Tag: Lincoln Square
A Ravenswood 2-bedroom with a unique duplex-down option
What's unique about the 2-bedroom condo at 2200 W Winona is the full lower level directly below the unit. It could easily be expanded into to cre [...]
Sunday open house pick, fronting Winnemac Park
Lincoln Square's 40-acre Winnemac Park doesn't garner a lot of attention outside the neighborhood, but it does earn rave reviews from almost every [...]
Sunday Open House pick – 2164 W Leland in Lincoln Square
Our Sunday open house pick this week is priced at $774,900, and will be open from 1 to 3.
Prudential Rubloff's Eric Rojas, one of our sponsors, [...]
A brief visit to Winnemac Park
After stopping at a Saturday morning open house I headed a block east to Winnemac Park, a site I hadn't visited in years but that's been getting g [...]
Saturday open house pick – Lincoln Square 4-bedroom for $469K
I'll be in Lincoln Square tomorrow morning, checking out the highly-rated Winnemac Park on my way to video an open house a short block away from t [...]
Deal of the day – Lincoln Square bungalow short sale
I just saw this really attractive and renovated golden brick "octagon" bungalow at 5057 N Francisco come on the market as a short sale this week. [...]
The two-two tango: Five new listings around town
The average Chicago condo has two bedrooms and two baths, but these homes come in all shapes, sizes, locations, and prices. Here are five two-twos, al [...]
Quotes of the day – Lincoln Square fantasies
“We hope the new owners keep the building up and keep a mix of locals and independents,” says Melissa Flynn, executive director of the Lincoln Square [...]
Rojas reviews ‘a ridiculous foreclosure deal’ in Lincoln Square
Realtor Eric Rojas and a client recently toured a bank-owned two-bedroom / one-bath condo in Lincoln Square whose price had just dropped to $89,00 [...]
Multi-unit buildings are ‘back in the game’
Multi-units are back in the game and many long time owners have the ability to sell for market or below prices. Although we like the affordability of [...]
Fountain View earns its LEED certification
Back in September I reviewed the US Green Building Council's list of LEED projects and found that most of the residential developments that touted [...]
Searching for stability in Chicago neighborhoods
Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing d [...]
Lincoln Square's Fountain View nears sellout
While booking up on a recent post about LEED projects, I noticed that the Fountain View condo development at 2326 W Giddings St in Lincoln Square wa [...]
Where buyers get their open house info
The homes sections of local newspapers and magazines have become a secondary source of information about open houses, as buyers turn more frequently [...]
Chatting with Chaz: Open house philosophies
For a while now I've been interested in talking with an agent about open houses. Not for any property in particular, but about the overall process, [...]
Rollin' in the 2-5, a Lincoln Square video
Hat tip to Chicagoist for calling our attention to one of the best neighborhood videos ever in Chicago. [...]
Special financing available for a new townhome on Winnemac Park
Snowy days must be a bummer for Realtors, especially when they come after a week of sunny, walkable weather. On a good day, the new townhome at 2130 [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Bowmanville
According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, the founder of the Bowmanville subdivision in Lincoln Square skipped town after selling customers land he di [...]
Catalpa Square is now Terra Place
Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. The development at 2409 W Catalpa, however, may be smelling [...]