Tag: Humboldt Park
Open house – new light-filled home in West Bucktown
We’ve long been skeptical of the West Bucktown moniker, but ongoing redevelopment lends some legitimacy to real estate brokers and the West Buckto [...]
Hispanics become the majority in Humboldt Park, even as their numbers decline
The Hispanic population of Humboldt Park fell by 4% in the past decade, dropping from 31,607 to 30,337, according to new Census data. But due to a [...]
Jeff Baird: Humboldt hit hard by recession
Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing data [...]
Touring a new single-family priced under $800K in West Bucktown
This new single-family home at 1706 N Rockwell St west of Bucktown features three to five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a family room, a theater room, and a [...]
Half-mil homes: New listings near $500K
Yesterday afternoon I pulled up a list of homes priced at or near $500,000 (a range of $490,000 to $510,000, if you must know), that have been on the [...]
New homes are selling well in West Bucktown
Earlier today I walked through a beautiful new home at 1738 N Rockwell, in the neighborhood that Realtors have been calling "West Bucktown."
I' [...]
Weekend rant: we can't afford affordable housing
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp. recently held the grand opening for its new Rosa Parks Apartments in Humboldt Park.
The 94-unit project has 1- to 4-be [...]
Six stylish new homes, two blocks from the Blue Line
Join Sergio & Banks' Melissa Govedarica and Joe Zekas for a look at a new six-flat at 2533 W Cortland St in Chicago, less than two blocks from the W [...]
Today's news: $22 per square foot for a Humboldt Park REO
One of the homes to hit the MLS in the past 24 hours is this 1,422 square-foot, three-bedroom / 1.5-bath single-family home at 1631 N Springfield Ave [...]
Chicago faux-berhoods: "West Park"
View Redfin's "West Park" boundaries in a larger map
In the process of compiling of Redfin's sales data for North Side neighborhoods, I stumbled acro [...]
Rental review: homes listed in 60622
Every Friday we record the number of condos, townhomes, and single-families listed for rent in 14 Chicago ZIP codes. This week I thought I'd give on [...]
Yo's year: Mining the Silver District
Apparently a lot of you wanted to know about the Silver District this year. Mark's post from March about the 20-unit development at 2800 W North Ave [...]
Humboldt Park's "historical memory"
On Friday participants of LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program took Adolfo Carrion Jr, director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy, [...]