From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Chicago Lakefront Condos: Summer’s Best Location

May 28, 2010

If you are starting your Chicago real estate search now, it’s not too late to think about your summer. Summer is easily Chicago’s favorite season– Cubs and Sox baseball, the opening of the beaches and finally getting to take advantage of Lake Michigan make summer the reason people live in Chicago [...]

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Condos in Downtown Chicago: Number of Rentals Drops Dramatically

May 26, 2010

While the number of rental condos in downtown Chicago is still higher than in years before 2008, YoChicago is reporting that rental numbers have decreased substantially over the past six months. Higher numbers of Chicago condos for rent in the past two years have been caused by many condo owners and investors [...]

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Chicago Townhomes: Finding A Suburban Lifestyle In Urban Chicago

May 24, 2010

Chicago townhomes have the independent feel of single-family homes, while also offering the community of a condo building. For our real estate clients who are somewhere between renting an apartment and buying a home, Chicago townhomes are often the compromise that makes a satisfying purchase.

Meanwhile, many neighborhoods within the city offer [...]

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Introducing our Newest Chicago Home Search Tool!

May 20, 2010

If you are beginning your Chicago home search, you’ll be pleased to find a new tool on our website to make your search easier, more visual and more intuitive. Especially if you are relocating to Chicago real estate and are unfamiliar with the areas of the city, your job will be even [...]

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The Perks of Downtown Chicago Real Estate: Living in East Village

May 20, 2010

One of the trendiest neighborhoods in Chicago is West Town, an area of downtown Chicago real estate that includes the smaller enclaves of Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, East Village, Noble Square, Smith Park and River West. Overall, the West Town area is known as urban, hip and trendy– generally, it’s [...]

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Barrington Condos: The Perfect Balance between Old and New

May 10, 2010

The condos in Barrington offer Chicagoans a balance between small city charm and metropolitan worldliness. Nestled between Cook, Lake, Kane, and McHenry counties, Barrington is one of the more unique Chicago suburbs. Boasting the sixth wealthiest zip code in the nation, this affluent bedroom community is rife with mid-nineteenth century architecture and is well known [...]

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