Crain's: Lender takes over Lexington Park Condominiums
Lexington Park Condominiums, 2138 S Indiana Ave, is now "the city’s biggest condo tower to be taken over by its lender in the current housing crisis," [...]
Name the nabe where the wild beasts roam
Where in Chicago can you find these prehistoric pals? Be the first to name the correct neighborhood in the comments below and win a YoChicago yo-yo. [...]
Why Janet bought a 600 Lake Shore Drive condo
Many real estate developers are virtual recluses when they're on site at one of their projects. They go out of their way to remain unknown to home b [...]
The nearly news: Revisiting 30 West Oak
Buyers haven't had many chances to pick up a home at 30 West Oak in the Gold Coast since construction wrapped in 2007. Three homes in Smithfield's Boo [...]
Walton on the Park: Ready to go
Closings should begin at Walton on the Park, 2 W Delaware Pl, in early June, according to the sales associate manning the building's on-site sales cen [...]
A new angle on Ten East Delaware
Wait a second -- how was I able to look down on Ten East Delaware? Could it be that I finally made my way into Walton on the Park? (Could it be tha [...]
The South Loop's $10,000 rental
If the $10,000-a-month price tag for a South Loop rental left you gobsmacked, you're not alone. I see those rates in the Gold Coast and in high-prof [...]
Glut check: South Loop, by the numbers
See that? That's the 60605 ZIP code, a region stretching from the Museum Campus to the Chicago River and from Van Buren to 16th Street, with an occa [...]
New cut takes University Village single-family 28 percent below '07 sale price
A single-family at 1454 S Emerald Ave, featured around the midpoint of this recent University Village tour video with Realtor Gary Lucido, is now av [...]
Promotions from the past: Walton on the Park
It's time once again to open the file cabinets and dust off another set of promotional materials for a luxury high-rise. This month we're featuring [...]
Need some space? Parking up for auction at three CMK towers
Looking for a place to park in River North or the South Loop? Millennium Properties on Saturday, May 22 (that's tomorrow!) will auction off 25 garage [...]
For landmarked Prairie Avenue listing, pictures speak louder than words
Fred Scovell of Keller Williams Realty - West Loop included 16 great photos with his listing for the mansion at 2801 S Prairie Ave on the Near Sou [...]
Shining a light on the "shadow budget": Chicago Reader talks about TIF
In this week's Chicago Reader, Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky try to unravel the mysteries of the city's TIF funds. Dumke and Sam Adams posted a compani [...]
Waitin' on the Ritz
Yo reader Bob sent along his view into the Ritz-Carlton Residences site at 664 N Michigan Ave after reading yesterday's pricing update. More clutter [...]
Southport-area "stunner" gets $200,000 cut, but it’s still not a steal
The cost of this single-family home at 3804 N Janssen Ave just dropped by $200,000, which might mean more if it weren't so expensive to begin with [...]
From the field: It's a short sale world
First off, remember that you're going to be working with someone in hardship, someone who's probably going through a very hard time emotionally. You h [...]
From the vault: Kass and the castle
News that Rudy Acosta's infamous castle on the Kennedy is on the market had us digging back into the Tribune's video archives for this gem: columnis [...]
Deal of the day: Discounts upon discounts on Edgebrook Glen and Mayfair Crossing homes
CA Development is promoting a...wait for it..."a-MAY-zing Savings Sale" this month in which all nine existing single-families at Edgebrook Glen in F [...]
Today's news: $250,000 off a Columbia Place townhome in Lake View
CondoShark has the week off, but a home like this would surely make its Lake View list. Today's new listing is 2849 N Hermitage Ave #24, a Columbia Pl [...]
From the field: They loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly (Chicago, that is)
A Realtor who keeps an eye on these kinds of things mentioned to me yesterday that he saw "a surprising amount" of activity in the Far South neighbo [...]