The most recent figures paint a familiar picture of the best-selling communities in and outside of Chicago for the month of February. In the city, the Near North Side topped the list with 130 sales, followed by Lincoln Park with 71 and West Town with 66. When you remove condos, the picture changes and the top-selling neighborhoods become Ashburn with 47, Garfield Park with 26 and Portage Park with 25...
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For a quick diversion on a Friday - head over to Time Out Chicago, who has a fun list of what people who don't live in the Windy City think and what's actually true. Among our favorite misconceptions: we all have "Chicago" accents and we only eat deep dish pizza. Perhaps our favorite conception: everyone here is nice to one another. Check out the whole list at Time Out Chicago here .
A stretch of North Avenue between Ashland and the Kennedy Expressway will soon see a new residential and retail development, according to published reports. Curbed Chicago released the news today that a permit has been issued for a project at 1545 W. North Ave. It will include 30 residential units, some retail space, parking and a green roof. This is in addition to the new Audi dealership that is being pursued by Fletcher Jones , which owns land at 1521 W. North Ave...
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Chicago home prices (and those in the entire nation) saw a strong 2014 and have moved toward stabilization, according to a new report from CoreLogic that showed nationwide appreciation was at about 5 percent. In Chicago, price growth was more moderate relative to the national average, with prices rising since February 2014 a total of 3.6 percent including distressed properties and a total of 4.4 percent excluding them...
Cook County property owners now have a new alternative when it comes to filing a property tax appeal, it's called TurboAppeal. Traditionally, property owners either appeal themselves or hire a lawyer to appeal for them. In January of this year, TurboAppeal launched, aiming to apply the "big data" concept to the appeals process. "Our whole process...is being highly intelligent with real estate data," says founder Badal Shah...
A New York-based developer has announced that they're planning a 500-unit development in Pilsen, according to Crain's. The developer, Property Markets Group, lists on their website a brief description of a project they're calling PMG Windy City, which would bring 500 units of apartments to the burgeoning neighborhood on the city's southwest side...
There's a new survey out that shows the median monthly rents for Chicago-neighborhood apartments and the middle-of-the-road one bedroom is now at $1,760. The survey, which examined rents in 29 city neighborhoods showed that the Near North Side had the highest rent at $2,140 for a one bedroom and that Grand Crossing was the least expensive at $680. Median rent for a two bedroom apartment was $2,370. Year over year, rents were up 5...
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A developer has announced a plan to turn a defunct commercial building and parking lot into condos in Lake View. Developer David Trandel plans to preserve the existing building on the site at the corner of Lincoln, Southport and Wellington, with its ornate terra cotta exterior, and gut the interior and build out 10 apartments and retail inside the building and possibly on the vacant parking lot that neighbors it...
A developer is set to turn the site of the long-shuttered St. Dominic Church on North Sedgewick into a new condo building. Developer Conlon & Co. will transform the site into a new six-story building designed by Sullivan Goulette & Wilson. The design will feature 45 total units and a south-facing second story terrace. There will also be on-site enclosed parking for both bicycles and cars...
Some new contemporary-styled condos may soon be coming to Lake View courtesy of Contemporary Concepts, Inc. The developers pushing the new project plan to demolish a single family home and replace it with a 20-unit four story apartment building at 1045-47 W. Cornelia. The neighborhood group supports the plan...
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This week news broke that another luxury high rise is coming to Chicago's Gold Coast. The Chicago Architecture Blog recently uncovered information (which was later covered and substantiated by several other media outlets) that JDL Development is proposing a new tower for the southwest corner of Walton and State, which is currently an empty lot. The 34-story tower will feature, however, just two units per floor for a total of 67 residences...
In recent days we've twice referenced the dearth of sales inventory and how it's driving prices upward and making it difficult for many who want to buy a home. Now more numbers are showing that "relief" is coming to the market or at least to a segment of it: the very high end...
Yesterday in our real estate round-up we mentioned the year-over-year jump in sales in the city of Chicago and mentioned that inventory levels were having a marked effect on numbers. Specifically, inventory declines in the city were prompting increased prices. The median sale in the city during the month of February was $212,000, a whopping increase of 21 percent over the previous year...
February sales numbers are out and there's some good news: the city of Chicago saw sales volume increase by 3.9 percent year over year. Chicago Association of Realtors President Hugh Rider called the performance a sign of "buyer confidence" and a "spring buying season starting strong." The median sale price was also up to $212,000, an increase of 21 percent over the previous February...
Ah, the eternal question: what's my home worth? Chicago Magazine (working together with Zillow) has published a nifty interactive map that allows you to plug in variables like the property class (condo, house, etc) and area (city neighborhood or suburb). They also report at some length on the comparative increase/decrease in home values and listing prices over the last ten years and peer into their crystal balls to predict increases over the next year...
