Delving into a developer's public records
How can you get the straight dope about the people behind a development? Before you believe everything you read from anonymous commenters, take some t [...]
Quote of the day: Race and real estate
Today's quote comes from historian Beryl Satter, author of the new book Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban Amer [...]
WBEZ: City's urban design and planning director says slump can be good for planning
Chicago Public Radio ran a feature story this morning on the state of Chicago's downtown condo market titled, "The Big Chill: Chicago’s Condo Market I [...]
How tweet it is: YoChicago is now on Twitter
For all the tweeps, tweeples and twitterholics out there: You now have one more way of following YoChicago, because we're now on Twitter.
We've decid [...]
New to New Home Notebook in 2009
We read a lot of stories these days about the lack of financing and demand for new construction, but developers have announced fair number of pr [...]
Quote of the day: Gauging buyer confidence
"Given the decline in housing prices and the decline in interest rates, housing is much more affordable than a year ago and we still don't see people [...]
Why own at Mod when you can rent?
Okay, that's a deceptive headline, because it implies you actually have a choice. Sources at Chicago Graystone Realty and Jameson Real Estate both c [...]
Quotes of the day: Architects looking inward
In his latest entry to the Trib's Skyline blog, Blair Kamin writes that with the number of new building projects dwindling, Chicago architects suddenl [...]
Why starchitects aren't embracing green design
Do green buildings look worse than their carbon-emitting counterparts? That's what art critic Kriston Capps argues in an article appearing in The Amer [...]
Just say no to no-condos.com
Google serves up ads on our site from a variety of sources, some of them great businesses, some of them borderline sleazy, some beyond the pale.
Of l [...]
Sacred cow no more? Budget proposal curtails mortgage interest deduction
Just days after winning a major legislative victory in the stimulus package, the housing industry lobby machine is cranking up again — this time to op [...]
Schlect's Shingle-style single-family: Is it a Schock, or just plain schlock?
More than a couple years ago, Joe put together a set of 120 pictures from the Austin Historic District, a landmark district that lies both north and [...]
Quote of the day: walkable neighborhood a luxury good for rich people
... a walkable neighborhood, or an entirely walkable city like Manhattan, is a luxury good for rich people ... and not an affordable alternative for r [...]