Valley Lo, lakefront living in Glenview
YoChicago has a huge library of drive-around video shot on sunny days this past summer in north suburban and North Shore communities. I just tappe [...]
Another out-of-body experience in Northbrook
If you set out to find the heart of Chicago’s North Shore you wouldn’t look for it in Northbrook.
Northbrook is an affluent, attractive communi [...]
Underwater sellers at Optima Old Orchard Woods
Optima Old Orchard Woods is seeing some of the sharp price drops that have plagued suburban condo developments in recent years.
There are curre [...]
Overcrowded schools in Glenview
School overcrowding is usually associated with rapidly-growing suburbs on the urban periphery.
It’s also a fact of life in some of Chicago’s n [...]
New listing bucks price trends at The Glen in Glenview
Several months back I reported, in the above video, on single-family homes at The Glen in Glenview that were languishing on the market at prices b [...]
Niles, a best place to raise kids
A hat tip to Chicagoist’s blatant rewrite of this Pioneer Press article for alerting us to Niles having been named the best place to raise kids in [...]
Triumvera’s HOA from hell
Seeing a new listing at 3700 Capri Ct at Triumvera set me off on a walk down memory lane. The listing states that it’s in Glenview, but it’s actua [...]
Riverwoods, where home prices took a 40% hit
Last July Bill and Sherry Kaplan, long-time friends, took me on a driving tour (video playlist) of Riverwoods, the closest-in approximation of a r [...]
From Albany Park to Lincolnwood?
The visual transition from the City of Chicago to north-suburban Lincolnwood is so subtle that city dwellers often mistake the village for a Chicago n [...]
An affordably-priced 3-bedroom condo in Park Ridge
When Bristol Court was converted to condos in the late 1970s, a partner and I bought two 2-bedroom, 2-bath units there at prices in the low $40s, [...]
One-third of Glenview sales foreclosures
More than 350 homes in affluent north-suburban Glenview are in foreclosure, according to the Village’s Communication’s Director.
And, a local [...]
The vacant home on Castlewood Lane
Several weeks ago Joe Zekas took a video tour down Castlewood Lane in Deerfield, just north of Deerfield Road.
The area has an attractive locat [...]
Toll Brothers, Glenview and CribChatter
Google Analytics tells us that many of our readers also visit CribChatter, and many of their readers visit YoChicago. We have very different appro [...]
Will you have phone service in Des Plaines or Park Ridge?
Many Chicago suburbs have carried on long-running battles with wireless carriers over cell phone towers, dating back to the days of the brain cancer s [...]
5 beds, 3 baths, horrific traffic, in Northbrook
The 5-bedroom, 3 bath home at 15 N Constance Ln in Northbrook is for sale at $269,000, for “land value.” The land value has, at least in the dream [...]
Looking toward a land sale at The Glen
The Glen, a large-scale mixed-use redevelopment of the former Glenview Naval Air Station, has been one of the nation’s most successful development [...]
Jewish businesses head to Skokie after Jews leave
Skokie Patch is suggesting that Skokie is becoming “the new hub of the Jewish business community,” swiping that designation from Chicago’s Rogers [...]
Apartment rental bedbugs infest Glenview
Some of you may be familiar wth my long-standing practice of referring to apartment rental services as maggots.
I’ve decided that reference is unfa [...]
Twenty percent off 20 units at Optima
A few days ago Joe Zekas stopped by Optima Old Orchard Woods in Skokie earlier today to check in with sales manager Eric Richards. Buyer traffic was [...]
Optima offers 20-percent cuts on 20 units
Bob Russell/Rosenthal has lifted his fair share of news from YoChicago over the years, so I don't feel too bad about stealing one story from him in re [...]