Tag: Resales
Selling at a slight loss at The Legacy at Millennium Park
Closings have been underway at The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St, long enough for a number of resales to start popping up inside the tower [...]
Tricia Fox's trolley tour: inside a $1.43 million three-bedroom at the Fordham
Every month, Keller Williams agent Tricia Fox rents a trolley and guides Realtors and buyers through open houses of similar units in the Streetervil [...]
Shark bites: Short-selling a Trump studio
Unit #2414 at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago may be one of the high-rise's smaller spaces, but when it comes to short sale discounts in Riv [...]
"Friends and family" deal pays off at Trump
One group of sellers at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago are doing OK. According to an article at Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, partici [...]
Shark bites: Tasty treats near Lincoln Park's North Pond
CondoShark slipped into Diversey Harbor the other day with plans to grab a bite at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Before he got there, however, the unmistaka [...]
For sale or lease: Waltz into a "suite" condo at Joffrey Tower
It's Nutcracker time for the Joffrey Ballet, which seems like as good of an excuse as any to check in on availability at the company's base of operati [...]
Market snapshot: Median home prices in 14 Chicago ZIP codes
Starting with the same 14 ZIP codes we track in our rental listings spreadsheet, I pulled up the listings of all the studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom [...]
Sales update: Price cuts and resales emerge at Silver Tower in River North
We received a new e-blast from @properties over the weekend advertising two examples of price reductions at Silver Tower, the 40-story high-rise at [...]
Shark bites: a Palmolive delicacy for $810K
This week's CondoShark choice cut comes from straight from the big fish himself, Matt Garrison. Matt singled out this 1,529 square-foot two-bedroom on [...]
Loft living: Looking for downtown two-bedrooms in the high $300s
Daytime is playtime at the Yo office, so let's play pretend! Let's say I'm in the market for a two-bedroom / two-bath loft in a downtown neighborhood, [...]
Streeterville snapshot: Lakeside living in the low to mid-$300s
I'm always curious to see what a certain price point will buy in a particular neighborhood or across the board, and mapped listings make that search a [...]
The nearly news: Resales and rentals at Chicago's "favorite eco-friendly project"
With Aqua saddled with Fannie Mae issues and uncertainty surrounding its hotel component, and with the Parkhomes taking their sweet time in closing (d [...]
Staging and the paradox of empty space
Several agents in recent weeks have told us that proper staging is vital to selling a home in this market. Several weeks ago, Joe Zekas and Prudenti [...]
The nearly news: Montclare resales
Why Montclare? Why not? This "neighborhood for the rest of us" on the Northwest Side has a lot of older homes for sale, but look close enough and you [...]
The largest home at Lake Point Tower
Joe Zekas recently joined Jean Ward of Chicago Lakefront Properties and Francesca Rose of Prudential Rubloff for a walk through several homes at Lak [...]
Bob Darrow on proper pricing: Better to get it right the first time
Is it better to list your home high and gradually reduce its price over time until a seller bites, or to opt for a lower but more accurate price fro [...]
The nearly news: Bucktown short sales
What do all four homes listed below have in common? They're all located in Bucktown, they all sold for the first time in 2006, and they're all availab [...]
Join Joanne: Touring a landmark co-op on Lincoln Park
"They don't build 'em like this any more" is an old cliché, but in the case of the co-op at 339 W Fullerton Ave, it's a cliché with a solid kernel o [...]
Revisiting The Pinnacle in River North
Five years after its completion, The Pinnacle at 21 E Huron St has proven to be one of the most desirable towers in River North. The 49-story tower, [...]
The nearly news: high-end Bronzeville
The most expensive home for sale in Bronzeville today is 3443 S Indiana St, built in 2007. This five-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home, markete [...]