Chicago neighborhood name game: Chrysler Village to follow Pluto?
You go to bed one night in a solar system with nine planets and you wake up in one with eight. All seems a little arbitrary, no? Well fans of Pluto (t [...]
Chicago's priciest pads have views of the lake, Millennium Park, but not the queen
Forbes.com has released its annual list of the 10 most expensive homes in the world, and -- no surprise here -- Chicago is nowhere to be found. Our pr [...]
Trump trumped by The Ritz
There's a new leader in the "My luxury condo project is pricier than yours" contest. The average price-per-square-foot at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, [...]
Bring the bucks if you want a new single-family home or townhome in Chicago
Finding an affordably priced new single-family home or townhome in Chicago is difficult, but not impossible.
"As a devoted White Sox fan, Dawn Melc [...]
Can quaint Northbrook retain its charm despite growth and inevitable teardowns?
In the September issue of New Homes Magazine, Yo's own Michael Austin takes a look at the northwest suburb of Northbrook and finds the country's old [...]
Dinner and drama in a mansion
Lookingglass isn't the only place for live theater along the Magnificent Mile.
Just a few steps off Michigan Avenue, at Lawry's The Prime Rib (100 E. [...]
Condos, teardowns and kid-friendly retail as West Lakeview experiences baby boom
West Lakeview is undergoing a baby boom as families pour into the neighborhood, snapping up detached houses and spacious condos.
"High-tech strollers [...]
New condos under construction at "55 and better" community in West Lawn
We'll admit we give those "55 and better" communities a hard time, but the new condos under construction at Midway Village, 6700 S Keating Ave, d [...]
Ivy Hall caps new University Village, adding housing to the mix
Construction is underway at Ivy Hall, the third and final phase of the 68-acre mixed-use community University Village, located adjacent to UIC on th [...]
Kid stuff
Story by Alison Soltau | Photography by Marc PoKempnerÂ
Baby boom follows condo boom in West Lakeview neighborhoods
The Baby Jogger puts many s [...]
Who wants to be a millionaire?
Big bucks help in hunt for new house or townhome, but bargains still exist
As a devoted White Sox fan, Dawn Melchiorre is excited that her family i [...]
A trailer park can be a neighborhood too
Harbour Point Estates? Who knew there was a trailer park - sorry, manufactured housing community - in the city with this name?
Yo didn't until we saw [...]
Saving Northbrook
Can a quaint village retain its charm despite growth and inevitable teardowns?
These days, the old water tower in Northbrook is a clean slate, cons [...]
YoChicago does the Shore
Colorful Web site fills online void, covering North Shore housing, neighborhoods
Illinois has three ZIP codes where the median price of a home is m [...]
Exotic mortgages are "time bombs" for moderate-income homebuyers
With mortgage interest rates on the rise, it's becoming more of a financial struggle for cash-strapped Americans to step across the threshold of a n [...]
Sales still strong as downtown condo building continues at record levels
The pace of condominium development in downtown Chicago continues at record levels, and despite rumblings about softening demand, sales of new units [...]
Don't rely on city to ensure quality of construction on your new house or condo
In a way, the function of the home inspector is to confirm that the price being paid for a property makes sense based on its condition. Home inspecto [...]
Maxwell Street makeover
Ivy Hall caps new University Village, adding houses to mix
During the past five years the historic Maxwell Street neighborhood has gone from a strip [...]
Modern values
CMK's 1720 S. Michigan combines cutting-edge look, low prices in South Loop
Homebuyers often associate cutting-edge design with high prices, but CMK [...]
New timber lofts
Grand Timber Lofts has been around for a while, but it's new to me, and it's intriguing - new construction timber lofts with twelve-foot ceilings. Are [...]