Tag: Northwest Side
Checking in: $51K off a stylish West Bucktown single-family
This four-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home at 1756 N Rockwell St in West Bucktown was priced at a surprisingly low $799,900 when Joe Zekas vi [...]
Rental deal of the day: An updated 2/1 in West Rogers Park, priced at $1,050
Today's rental deal of the day from Chicago Rentals Direct is one of their newest listings: an updated two-bedroom / one-bath at 6104 N Rockwell St in [...]
The history of Hollywood Park’s two-flats
Frances Archer's blog continues to be a wonderful source of history and insight into Hollywood Park and adjacent neighborhoods on the Northwest Si [...]
Sunday open house pick: Ravenswood Manor price chop
Ravenswood Manor is one of Chicago’s great small-town neighborhoods. At its heart is the family-centric Ravenswood Manor Park, just a few steps fr [...]
Classic French Provincial listed for $659,000
Of course a French Provincial home on Ponchartrain Boulevard would catch my eye the week of Mardis Gras. This 2,690 square-foot home at 6551 N Pon [...]
Belmont Cragin short sale: ‘Prepare to wait’
We already know that a short sale can be an interminable process, but it's nice to see that some agents come out and address that in their listing [...]
Development deadpool – and a healthy real estate segment
There’s one part of the real estate business that’s experiencing boom times: renting construction fencing.
It’s a business that may have becom [...]
The Northwest Side’s new high end
Back in October, I noted that the only home west of Western Avenue priced above $2 million was a nearly new mansion in Irving Park. That home rece [...]
An unusual plunge for Albany Park’s condo market
The Albany Park condominium market has heretofore been fairly stable compared to its peers, but suffered a steep drop in sales velocity and median [...]
Checking in on three Northwest Side single-families
Back in October, Joe Zekas shot sponsored videos at three Northwest Side homes marketed by Izabela Sloma of Sergio & Banks. Earlier this week I no [...]
A stylish new West Bucktown single-family for under $800K
We've seen quite a few homes built by Ultimate Homes, and they're all creative variations on a simple theme: include everything that might be on a [...]
House prices begin recovery in Logan Square
House prices in Logan Square took a serious dive from 2007 to 2009, but have increased the last three quarters, even as sales volume has approache [...]
A mint-condition rehab on a 234-foot deep Montclare lot
Rehabbers have been active on Chicago's Northwest Side recently, completely making over older homes and bringing them to market at affordable pric [...]
Shoemaker Lofts buyers losing their shirts
Dubin Residential’s Web page for Shoemaker Lofts prominently displays a Starbucks logo, despite the fact that the nearest Venti is more than 2 mil [...]
A loaded-up 5-bedroom Dunning bungalow
A few renovators have been active on Chicago's northwest side recently, completely making over older homes and bringing them to market at prices t [...]
Have the clouds lifted from Metropolis Lofts?
"There's a lot of first-time homebuyers here. We've got a lot of new parents who are afraid to sell because they don’t know if they'll get their m [...]
Brynford Park, a nice Chicago micro-nabe
Brynford Park is a tiny, easy-to-overlook, rather isolated pocket in Chicago’s North Park neighborhood. It’s a mere six square blocks hosting just [...]
Newly-listed Wildwood REO in the $340s
Here’s some of what I wrote about Wildwood several years back:
It wouldn’t be surprising if more Chicagoans have been to Wildwood, New Jersey t [...]
Ravenswood Manor: What’s selling, what’s for sale
The Northwest Side neighborhood of Ravenswood Manor was the site of at least 14 single-family home sales in 2010, but right now has very little to [...]
Tuscany Terrace in Edison Park nears ‘developer closeout’ five years after completion
Joe Zekas noticed this afternoon that a number of units at Edison Park's Tuscany Terrace, 6400 N Northwest Hwy, are listed with mentions of an imm [...]