Tag: single-family
Popular new home model at 1507 W Superior
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 at similar homes at 170 [...]
Marcel Freides-designed home sells in DePaul
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 Mulholland Dr [...]
North Shore new construction – a new rule of thirds?
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 Cypre [...]
The lowest-priced rental home in East Wilmette
The past 7 days have seen a 40% jump in the number of MLS rental offerings in Wilmette – from 15 to 21.
One of them stands out: a 5-bedroom, ba [...]
A 6-bedroom Kenilworth rental bargain
It was a gloomy day in late December with about 8 inches of snow on the ground when I narrated this video illustrating the 5-minute walk from the [...]
The $50K and under Evanston single-family
The housing meltdown is surfacing single-family homes in Evanston at prices that were formerly unthinkable for vacant land, including 3 homes pric [...]
Tour a 20,000 square foot Northfield home
Curbed Chicago recently billed an 8,650 square foot home as a “temple of excess.” Some buyers would consider that size home pitifully inadequate.
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5 beds, 3 baths, horrific traffic, in Northbrook
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, at least in the dream [...]
Kenilworth open house pick at $575K
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 [...]
A brief look at southern Glencoe’s Woodlawn Ave
Home prices have fallen on the North Shore over the past several years, and Glencoe is no exception. The median list price, however, is still abov [...]
An upbeat, happy home in Winnetka’s Hubbard Woods
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 would have presented you with [...]
Million dollar Bucktown homes are selling
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.
"Homes pri [...]
Rent or buy a Winnetka lakefront home
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 the market.
The [...]
A 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath single-family in Dunning Square under $280K
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, y [...]
New homes are selling well in West Bucktown
Earlier today I walked through a beautiful new home at 1738 N Rockwell, in the neighborhood that Realtors have been calling "West Bucktown."
I' [...]
A fabulous master suite in Wilmette
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 and [...]