Tag: Resales
The nearly news: High, low, and in-between in Avondale
In the market for something nearly new in Avondale? Here are the low, median, and high price points for homes built between 2004 and 2007 that are now [...]
Floor plan faceoff: Prairie Pointe's Tier 07
I was putting together a short post about resales at the long-since-sold-out Prairie Pointe in the South Loop when -- whoops! -- I remembered that the [...]
The nearly news: what a million bucks gets you in Bridgeport
When Realtors guide a real estate reporter around their neighborhood, they're bound to pass a couple of their listings. The home at 2633 S Farrell A [...]
Trump resales, above and below ground
As we saw yesterday in my video tour with Tricia Fox, Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago is just one example of a new high-rise with lots [...]
Views aplenty from a Trump three-bedroom
After chatting about the state of Chicago's luxury market, Tricia Fox of Keller Williams Gold Coast Realtors took me through a couple of her listing [...]
Popular high-rises, good condo boards, and special assessments in the luxury market
New towers like Trump and The Legacy at Millennium Park get a lot of attention right now, but several luxury high-rises built in the earlier part of [...]
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 [...]
Talking Trump and the luxury home market
I've read plenty of stories about the "cold" market for luxury homes in recent months. Most focus on two facts: buyers lost money in the stock marke [...]
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 [...]
Fresh Horizon program connects buyers with discounted homes and financing deals
If you've spent much time browsing the Internet in search of deals on Chicago-area homes, you may have come across a few new Web sites promoting new f [...]
The nearly news: a Rogers Park garden
Last weekend while touring Rogers Park open houses, I found this two-bedroom / one-bath condo resale that was completely rehabbed a year ago. Unit G [...]
The nearly news: The highs, lows, and in-betweens of West Loop one-bedrooms
Now that we're branching out beyond just new-construction homes and looking at resales and rentals, we can break out a feature that's been cooking i [...]
Hyde Park and Chicago politics
Living next door to the president's Chicago home can be like living in a "circus," according to neighbor Bill Grimshaw, who is selling his Hyde Park [...]
Obama's neighbor on Harold Washington
Harold Washington, Chicago's first African-American mayor, launched his mayoral campaign in Bill and Jacky Grimshaw's dining room. The Grimshaws' po [...]
The media circus at President Obama's neighbor's house
YoChicago doesn't often cover resale homes, but when a client asks whether you'd like a slot between the Associated Press and NPR to interview the P [...]