7/27/12
We folded our New Homes Magazine several years ago, but still enjoy looking back on some of the lengthier stories we published about Chicago...
6/2/12
It could be just a case of a spring market up-tick, but a number of neighborhoods have seen the inventory of available homes drop...
5/11/12
It’s been almost exactly three years since we received word that Kimball Station, a 59-unit condo development in Albany Park, had converted to rentals....
2/29/12
Noah Properties is best known for its rapidly-selling stylish new homes and condos, but the company has begun building new rental properties with condo-quality...
11/22/11
The last time I wrote for YoChicago, I highlighted several neighborhoods whose sellers were holding out for a higher price — in other words,...
7/20/11
Prudential Rubloff’s Eric Rojas called our attention to a spacious duplex down at the Confetti Place condo that’s not yet in the MLS. The...
4/19/11
Today’s deal from Chicago Rentals Direct is an updated two-bedroom / one-bath apartment in Albany Park, priced at $1,025 a month. The apartment, located...
3/4/11
There’s one part of the real estate business that’s experiencing boom times: renting construction fencing. It’s a business that may have become wildly profitable,...
3/2/11
The Albany Park condominium market has heretofore been fairly stable compared to its peers, but suffered a steep drop in sales velocity and median...
2/11/11
A new Mayoral Candidates Brief (PDF) issued by LISC/Chicago‘s New Communities Program identifies 34 projects and programs throughout the city “that can provide the...
2/4/11
By sheer coincidence I’ve received links to two wildly different depictions of old-school Albany Park in less than 12 hours. Between them, you can...
1/31/11
The Northwest Side neighborhood of Ravenswood Manor was the site of at least 14 single-family home sales in 2010, but right now has very...
1/5/11
Over the past decade, Albany Park’s white, black, and Hispanic populations all grew by modest amounts, yet the community area’s total population dropped by...
8/11/10
Residential construction hasn’t hit a stand-still just yet, not even in a neighborhood like Albany Park. All six condos at 3300 W Lawrence Ave...
6/2/10
The way Alderman Mell’s been talking, you’d be forgiven for thinking Albany Park was a wasteland of board-ups and junkies these days. Using this...
5/28/10
Buyers are coming around on a new-construction six-flat at 3500 W Irving Park Rd on the Irving Park / Albany Park border, where the...
4/19/10
Loran McDonald was the first New Trier kid I met upon arriving at the University of Missouri more than a decade ago. During our...
1/20/10
Here’s a project that’s flown under our radar until now: a new five-story, 45-unit building at the corner of Leland and Kedzie avenues in...