Tag: Single-family homes
A Northbrook fixer-upper: "Bring flashlight"
A new-construction home with four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, and a three-car garage in Northbrook? $475,000.
The sense of pride and accomplishment you'll f [...]
A light-filled architectural showplace in DePaul
The exteriors of many homes in the historic DePaul / Sheffield neighborhood of Chicago give few clues as to what lies within. In October, Joe Zekas [...]
Shark bites: Serving up slices of single-family home deals
Chomp, chomp! CondoShark has locked its jaws on dozens of single-family homes in the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Bucktown, and Lake View. In each are [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Arizona
With an eastern boundary of South Avenue K, few Chicago neighborhoods boast a closer proximity to the Indiana border than Arizona, also known as The [...]
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 [...]
Renting Rahm's residence
Woe to the tenant who's late with the rent check at this house. The Tribune reports that Rahm Emanuel has rented out his 2,719 square-foot home in Lak [...]
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 [...]
New construction opportunities in Bucktown
Even with today's economic climate, a developer could succeed in Bucktown right now with the right type of single-family home, says @properties agen [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Irving Park's Villa District
Bungalow buffs should feel right at home inside The Villa, a tiny, triangle-shaped landmark district located inside the Irving Park community area. [...]
Touring Bucktown: Winchester Avenue's single-family homes
Last Wednesday I spent the morning driving and walking around Bucktown with @properties agent David Wolf. Wolf's name is a common sight on for-sale [...]
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 [...]
Bluestone changes tack, opts for single-families for Fletcher Row's second phase
Recognizing a need to build homes to order instead of on spec, and seeing an opening in the market for large homes priced in the high $700s to mid-$ [...]
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 [...]
Case-Shiller Tuesday: Changes all positive for Chicago
Home values went nowhere but up, up, up, in August, according to the latest Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. For the first time [...]
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 [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: McKinley Park
Taking its name from the 69-acre public space bounded by 37th Street, Pershing Road, and Damen, Western, and Archer avenues (itself named after Pres [...]
The homes of Melrose Street
"Melrose between Broadway and Halsted is nearly idyllic -- it's just gorgeous," says @properties agent Bob Darrow early on in this segment from our [...]
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 [...]
Case-Shiller Tuesday: More gains for home values in local, national markets
For the third straight month, home values rose slightly in Chicago and across the country, according to the new July 2009 Case-Shiller report from Sta [...]
Market watch: Pre-Olympic Village Douglas
This Friday, the IOC will announce the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. While Chicago may not be a shoo-in, it is a reasonable contender. The [...]