Kenilworth homes sell after steep price cuts
One of our local correspondents, Prudential Rubloff's Taylor Lindstrom, recently checked in with a report on home sales in Kenilworth. Read the full [...]
Seeing signs of life in Winnetka's $2M to $4M market
Linda Martin is seeing strong activity on the North Shore this spring, even at price points near $4 million, with many of buyers making cash offers. [...]
Homeward Bound, North Shore
Judging by the number of Lincoln Parkers I've met at Wilmette and Winnetka open houses recently, some of you are pursuing a move north.
We recently [...]
A fabulous master suite in Wilmette
Wilmette's Indian Hill Estates is a 170-acre subdivision planned by architect Philip Maher in the 1920s. The area was mostly built in the 1950s and [...]
Shark bites: Top reductions in Winnetka
Matt Garrison's ShoreShark.com tracks price reductions, short sales, and foreclosures in eight northern suburbs: Deerfield, Glencoe, Glenview, Highl [...]
Living inside the Mallinckrodt College chapel
One of the most distinctive living spaces at Mallinckrodt in the Park is a converted chapel that maintains its old pillars, archways, and high ceili [...]
A Mallinckrodt condo with the feel of a home
The model condo at Wilmette's Mallinckrodt in the Park senior living development is a two-bedroom unit with 1,900 square feet. As Joe Zekas notes mo [...]
From college to condos: A trip to Mallinckrodt in the Park in Wilmette
The old Mallinckrodt College building at 1041 Ridge Rd has been a fixture in Wilmette and the North Shore for almost a century. The 180,000 square-f [...]
From the vault: Rezko's residence and the CAGE of East Wilmette
Now that Tony Rezko's East Wilmette home is on the market, it's time to revisit this video from the YoNorthShore archive: a drive down Chestnut Aven [...]
A walk-to-train home in Wilmette
With 3,100 square feet, three stories, five bedrooms, and 4.5 baths, the renovated single-family home at 1418 Elmwood Ave in Wilmette represents "a [...]
Shark bites: Top five North Shore discounts
Matt Garrison's CondoShark.com tracks the biggest discounts on homes in seven Chicago neighborhoods and eight suburbs. This morning I browsed the su [...]
The buyers were out in Wilmette today
Earlier this afternoon I spent over an hour at a newly-listed home at 1418 Elmwood Ave in Wilmette.
Cliff Breslow and Linda Martin of Coldwell Bank [...]
An award-winning “ultimate kitchen” in Winnetka
Last Sunday I stopped by 322 Chestnut to visit Coldwell Banker’s Linda Martin, who was hosting the first public open house at the home, which is lis [...]
From the video vault: Wilmette's Christmas house
In 2006 Joe Zekas trained his video camera on one of Wilmette's favorite Christmas traditions, the Warren A. Perkins Memorial Christmas Display.
Al [...]
Where to shop for wine in Evanston
This post doesn't signal an expansion of YoChicago's coverage. It's simply shameless plugs for a family friend and a new venture from our company. Fam [...]
Shark bites: 45 percent off in Kenilworth
When you sink underwater, the ShoreShark's sure to get you!
Earlier this week, we pulled a few quotes from a Bloomberg article about the rise of de [...]
Inside a Seyfarth "fun room" in Glencoe
So indoor swimming isn't your top priority. How about some half-court hoops? The buyers of this Robert Seyfarth-designed home at 600 Sheridan Rd in [...]
Sunday open house – a Seyfarth home in Glencoe
Some homes make a strong impression on you while leaving you fumbling for le mot juste to describe them. Coldwell Banker's Maureen Mohling summed up [...]
Awaiting a wave of North Shore foreclosures?
A recurring meme among some North Shore real estate agents of late has been concern about the impact of what they view as a pending wave of foreclos [...]
Lake Forest remembers Veterans Day
The flag was flying at half staff today outside Lake Forest's City Hall, and scores of flags lined Deerpath Rd, lest we forget.
At The Glen Town [...]