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Introducing Lyonhart Group's Sheffield Condo Living

Introducing Lyonhart Group's Sheffield Condo Living

You can't get a much more awkward name for a development than Sheffield Condo Living, but the vintage courtyard building at 3808 N Sheffield Ave is [...]
Contemporary high-rise Carroll Place slated for Evanston

Contemporary high-rise Carroll Place slated for Evanston

Opportunities to enhance the Evanston skyline don't come along every day; the city is small and a number of developers have already honed in on some o [...]
Suburban single-family home has 70-acre yard

Suburban single-family home has 70-acre yard

In response to our post on a super-sized Lake View house going for just less than $3 million, Yo reader anon commented, "For that kind of money, I w [...]

Ladies' Lingerie in Boystown

The heterosexual males out there who thought there would never be a good reason to venture into Boystown...well, there's a reason all of a sudden. On [...]
Lake View single-family home towers above neighbors

Lake View single-family home towers above neighbors

We've seen super-sized single-family homes all over the city, but we still did a double take when we first saw this new single-family whopper at 361 [...]
Chicago Shangri-La investigated over hotel condo marketing

Chicago Shangri-La investigated over hotel condo marketing

Oops. Somebody at the Shangri-La Hotel (at Waterview Tower) allegedly was silly enough to give buyers marketing materials projecting the investment p [...]
Lights, camera, lofts at Larchmont Lofts

Lights, camera, lofts at Larchmont Lofts

More lofty tales for the history buffs: Behind the rather pedestrian name of Larchmont Lofts lies an interesting history, and the developer that conve [...]
The first-time buyer: What's the deal with Logan Square?

The first-time buyer: What's the deal with Logan Square?

So I'm sitting on the bus this morning fantasizing about buying an affordable brick home in a neighborhood like Logan Square when I glance at my RedEy [...]
Construction update: Lake View's Park View East

Construction update: Lake View's Park View East

Sedgwick Properties' Park View East may not exactly be a new icon on the skyline, but, at 17 stories, it's the tallest building under construction [...]

The Chicago Real Estate Local

Eric Rojas (one of our frequent commenters of late) has been writing one of Chicago's better real estate blogs - The Chicago Real Estate Local. He's [...]

Mortgage fraud – the new street hustle

If you missed the Chicago Tribune's recent multimedia report on mortgage fraud, you missed some great reporting. The Trib's multi-part story highligh [...]

How can this be a great time to buy AND sell a home?

We recently wondered why the National Association of Realtors had to launch an ad campaign informing consumers that now is a great time to buy a home. [...]
Post card from Irving Park Road: Loft building once housed famous post card company

Post card from Irving Park Road: Loft building once housed famous post card company

Greetings from Tucumcari, New Mexico. As we've been creating our Chicago loft guide, we've come across another building with an interesting history, [...]

Will someone tell Joe Aldeguer to shut up?

If you listen to WBBM-AM you've heard his hyper-annoying commercials for The Mortgage Exchange. (No link - you ought not go there.) He's the guy &#82 [...]

Two different Web sites for Lincoln Park 2520 development

We stumbled across a Web site this morning about the Lincoln Park 2520 development which had us a little puzzled. The name of the Web site is Lincoln [...]

New Bucktown restaurant Il Covo

In the block of Damen Avenue just south of where the expressway crosses overhead, a new restaurant called Il Covo (2152 N. Damen, 773-862-5555) is tur [...]

Edgewater journal: car rides from strangers

Hayley over at our Edgewater journal tells a charming tale about how befriending a neighbor enriched her life and caused her to reflect on the not-so- [...]

Ald Helen Shiller stars in new Uptown video

Alderman Helen Shiller is the star of a YouTube video over at the blog What the Helen? The video, set to the soundtrack of Social Distortion's Take Aw [...]

The first-time buyer: Brick vs frame

Hi again. I've always been a sucker for frame houses but as I continue my search for a home, everyone is urging me to consider brick. Then today, the [...]
Chicago open house: The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection

Chicago open house: The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection

We thought we had headed into the real estate sleepy season, but apparently not. A few developers are opening their sales doors hoping for a little a [...]
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