1/17/11
If you have a sense of déjà vu as you watch the above sponsored video, perhaps it’s because you’ve seen the videos we shot...
1/14/11
It had been about 15 years since I last spoke with architect Marcel Freides. He’d since moved to one of the spectacular canyons off...
1/12/11
During most of 2006 I was actively tracking the status of every new construction home on Chicago’s North Shore. In May of 2006 developer...
1/6/11
The past 7 days have seen a 40% jump in the number of MLS rental offerings in Wilmette – from 15 to 21. One...
12/31/10
It was a gloomy day in late December with about 8 inches of snow on the ground when I narrated this video illustrating the...
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...
12/5/10
Curbed Chicago recently billed an 8,650 square foot home as a “temple of excess.” Some buyers would consider that size home pitifully inadequate. Earlier...
12/3/10
The 5-bedroom, 3 bath home at 15 N Constance Ln in Northbrook is for sale at $269,000, for “land value.” The land value has,...
12/3/10
Buying a home involves round after round of trade-offs. I’ve always thought it made the most sense to prioritize the community and environment and...
11/28/10
Home prices have fallen on the North Shore over the past several years, and Glencoe is no exception. The median list price, however, is...
10/31/10
A few short years ago your search for a 5-bedroom home for less than $1M in Hubbard Woods or any part of East Winnetka...
7/30/10
I checked in with Koenig & Strey’s Greg Viti earlier today to ask whether he’d seen anything of interest happening in the Bucktown market....
7/28/10
Veteran real estate agents on the North Shore tell me they can’t recall seeing as many lakefront homes for sale as are currently on...
7/27/10
As you watch the sponsored video and see the surprisingly large, open spaces in this completely remodeled single-family home at 3745 N Octavia St,...
7/23/10
Earlier today I walked through a beautiful new home at 1738 N Rockwell, in the neighborhood that Realtors have been calling “West Bucktown.” I’ve...
3/14/10
Wilmette’s Indian Hill Estates is a 170-acre subdivision planned by architect Philip Maher in the 1920s. The area was mostly built in the 1950s...