The Edge offers 18-month rate lock
Responding to rising interest rates, Conversion Marketing and Management, Inc. is offering buyers an 18-month interest rate lock program at the Edge L [...]
A Grand view
Grand on Grand offers top views in hot River North location
When Sutherland Pearsall Development Corporation acquired the northwest corner of Grand a [...]
Roll on Columbia
JDL builds new homes, neighborhood in prime pocket
For more than a half century, the intersection of North Paulina Street and West Diversey Parkway m [...]
Shady repair people can hurt more than your pocketbook
After twenty years of inspecting residential property in Chicago, I have witnessed some bizarre attempts at home repairs. The most unorthodox of these [...]
Better hurry to buy or refinance, home-loan rates are rising again
If you are planning to buy a home this spring, better hurry. With home-loan rates nearing 6 percent, it appears that the best mortgage deals since the [...]
Thrush to build 2nd West Loop project
The Thrush Companies has hired Garrison Partners to market its 740 Fulton development and is working with the development consultant on another West L [...]
@ Properties opens Lincoln Park office
At Properties, one of the city's fastest growing residential brokerages, has opened a new Lincoln Park office, the company's fourth in Chicago.
The 6, [...]
Mortgage rates continue to rise
Continuing a nearly two-month climb, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.12 percent this week, up from last week's average of 6.01 percent, [...]
IL House approves tax relief plan
The Illinois House has approved a measure that could put the breaks on property taxes in communities with rapidly rising home prices. Under the bill, [...]
Concord breaks ground on Parc Chestnut
Concord Homes has started demolition of the former American Linen Building at the corner of Franklin and Institute to make way for the Parc Chestnut, [...]
Lake Park Crescent to deliver 1st units
Developer Draper and Kramer will begin delivering the first of 148 rental apartments in June at Lake Park Crescent, a 490-unit mixed-income developmen [...]
Concord offers $35,000 rowhome incentive
Concord Homes is offering up to $35,000 in incentives for buyers who purchase a townhouse at Concord at Jefferson Park on the Northwest Side. The deve [...]
Westhaven Park opens model apartment
Brinshore Development and the Michaels Development Company have opened a furnished apartment model at the 155-unit rental phase of Westhaven Park, a n [...]
Studio furniture exhibit opens
Function + Art, a nationally recognized gallery specializing in fine craft, studio furniture and glass art, is opening a new exhibition called "Divers [...]
U.S. home sales rise in March
Sales of homes in the U.S. rose sharply in March as buyers nervous about rising interest rates got off the fence to lock in cheap money.
Sales of new [...]
Gammonley Group takes over Prairie House
The Gammonley Group, builder of 1111 S. Wabash, has bought out the Prairie Tower project in the South Loop from Bejco Development. Prairie Tower was t [...]
Dubin opens model at Kilbourn Court
Dubin Residential has opened a decorated model at Kilbourn Court, a new community of 116 townhomes in Kilbourn Park, on the Northwest Side.
Dubin is s [...]
City closer to approving Wal-Mart
A Chicago City Council committee approved a zoning change this week that would allow for the controversial development of a Wal-Mart store on the West [...]
Mortgage rates continue sharp rise
Continuing its upward climb in the face of improving economic news, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage stood at 5.94 percent this week, up from l [...]
IL Senate votes for property tax relief
The state senate has approved a measure that would provide homeowners with temporary property tax relief, following the lead of the Illinois House, wh [...]