Tag: Single-family homes
Case-Shiller Tuesday: Chicago values continue annual decline as national values inch upward
The most exciting piece of news about the February S&P / Case-Shiller Home Price Index came out yesterday, when the index's committee advised everyone [...]
A Tony Grunsfeld home in Highland Park: not unfriendly, just private
Ernest Alton "Tony" Grunsfeld III has designed dozens of homes along the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan. Most are in the distinctively modern idio [...]
Shark bites: Landmark luxury on Lake Shore
A Lake Shore Drive address in the Gold Coast rarely comes cheap (unless you're buying at auction this weekend, perhaps), but it's especially pricey wh [...]
Seeing signs of life in Winnetka's $2M to $4M market
Linda Martin is seeing strong activity on the North Shore this spring, even at price points near $4 million, with many of buyers making cash offers. [...]
Suburban showcase: a spacious home with a sweet master retreat in University Park
Typically I don't share the second part of a two-part home tour until after I've posted the first, but in this case I have to make an exception.
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Shark bites: Garrison makes the sale in Obama's neighborhood
You don't see a lot of Chicago home sales make national headlines, but all sorts of news outlets are carrying stories this morning about the sale of [...]
Case-Shiller Tuesday, take 2: Chicago home values dip again
Standard & Poor's simply couldn't take the strain of a million real estate junkies flooding its Web site last Tuesday. We were all searching for t [...]
Great moments in ad copy: "Surge into the 'red zone'" at 1738 North Winchester
IF YOU ARE READY-TO-ACT BUYER, BUCKLE UP BECAUSE YOUR ANTICIPATION IS GETTING READY TO SURGE INTO THE "RED ZONE". HERE IS A HOME THAT HITS THE JACK [...]
Madness goes beyond March with new incentives at Mill Creek
Just as March Madness stretches well into April these days, Shodeen Residential has extended its Spring Madness Sale past an original March 31 deadl [...]
Beat the tax credit deadline with Montalbano's ready-to-deliver homes
We're inching closer and closer to the deadline for the $8,000 first-time buyer tax credit and the $6,500 repeat buyer tax credit. Since buyers nee [...]
John Hall launches sales and construction of the Reserve of St Charles
Buyers can bring their own floorplans or choose from 17 different home designs at the new Reserve of St Charles community springing up in the wester [...]
Shark bites: Top reductions in Winnetka
Matt Garrison's ShoreShark.com tracks price reductions, short sales, and foreclosures in eight northern suburbs: Deerfield, Glencoe, Glenview, Highl [...]
Million-dollar living on Castlewood Terrace
Representing the high end of Margate Park homes during Sunday's open house event was the three-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home at 920 W Castle [...]
Taking charge – the next big upgrade?
Are pre-wired vehicle charging stations the next must-have features for new homes? KB Homes will install plugs for electric and hybrid cars to its new [...]
Mill Creek's "Payton" model – a home with a rambling master suite
Last month Diane Mikos of Shodeen Residential took Joe Zekas through a Payton-style home (PDF) at the Mill Creek - Tanna neighborhood in Geneva. Pay [...]
More from Margate Park: Studs' home and the lakefront
The second half of my pre-open house drive through Margate Park in Uptown took me around Ainslie Street and Margate Terrace, down Castlewood Terrace [...]
A drive through Uptown's Margate Park
On Sunday more than 20 agents hosted 40 open houses in Margate Park, the area of Uptown bounded by Lawrence and Foster avenues, Sheridan Road, and L [...]
Weekend opinion – why not build Volo in Bronzeville?
I believe the city has blown and will continue to blow a major opportunity in Bronzeville. That opportunity was presented by the large amount of vac [...]
Touring South Shore: High schools and heavyweights
The Nation of Islam's presence in South Shore has been so significant that, as a child, Jeff Heilbrunn's wife played around with the Fruit of Islam [...]
An affordable single-family home in Wrigleyville
For less than $700,000, a buyer can get a three-bedroom single-family with an attached garage just a half-block away from Wrigley Field's left field [...]