Renaissance Lofts watch – another unhappy owner
A search on Kopley Group at YoChicago will quickly lead you to comment threads reflecting the plight of Kevin Black and the early buyers at Renaissanc [...]
Rollin' in the 2-5, a Lincoln Square video
Hat tip to Chicagoist for calling our attention to one of the best neighborhood videos ever in Chicago. [...]
Riding the rails: Homes for sale near the nationally registered Argyle Street corridor
Some call it "New Chinatown," others stick to "Argyle Street." Either way, small stretch of Argyle between Broadway and Sheridan Road has long been [...]
Riding the rails: $575,000 for an "exquisite" Painted Lady on Jarvis Avenue
Walk a block west from the Red Line's Jarvis station or a block east from Touhy Park and you'll find this turn-of-the-century Victorian home done up [...]
Riding the rails: An upgraded resale competing against new homes at Renaissance Lofts
Grab your Chicago Card -- we're going on a ride down the Red Line! In the coming weeks, I'm going to single out a home for sale near each of the Re [...]
The daily news: Hear back in three weeks or less about Uptown short sale
Is everyone figuring out this short sale business? Several Realtors have bragged to me this year about their easy short sales, and none have shared [...]
Feeling more pain in West Ridge
Last month, following a tip from Matt Garrison, we took a look at the "devastated" condo conversion market around Devon and Western avenues in West [...]
Quick hits: Moore supports Rogers Park proposal; Ravenswood residents give OK to Sears lot redevelopment
Two short updates on stories we've discussed recently:
Ald. Joe Moore will support a zoning change that will allow construction of mixed-use devel [...]
Howard Street: Wild, wooly, bleak, and bleary
From Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily, June 24, 2009:
A pioneering effort to develop a 221-unit apartment building on the scruffy border of Evanst [...]
Market watch: "News" from the Far North
The following are just three of the new properties on the Far North side of town (the area north of Irving Park Road and east of Western Avenue) tha [...]
Talks continue on Rogers Park proposal
Developers Richard Aronson and Scott Sinar will present the latest revisions of their proposed mixed-use building in Rogers Park at a community mee [...]
Could the old Edgewater Medical Center become "Edgewater Park"?
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According to our social media manager Tony Ham, several Edgewater residents are promoting the idea of converting the defunct Edgewate [...]
Focusing on East Ravenswood and Lakewood Balmoral: two mini-nabe market updates
Looking for some neighborhood-specific insights into the market? Prudential Rubloff's Anne Rossley has devoted a couple of posts at her Living Well in [...]
The past six months: Recent sales at 2930 Sheridan Tower
Sometimes it's fun to single out an address just to see what's moving and for how much, regardless of whether the homes are developer-owned or resales [...]
Special financing available for a new townhome on Winnemac Park
Snowy days must be a bummer for Realtors, especially when they come after a week of sunny, walkable weather. On a good day, the new townhome at 2130 [...]
The funky heart of Rogers Park
How does Rogers Park, a neighborhood on the northern edge of Chicago, stay funky? The secret is geography. The area lies beyond the end of Lake S [...]
Million-dollar living on Castlewood Terrace
Representing the high end of Margate Park homes during Sunday's open house event was the three-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home at 920 W Castle [...]
A drive through Uptown's Margate Park
On Sunday more than 20 agents hosted 40 open houses in Margate Park, the area of Uptown bounded by Lawrence and Foster avenues, Sheridan Road, and L [...]
Edgewater and Rogers Park – A long, long time before the dawn
Edgewater condominiums sold for an average of $76,000 in 1979. During 1991 and the first six months of 1992 they sold for an average of $56,570.
In [...]
A three-bedroom on a quiet Edgewater street
Joe Zekas and Tina Culver of Sergio & Banks recently toured this three-bedroom condo at 1243 W Rosemont Ave, an address that puts buyers on a quiet [...]