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Market snapshot: Hyde Park condos

Market snapshot: Hyde Park condos

Condo sales in Hyde Park were down 43% and prices were down 36% in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to 4Q 2009, reports Jeff Baird of Lakeshor [...]

When assessments kill sales prices

Top-tier condo and co-op buildings in prime locations command high sales prices despite high monthly assessments. The assessments are a result of the [...]
A tour of Hyde Park’s Windermere House apartments

A tour of Hyde Park’s Windermere House apartments

The Windermere House, 1642 E 56th St, has an enviable location a short distance from Lake Shore Drive and a Metra station, fronting the Museum of [...]
Why residents love living at Hyde Park’s Windermere House

Why residents love living at Hyde Park’s Windermere House

The Windermere House Apartments is a landmark in Hyde Park, set on a prominent corner just off Lake Shore Drive. One of the Windermere House tr [...]
Ravenswood and Montrose in Hyde Park?

Ravenswood and Montrose in Hyde Park?

Move.com recently rolled out a revamp of its rental search, and the site apparently has a few kinks to work out. Silver Clouds (sic) Apartments [...]
The sun hasn’t set at Solstice on the Park

The sun hasn’t set at Solstice on the Park

You'd think there'd be little interest in continuing to market a high-rise that doesn't exist, and in most cases, there isn't. The sales centers and [...]
Mies with ease: 1,300 square feet for $165,000 at Promontory Apartments

Mies with ease: 1,300 square feet for $165,000 at Promontory Apartments

Not every Mies-head can drop 900 large on a Michael Pado renovation at 860-880 Lake Shore. If you're dead-set on buying into a Mies building, you ca [...]
Chopping block: 25 percent off a vintage greystone in Hyde Park

Chopping block: 25 percent off a vintage greystone in Hyde Park

This five-bedroom / four-bath greystone at 5116 S Woodlawn Ave in Hyde Park dropped to $899,000 last week, representing an overall price cut of alm [...]
Meeting the median: Hyde Park

Meeting the median: Hyde Park

The median price for a home in Hyde Park (we're talking condos, townhomes, and single-families here -- no multi-unit properties) is $205,000, which ha [...]
Shark bites: Garrison makes the sale in Obama's neighborhood

Shark bites: Garrison makes the sale in Obama's neighborhood

You don't see a lot of Chicago home sales make national headlines, but all sorts of news outlets are carrying stories this morning about the sale of [...]
Rentals proposed for Hyde Park's Shoreland Hotel

Rentals proposed for Hyde Park's Shoreland Hotel

The historic Shoreland Hotel at 5454 S South Shore Dr in Hyde Park could find new life as a 350-unit apartment building, according to the Sun-Times. [...]

Construction compilation: Reviewing the newest proposals from around Chicago

Keeping with the last post's train of thought, here are some other development proposals we've seen in the news in recent weeks. It seems like a lot o [...]
More video faves from 2009

More video faves from 2009

Here are three more of our most-viewed videos from 2009: A tour of Parkside of Old Town and Cabrini-Green Trump Tower, from the Chicago Riverwalk [...]
Hyde Park and Chicago politics

Hyde Park and Chicago politics

Living next door to the president's Chicago home can be like living in a "circus," according to neighbor Bill Grimshaw, who is selling his Hyde Park [...]
Obama's neighbor on Harold Washington

Obama's neighbor on Harold Washington

Harold Washington, Chicago's first African-American mayor, launched his mayoral campaign in Bill and Jacky Grimshaw's dining room. The Grimshaws' po [...]
The media circus at President Obama's neighbor's house

The media circus at President Obama's neighbor's house

YoChicago doesn't often cover resale homes, but when a client asks whether you'd like a slot between the Associated Press and NPR to interview the P [...]
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