Ripped from the headlines: cost of renting vs. owning on the rise in Chicago
Gap between rent and home payments narrows Crain's
New plan for Farwell Building Trib
NJ firm plans condo tower in Hyde Park Crain's
"Endangered" [...]
Bringing Realtors together, one nabe at a time
The Yo caught up with Deena Zimmerman of Metro Chicago Real Estate during last week's broker / agent development tour through Evanston. Zimmerman, wh [...]
Andersonville deli (and neighborhood institution) moving south
Strolling along Clark Street in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood on Sunday, we gasped in horror at the sight of an empty storefront at 5247 N Cl [...]
We like to watch: inside North Center condo
Whether it's in North Center or Northcenter is anybody's guess, but we thought this third-floor condo at 4020 N Damen Ave was worth taking a look a [...]
Winthrop Club, green condos, Evanston, IL
An overview of this new high-rise development in downtown Evanston. [...]
Asbury Ridge, luxury residences, Evanston, IL
The grand mansion of George B. Dryden, on Ridge Ave in Evanston, has been transformed into luxury condos. [...]
Realtor tours
These tours bring city and suburban Realtors together to learn about a neighborhood, according to Deena Zimmerman of Metro Chicago Real Estate Magazi [...]
Comment of the day: sick about South Loop condos
Our post on Coliseum Park Condominiums had Sam retching: "This thing truly looks like it could be located in just about any schlocky suburb - and it's [...]
Name the nabe of the little pink house
We realize there are probably hundreds of pink houses in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, but we still want to know: what neighborhood is this [...]
Aqua construction underway in Lakeshore East
If watching architect Jeanne Gang discuss her design for Aqua didn't get you fired up about the 80-story tower, perhaps seeing that honest-to-goodne [...]
Crain's weighs in on "real estate porn" addicts
Web sites like www.zillow.com and www.gardenweb.com appeal to our baser selves, or so says a story in the March 5 issue of Crain's Chicago Business: t [...]
Fairmont Chicago drops its hotel condo element
Fairmont Chicago, the hotel just north of Millennium Park, at the end of February dropped plans to sell 88 units as hotel condominiums, Yo learned tod [...]
Carnival Mondays: stinky homes don't sell
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Salt Lake Real Estate Blog. Stop by to see the homes of the future, read a first-person account of an [...]
Quote of the day: problem solving, Natarus style
"I also enjoyed solving people's problems, even though they didn't like the way I solved them."
- Outgoing alderman and self-proclaimed "No. 1 has-be [...]
Ripped from the headlines: no more dorms for DePaul upperclassmen
Not much left on the sub-prime lending menu Mortgage Reports
All juniors and seniors no longer eligible for campus housing DePaulia
Plans underwa [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Lombard: Blurred boundaries-- new urbanism in suburban Lombard
Old Irving: O [...]
Designing your week: celebrating Frank Lloyd Wright's mom
YoChicago's architecture journal, City spaces, city places, brings you another week of architecture events in Chicago. Feel free to add events for the [...]
Ripped from the headlines
New York buildings close the door on open houses NY Times
Federal regulators focus on subprime lenders Trib
Are home builders out of the basement [...]
We like to watch: inside RiverView penthouse
The 32nd-floor penthouse at MCL Companies' RiverView might be more aptly called the LakeRiverCityPierView. The centerpiece of this duplex penthous [...]