Tag: Lake View
Shark bites: Serving up slices of single-family home deals
Chomp, chomp! CondoShark has locked its jaws on dozens of single-family homes in the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Lake View. In each are [...]
Renting Rahm's residence
Woe to the tenant who's late with the rent check at this house. The Tribune reports that Rahm Emanuel has rented out his 2,719 square-foot home in Lak [...]
CondoShark sighted off Lake Shore Drive!
Sound the alarm! Find Richard Dreyfuss! CondoShark’s on the loose, and he’s headed toward the high-rises lining Lake Shore Drive in Lake View! His kee [...]
Comparing prices across neighborhoods in the North Side residential market
It's not enough to compare one home in Roscoe Village to all the others in the neighborhood. As buyers on the North Side focus more on price point, [...]
Rethinking the four-plus-one in Lake View
Surely the four-plus-one has its fans, but in my experience, they're few and far between. Occasionally you'll come across a four-plus-one that break [...]
Bob Darrow on Broadway retail and alternatives to Boys Town
From the Center on Halsted, Bob Darrow and I walked east along Waveland Avenue to Broadway. If Halsted Street represents the heart of Boys Town nigh [...]
The homes of Melrose Street
"Melrose between Broadway and Halsted is nearly idyllic -- it's just gorgeous," says @properties agent Bob Darrow early on in this segment from our [...]
Shark bites: devouring single-family homes in posh 'hoods
If it's a single-family home your hunting, the shark may have gotten there first. But you won't mind taking what the he's left behind. The informati [...]
Aligning sellers with reality
Convincing sellers to lower their asking prices can be a long and arduous process, especially if they're facing a sale below their original purchase [...]
The nearly news: high, low, and in-between in Boys Town
As Bob Darrow has already told us, home prices in and around Boys Town stretch from the mid-$100s for small studio condos up into the seven figures fo [...]
Inside and outside the Center on Halsted
Two years ago the Center on Halsted cut the ribbon on a 60,000 square-foot, LEED-certifed outreach facility at the corner of Halsted Street and Wave [...]
A Wrigleyville detour: the cost of parking and bleachers near the Friendly Confines
In some ways, Wrigleyville and Boys Town are worlds apart, but the two are too close not to cover in one visit. Besides, "the two coexist harmonious [...]
Buying and renting in Boys Town
"You would think that everybody's priced out of Boys Town, but the neighborhood is still home to a lot of affordable apartments," @properties agent [...]
Buyers on the Lake View condo market
Sunday afternoon seemed like a good time to catch people walking the streets of Lake View in search of open houses. The sun was out, the marathon wa [...]
Boys Town basics with Bob Darrow
National Coming Out Day and the gay rights rally in Washington have both come and gone, but we're going to keep the spirit alive for the rest of the [...]
Making the two-bedroom / two-bath scene: Low to high in Lake View
This week's premise: You're dead-set on finding a two-bedroom / two-bath condo in a lakeside neighborhood on the North or Far North Side. Using thes [...]
Chicago's new lofts: What's left?
The past year has done a number on the selection of new true lofts throughout the city. Some developments, like University Village, finally reached se [...]