Tag: North Shore
Saturday open house pick – orange in Evanston
You can get a jump on your house hunting this weekend at an unusual Saturday open house for a newly-listed single-family home in Evanston.
The [...]
Flurry of interest results in sale of Evanston home
Whatever the general market conditions might be, well-priced, well-located homes still generate a major flurry of buyer interest and go under cont [...]
A Winnetka new construction price misjudgment
I walk through and report on many homes during the course of a year, but rarely express an opinion on price. Saying anything useful would require [...]
In East Wilmette, a 10-year old traditional home
Five years ago homes like the one in this video easily sold for $1.8M and above in East Wilmette.
Today, the owner-agent has priced this home a [...]
Glencoe open house pick: walk-to-train contemporary
The Village of Glencoe, like most North Shore communities, revels in its rich architectural heritage.
North Shore home buyers have long exhibit [...]
The slowest-selling new home in Wilmette
Today’s “new listings” include 2411 Thornwood Ave in Wilmette, a 5-bedroom, 5 ½ bath, 4,300 square foot home. It’s around the corner from the soug [...]
3 of top 10 North Shore home sales found in Wilmette
North Shore Views just reported the 10 highest-priced sales on the North Shore during 2010. Three of them, surprisingly, were in Wilmette.
Not [...]
Yet another Lake Forest Adler
We’ve reported before on the unusual number of David Adler homes that have come to market recently.
Add a lakefront Adler in Lake Forest to wha [...]
Fort Sheridan, home of Highwood’s high-end homes
Most Chicagoans know the tiny village of Highwood for its restaurants and its modest workers' cottages.
It's been little more than a decade sin [...]
East Kenilworth home drops under $500K
When we shot the above video last September there were six homes in Kenilworth listed for under $600,000.
The 3-bedroom, 3 ½ bath, 2-car garage [...]
Municipal service rates on the rise in Winnetka
The average Winnetka home will see the cost of municipal services increase by 2.1%, or $125.
The increase consists of a 1.4% ($37) rise in prop [...]
A no-confidence vote in Evanston public schools?
The New York Times interactive map of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data makes it easy to learn a great deal about communities at [...]
Deerfield Village Board meetings now on video
Attending a village board meeting can sometimes be a great way to learn the flavor of a community you might be considering for your next move. You can [...]
Misquote of the day – only 30 $1M plus sales
Many of the numbers he talks about these days aren't very pretty, particularly when it comes to Moorehead's sweet spot: upper-bracket homes.
Accord [...]
Condo open house event on the lake in Wilmette
Seven of the 74 units at 1420 Sheridan in Wilmette are currently on the market, and six of them will be open for viewing from noon to 2 on Sunday, [...]
Winnetka open house – a walk-to-school block
Once again we’re dipping into YoChicago’s extensive video vault of summer drives through the north and North Shore suburbs.
Winnetka District 3 [...]
The value proposition at Grand Bend in Evanston
Grand Bend at Green Bay is a 49-unit boutique condo building in Evanston that recently slashed prices with a goal of selling out quickly.
Price [...]
Houston comes to the North Shore
The buzz in Winnetka this morning was about executives from Continental Airlines, now part of United, house-hunting on the North Shore. Brokers ar [...]
Lake Forest open house pick
After a recent price reduction, and nearly two years on the market, the 10-year old 18-room home at 254 W Laurel Ave in Lake Forest is listed at $ [...]
Abbott’s bad news for Lake Bluff, North Chicago
Abbott Laboratories, a major employer in Lake County, announced plans to lay off 1,900 workers, about 1,000 of them in Illinois, primarily in Lake [...]