The last few weeks has seen a lot of “bottom” calls in real estate both in Chicago and nationally. Yesterday, Zillow’s market bottom call was all the rage. (Before you complain about Zillow’s “accuracy” just know that it wasn’t the first to call the market bottom in recent days. But it does have a good PR […]
This 4-bedroom single family home at 9046 S. Hamilton in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Beverly came on the market in June 2012. Yes, it’s actually called “Beverly Hills” and the neighborhood has lovely signs telling you so. Built in 1924 on an oversized lot of 52×133, the listing calls the architecture style “English”. It […]
The data doesn’t lie. It seemed to me that the luxury home market was hotter than the previous few years but Crain’s refuted my non-data “theory” with real data. 200 homes priced over $1.5 million sold in the first half of the year in the Chicagoland area which was the same number as sold in 2011 […]
We last chattered about this rehabbed 1-bedroom in the Marlborough at 400 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park in January 2012. See our prior chatter here. In January, most of you thought the rehab was nicely done but without central air, in-unit washer/dryer or parking and high assessments, you thought it was overpriced by about $70,000 […]
This 4-bedroom Cape Cod at 9524 S. Claremont in Beverly has been on the market since May 2012. It originally sold last November as an estate sale. Back then, it was just a 2 bedroom, 1 bath at 1282 square feet. Now, after a rehab that included new windows, new roof, mechanicals, plumbing and electrical, the […]
This top floor 2-bedroom in the recognizable blue building that is 110 W. Superior in River North came on the market in June 2012. Built in 2008, the building has just 58 units. This unit has luxury finishes including Snaidero cabinets in the kitchen with quartz counter tops and SubZero, Wolf and Bosch appliances. It has dark bamboo […]