2/3/11
The Residences at The Grove was a quality development from a top-notch builder in a location steps from the CTA Blue Line in Forest...
1/27/11
Avenue East, 160 E Illinois St, seemed to have a steady stream of homes coming back on the market last year, and saw about...
1/24/11
Optima Old Orchard Woods is seeing some of the sharp price drops that have plagued suburban condo developments in recent years. There are currently...
1/24/11
2000 Lincoln Park West may benefit from some beautiful views, but the numbers there sure aren’t pretty. Homes that sold for $446 a square...
1/18/11
River City made news last summer after rainwater flooded its condos and garage, but there’s been a redder kind of liquid seeping from the...
12/30/10
Remember, “short sale” doesn’t always equal “fire sale.” The single-family home at 2208 W Huron St in West Town (the one on the left...
12/20/10
More than 350 homes in affluent north-suburban Glenview are in foreclosure, according to the Village’s Communication’s Director. And, a local broker reports that 35%...
12/10/10
Follow that little red Carrera above down the 1100 block of West Webster Ave and you’ll pass the storefronts of the Cotelac, McShane’s Exchange,...
12/7/10
The housing meltdown is surfacing single-family homes in Evanston at prices that were formerly unthinkable for vacant land, including 3 homes priced at $50K...
12/6/10
I’ve noticed several resales listed at Park Monroe, 65 E Monroe St, over the course of the year, but today is the first time...
11/1/10
A typical real estate agent lacks a mission statement and a succession plan, making it difficult for lenders to be confident in hiring his...
10/29/10
I don’t know how Redfin’s “popular new listings” list works (what Redfin considers “new,” whether they’re tracking individual listing views or something more, etc....
10/21/10
The property history for Prairie District Tower‘s unit 610 tells a tale of stops and starts. First it sold in 2004 for $380,000. In...
9/13/10
The typical real estate agent services a fairly narrow, generally geographic niche market. That narrow focus doesn’t work for REO specialists, whose client lenders...
8/31/10
One of our company’s newest clients is Frank DeNovi, a Coldwell Banker agent who has worked with bank-owned properties for 25 years. We’re still...
8/19/10
The most expensive short sale I can find in Chicago is this duplex penthouse at Chicago Place, on the northwest corner of Huron Street...
8/11/10
How’s this for a price cut? A 7,000 square-foot home at 4900 S Kimbark Ave dropped in price Tuesday from $2.4 million to $1.75...
7/16/10
Google says a lot of readers have been coming here in search of news on Catalpa Gardens, that big homage to IKEA stores and...
7/6/10
One block south of the Red Line station at Morse and Glenwood avenues in Rogers Park is this new-ish five-unit building at 1416 W...
6/30/10
Fewer distressed properties sold during the first quarter of this year than in the 1st or 4th quarters of last year, according to a...