Tag: Foreclosures
Is this the best deal ever in North Kenwood?
Five year ago yesterday we briefly noted the 34-unit Drexel Commons condominiums. At the time, units were priced from the $350s to the $380s.
U [...]
Home inventory drops sharply in some Chicago neighborhoods
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 sharply last month. [...]
A visit to the West Loop development deadpool
Five years ago yesterday we were reporting that Thrush Companies was planning an 8-story mixed-use building with 155 1- to 3-bedroom loft-style co [...]
West Loop apartments headed for auction
We last wrote about 1342 W Randolph St back in December of 2008. The building was then in the incomplete state shown in the above photo. Construct [...]
Chicago has fourth-highest foreclosure inventory in nation
CoreLogic has just released its National Foreclosure Report for April (registration required).
According to CoreLogic, Illinois (5.3%) ranked t [...]
Condo price goes off a cliff at The Terrace in Irving Park
Five years ago we reported that a development called The Terrace was offering 24 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath condos in four 6-flats at 3917 – 3935 N Kedzi [...]
New construction on the former site of California Estates
A 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath proposed new construction home has just come on the market at 1820 N California Ave in Logan Square. The list price is $549, [...]
Lincoln Crossing, price destruction on a deal-of-the-day
Five years ago today our "deal of the day" spotlighted Lincoln Crossing, a 35-unit condo development at 5588 N Lincoln Ave in the Budlong Woods ne [...]
North Beach Lofts resell at half of original price
Five years ago today we were reporting that the 43-unit North Beach Lofts, 1225 W Morse Ave, was nearing a sellout, with only four units still availab [...]
CoreLogic calls a bottom on housing prices
CoreLogic has just released its MarketPulse report for May (pdf), based on March 2012 data.
The money quote:
Nationally, the housing mark [...]
Revisiting Roscoe Flats, five years on
Five years ago we were reporting on Roscoe Flats, an 18-unit new construction condo development at 3028 W Roscoe in Avondale.
A model that was [...]
RealtyTrac: Chicago leads the nation in loan defaults, REO properties
RealtyTrac just released its Q1 2012 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, and it doesn't contain good news for the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet me [...]
CoreLogic touts investment returns on single-family home rentals
CoreLogic has just released its April MarketPulse report (pdf), with a raft of statistical data from February and some analytical insights that ar [...]
Distressed sales up sharply in Chicago over 4 years ago
Four years ago in January, 3% of all closed sales in Chicago were lender-owned foreclosures and 1% were short sales.
A short sale, as many of [...]
High hopes and hapless homes in East Garfield Park
Four years ago Yo was being told that sales had been "incredible" and prices were "fantastic" at Heritage Homes of West Village on the "new revita [...]
Is buying a foreclosed Skokie condo a good gamble?
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily recently reported on a developer who's in foreclosure – for the second time – on the 70-unit Skokie Gardens Cond [...]
A marginal misery tour of Brighton Park condos
The middle of the last decade surfaced a number of ambitious new residential developments on or near Western Avenue in Chicago's heavily Latino Br [...]
Lender-owned Bridgeport condo asking $21K over 2007 price
Five years ago, when we first checked on sales at Bridgeport Condominiums, 3450 S Halsted St, we were informed that the project was "about 50% sol [...]
From Yo’s archives – The Lofts at Lakeview Collection
When we first wrote about The Lofts at Lakeview Collection, almost five years ago to the day, groundbreaking was scheduled for the summer and deli [...]
An updated look at Elston Timber Lofts in Irving Park
We've looked in periodically on Elston Timber Lofts, 3637 N Spaulding Ave in Irving Park, ever since the project first came to our attention back [...]