70,000 beer cans probably means no return of the security deposit
Does thinking of the previous tenants who have lived in your place give you the creeps? Just be grateful you didn't move in after this guy, who during [...]
Visit an open house and score Cubs tickets
Coldwell Banker is giving away hundreds of tickets to the Cubs / Astros game on June 15th at 1:20 p.m.
To win all you need to do is sign in at one of [...]
Historic district residents parry with LaGrange over new high-rise
The Tribune reported today that residents near the Prairie Avenue historic district are complaining about plans for a development that will include tw [...]
The first-time buyer: the hippie commune
So once I'd decided that I wanted to buy a home in Rogers Park (I fully support efforts to re-brand it as 'The RP,' by the way), I took a look at a fe [...]
Cars near The Residences at The Vic duck for cover
If you pass by The Residences at The Vic today, it'll be hard to miss the line of cars parked nearby, that are under wraps, covered in brown cloth. [...]
Yuppie-on-yuppie vandalism breaks out in Lake View
Apparently not everyone is happy about the new condo developments at 653 W Barry Ave (click on image to view one resident's handiwork) and next door [...]
Chicago rent barometer: the elusive five-bedroom apartment
We're always fascinated when we find a listing for a five-bedroom simplex or duplex apartment. When most renters pass the four-bedroom barrier they're [...]
Drive-by: Optima Old Orchard Woods shaping up nicely
If you drive the Edens Expressway with any regularity, the Optima project at Old Orchard Road is an ever larger presence in your consciousness, and [...]
Park View Place tells it like it is
With our recent speculation that the real investment properties are to be had south of the Loop, we couldn't help but notice the sign at Park View P [...]
The smart money's on Woodlawn
Why is anyone bothering to buy investment properties or even homes they hope to make some money on, on the North Side these days? Ever since real esta [...]
Work in progress: Noble Corners brings the funk
It may not look like much now, but we can't wait to see the realization of Garafalo Architects' funky contemporary design for Noble Corners, located [...]
Separated at birth: City Lights wisely focused on views
DeStefano Development's City Lights, at 740 N Milwaukee Ave in River West, is nearly identical to its rendering. And while the plain brick mid-rise [...]
A Wilmette teardown tour de force
Yo has the most extensive set of teardown photos ever assembled for a north shore suburb — Wilmette. The home pictured above is under construc [...]
The first-time buyer: shopping for a home in Rogers Park
We probably could have spent more time honing in on a neighborhood in which to buy our first home, but in the end, we gravitated toward Rogers Park. I [...]
Bucktown house says, here's looking at me, Chicago
You don't have to be a voyeur to appreciate the bold exhibitionism of this house in Bucktown. We considered a lame line about people living in glass [...]
Carpenters picket non-union labor at Uptown condo project
It's hard not to notice the new condo building under construction at 4420 N Clark St; scaffolding crawls up the entire face of the five-story brick [...]
Saving graystones, building homes in North Lawndale
The Chicago Tribune made North Lawndale the poster neighborhood for urban blight back in 1985 with its "American Millstone" series, and despite at l [...]
The Fordham Company to purchase Fordham Spire site
The Fordham Company is planning to close on the purchase of the lakefront Streeterville property slated for Fordham Spire later this month, according [...]
Riverrun past Michigan and Wacker, from bridgehouse museum to River Bend
The Chicago Tribune today reports on the Saturday opening of a new Chicago River museum, housed in the bridgehouse at the southwest corner of the Mich [...]
Fletcher Row townhome development opens sales
This is Fletcher Row, a new development of 20 townhomes on Fletcher Street at Campbell Street, which opens sales this weekend. The homes are priced fr [...]