Rich details and green features in a three-bedroom near Andersonville
Homeowners at Ultimate Homes' new six-flat at 4847 N Ashland Ave should save about 25 percent on their utility bills thanks to their homes' green fe [...]
Fresh focus: Land an Uptown rehab with a 2.99% mortgage and no PMI
Paulina Point, located at the corner of Paulina Street and Sunnyside Avenue in Uptown, is one of many properties marketed by Fresh Horizon Realty that [...]
Lakeside living for under $55,000
For $54,900, you can pick up a one-bedroom / one-bath condo less than 500 feet away from the edge of Lincoln Park's northern reaches and just a few [...]
Comment of the day: throwing in the towel at the Renaissance Lofts
I'm still going to post the diary of a first time buyer...have all my emails and notes together, but recently I finally have had enough of this buildi [...]
Renting Rahm's residence
Woe to the tenant who's late with the rent check at this house. The Tribune reports that Rahm Emanuel has rented out his 2,719 square-foot home in Lak [...]
The state of retail in Bucktown
When the biggest gaps in your commercial market are the lack of good hotels and gyms, you know you're in pretty good shape. In the final video from [...]
Catalpa Gardens finds the sweet spot
Catalpa Gardens' recent price reductions, combined with the first-time buyer tax credit and the availability of FHA-insured financing with as little [...]
New construction in an Andersonville alley
In an effort to bring the most and best coverage of real estate in Chicago, we're always cooking up new ideas and, in this case, bringing in new con [...]
Buying and renting in Boys Town
"You would think that everybody's priced out of Boys Town, but the neighborhood is still home to a lot of affordable apartments," @properties agent [...]
Glasser promotes what others "critique"
Magellen Properties President Michael Glasser bought the domain name RogersPark.com fifteen years ago and continues to hone its function. While Roge [...]
Higher vacancy means higher density
Last week we read headlines about the extended downturn in the national rental market. Michael Glasser, founder of the Rogers Park Builders Group an [...]
When Rogers Park was a dirty word
Michael Glasser of Magellen Properties was one of the founding members of the Rogers Park Builders Group in the early '90s, when "Rogers Park was a [...]
The nearly news: a Rogers Park garden
Last weekend while touring Rogers Park open houses, I found this two-bedroom / one-bath condo resale that was completely rehabbed a year ago. Unit G [...]
The most important thing: Renting to own in Rogers Park
A few years ago there was a lot of development here, conversions. Some buildings were fully gutted with new electrical and plumbing, others, with the [...]
Customize a condo at West Sherwin Place
This weekend I took a look at some rehabbed condos at Baird & Warner's West Sherwin Place in Rogers Park. A sign out front exclaims "60% Sold!" [...]
Floor plan faceoff: lakeside living in two Rogers Park two-bedrooms
Turn east off of Sheridan in Rogers Park and you'll quickly run out of road, as just about every street cul-de-sacs at the edge of a beach or a lak [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Peterson Park
One of the oddest facts about the Peterson Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side is that that the 24-acre Peterson Park doesn't actually lie [...]
Name the nabe of the bookworm's nook
Where in Chicago can you curl up with a classic inside this scooped-out space? Be the first to name the neighborhood in the comments section below a [...]
Making the two-bedroom / two-bath scene: Low to high in Edgewater
After looking at the lows, middles, and highs in Lake View and Uptown, we finally get to Edgewater, where dozens of two-bedroom / two-bath condos ra [...]
Making the two-bedroom / two-bath scene: Low to high in Uptown
Yesterday I started a three-part look at the two-bedroom / two-bath market in three lakeside communities on the North and Far North sides: Lake View, [...]