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 [...]
BlockWalks: the 1800 block of North Maud Avenue in Lincoln Park
Join Joe Zekas for a BlockWalk down a street he didn't build on. Joe explains:
Back in the early '80s I bought two lots in the 1800 block of Maud [...]
Eight highly upgraded condos available in Roscoe Village
Sam Banks of Sergio & Banks takes Joe Zekas through Ultimate Homes' new construction condos at 2257 W Belmont Ave in Roscoe Village. The development [...]
Lots o' lots ripe for development in Lincoln Park, for the right price
Land prices are down significantly in many parts of the city, but it's not an across-the-board trend -- an oversized lot in Lincoln Park can still s [...]
BlockWalks: The 2000 block of North Seminary Avenue in Lincoln Park / DePaul
In the text summary accompanying this video, Joe Zekas writes:
This is one of my favorite blocks in Chicago. I lived there for nearly eight years, [...]
North Side numbers: Recent sales and prices in seven neighborhoods
The latest set of monthly data on home sales and prices at Redfin dates back to March, which already feels like it was ages ago. Consider this a trip [...]
Magellan spearheading redevelopment of Sears lot in Ravenswood
Almost exactly one year ago, I took a ride around Ravenswood with Realtor Eric Rojas to check in on the neighborhood's residential market. Halfway t [...]
Adapting to a tough condo market
The folks at Sergio & Banks have shown Joe Zekas around several Ultimate Homes condos in recent months, including this one located at 2257 W Belmont [...]
Weighing WalkScores: Roscoe Village or Evanston?
Ask people what characteristic they most value in a city neighborhood and they'll often answer "walkability" or "pedestrian-friendliness." If walkab [...]
Sales update: @properties handling sales for Parkside of Old Town's first phase
With the construction of more public and affordable-housing units just around the corner, @properties has been called in to market the surplus of co [...]
Shark bites: Landmark luxury on Lake Shore
A Lake Shore Drive address in the Gold Coast rarely comes cheap (unless you're buying at auction this weekend, perhaps), but it's especially pricey wh [...]
The mainstreaming of condo auctions
We've seen a number of large-scale auctions at new developments over the past two years -- Vetro, Michigan Avenue Tower II, Motor Row Lofts, Prairie [...]
Rojas on 1Q 2010 sales: buyers "gobble up" condos in Lincoln Park, Lake View
Rubloff agent Eric Rojas recently reviewed first-quarter sales in Lincoln Park and Lake View and found that activity is up significantly in both nei [...]
April auctions: Getting in a bid before the tax credit deadline
Buyers looking to beat the April 30 home buyer tax credit deadline have a few home auction options to consider over the next three weeks. They include [...]
1600 North Claremont: A Bucktown BlockWalk
Like Joe, I picked one of the streets I know best for my first BlockWalk: the 1600 block of North Claremont Avenue, near the Wicker Park / Bucktown [...]
Just how affordable is affordable housing?
The city and developer Peter Holsten are set to build the next phase of Parkside of Old Town -- a mid-rise with 39 CHA homes, 53 homes for low-inco [...]
Crain's on "the demise of Armitage Avenue"
Today's video from Crain's Chicago Business focuses on how Armitage Avenue between Halsted Street and Racine Avenue, once "the best boutque, cute re [...]
BlockWalks, 2300 North Cleveland in Lincoln Park
With this video we're launching a new feature: BlockWalks, a simple video tour of a single Chicago or suburban block.
For many Chicagoans the block [...]
Lincoln Park's highest real estate tax bills
The top residential tax bill in Lincoln Park: $76,405.55. As you might expect, the 1800 and 1900 blocks of Orchard, Burling and Howe are well repre [...]
Lake Shore Drive, north from Lake Point Tower
The second leg of our drive up Lake Shore Drive took us past Lake Point Tower and into Chicago's North Side, where the wall of high-rises lining the [...]