, a fo [...]
Quote of the day: affordable housing for the few
"If the mayor's ordinance were to pass right now as is, there is only one ward in the city - the 43rd - where the average household - with a median [...]
Gold Coast mansion sells for $14.5M in 2006
Chicago Agent magazine recently published a recap of the Study Study of Residential Real Estate, an annual report from Rubloff Residential Propertie [...]
A drive through North Kenwood
I truly do not understand why anyone wants to watch a video that's nothing more than a guy who has only a superficial knowledge of a neighborhood dr [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Daley pressured on affordable set-asides
Supporters push affordable housing set-asides Booster
CTA plans for moving Red Line south Trib
RTA needs funding boost Evanston Roundtable
Boomi [...]
Scenes near 95th St / Beverly Hills Metra station
A rash of recent comments about the East Beverly area inspired us to take some shots of the blocks surrounding the Metra station at West 95th Street [...]
A new Metropolis: retail, residential proposed in Bronzeville area
A pair of curvilinear glass-and-steel buildings would join the vintage greystones and brick low-rises in the Bronzeville area on the Chicago's mid-S [...]
How to pick a good home inspector
First, rule out anyone a real estate agent recommends, says Tom Corbett of Tomacor.
Corbett, a columnist for our New Homes Magazine, offers you a d [...]
How to pick a good home inspector
Tom Corbett of Tomacor talks about how to go about picking a good home inspector - and how to avoid a bad one.
Tip: avoid the ones your real estat [...]
From sainted lady to painted lady
Who said "nostalgia ain't what it used to be?" Whoever.
Several of our recent posts have inspired inspired reminiscences, and sent me hurtling down [...]
Jazz on the Boulevard, North Kenwood
The Thrush Companies' Jazz on the Boulevard is one of the mixed-income projects that's creating a new level of confidence in the revitalization of t [...]
Shopping in Woodlawn could make you an NPR star
If you're shopping for a place to live in Woodlawn, the producers of Eight-Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio's highly-regarded segment, might be inter [...]
Name the nabe of this ornate facade
We don't know the backstory on this building, just that it's got the kind of ornate detailing that would make a preservationist proud. The first pe [...]
"Urban Sandbox" development has actual sandboxes
When we posted a rendering of Urban Sandbox, eight single-family houses from Ranquist Development and JODI Development, quite a few Yo readers leapt [...]
We like to watch: Single-family home for less than $1M in Lincoln Park
Granted, it's on the small side, and it's a good trek from the lake, but this three-bedroom 2.5-bath single-family home at 2737 N Bosworth Ave proba [...]