Tag: single-family
Deal of the day – Lincoln Square bungalow short sale
I just saw this really attractive and renovated golden brick "octagon" bungalow at 5057 N Francisco come on the market as a short sale this week. [...]
Buyers’ and sellers’ remorse in Northfield
You'll often encounter the term "Blietz-built" in listings for North Shore homes and condos. It's shorthand for a high level of quality and though [...]
Notable new rental – Bucktown green home
When we shot the above video at 1610 N Honore in Bucktown, back on a snowy January day, the home was listed for sale at $2,499,000. At the end of [...]
Sunday open house pick – New Ukrainian Village 5-bedroom
A dramatic floating staircase, soaring through 4 levels, is one of the highlights of this new single-family home at 2034 W Superior St, in Ukraini [...]
Sunday open house pick – $350K Wilmette starter home
Our open house pick this weekend is a 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath 50s-vintage split-level ranch at 527 Romona Rd in West Wilmette. It's a relatively affor [...]
The Home Alone house is a great place to call home
My day started with a visit to one of the most iconic homes in America -- the Home Alone house.
The home recently came on the market at a price [...]
The $1.2M single-family home market is “smoking hot”
Superior 110, a luxury boutique condominium in River North is one of our firm's clients, and that's led me to spend a fair amount of time with Gre [...]
North Shore rental market tightens further
We've been tracking the MLS-listed inventory of homes and condos offered for rent in Chicago's North Shore communities every week for the last 51 [...]
Toll Brothers kicks hyperbole up a few notches in South Barrington
After several decades in this business I've become accustomed to builder press release puffery, but a release-based article in Barrington Area Tri [...]
North suburban open house picks – a garden party event
Cheri Allen, who owns Wilmette-based The Village Gardener, will demonstrate container gardening at two open houses this Sunday, April 17.
The [...]
Rental deal of the day – Highwood 4-bedroom for $1,500
This 4-bedroom, 2-bath home on a large lot a few short blocks from downtown Highwood and the Metra station just came on the market for $1,500 a mo [...]
North Shore open house pick – 2424 Park Place, Evanston
Every so often I dip into YoChicago’s extensive library of stock footage to take you on a drive through Chicago’s North Shore and north suburbs, p [...]
A newer West Bucktown single-family, under $600K
The more time I spend in the neighborhood that I’m adjusting to calling West Bucktown, the more I’m struck by the amount of new construction and r [...]
Evanston, developer spar over 200-year old tree
SoNo’s developer, Smithfield Properties, is mulling a lawsuit against the City of Evanston over stalled plans to develop the long-vacant Kendall C [...]
Former Hegewisch trailer park in foreclosure
Reading about a sleek Airstream trailer set me to wondering about the status of Harbour Point Estates, a large trailer park in Hegewisch that was [...]
Another price chop on French Normandy home in River Forest
The housing stock, the schools, and mass-transit access to downtown Chicago make it easy to understand why so many families find west suburban Riv [...]
Another vintage new listing in Northbrook
The last half dozen “new” listings I’ve looked at in the northern suburbs have all been on and off the market for at least 3 years.
The listing hi [...]
Glencoe new construction sells at sixty percent discount
The home at 1005 Sheridan Rd in Glencoe was under construction when we shot the above photo in July of 2006, and carried an asking price of $5,299 [...]
Evanston open house pick: 30% off Victorian farmhouse
The classic Victorian farmhouse at 1315 Church St in Evanston was built in 1888 and renovated to live like a new home.
The 4,662 square foot ho [...]
Rent the Dewes Mansion for $15,000
Don’t reach for your checkbook just yet – that’s apparently only the daily rent for one of Chicago’s grandest homes, according to an article in Cr [...]