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Lexington Homes in Bridgeport Offering Buying Incentives

In the heart of Chicago’s near southside, home of the Chicago White Sox and Mayor Daley, Lexington Homes Rowhomes announced major incentives to buyers for move-in ready homes.  Located on 3704 S. Sangamon Street, the development named Lexington Square offers 39 single-family rowhomes just 6 blocks west of U.S. Cellular Field.
Reported in Chicago Agent Magazine, [...]

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Short Sale, Long Process – A Short Sale Experienced

After participating in a recent short sale transaction, it’s a wonder that the word ’short’ is anywhere in it’s name.  ‘Short’ certainly does not refer to the amount of time it takes to find out if you can buy the property…   Nearly 6 months passed after making the offer and the closing took place [...]

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Follow Us, Be A Fan Of Our Facebook Page

There is more than one place to find Chicagoland Real Estate Forum today: become a fan on Facebook!  We recently launched our page on the king of social media websites.  We are quickly gaining fans who follow our new construction news, views and trends.  Along with our RSS feed that you can sign up for [...]

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Winthrop Club Condos In Evanston Nears Completion

Chicagoland Real Estate Forum recently had the pleasure of taking a tour of the almost completed 15 story Winthrop Club tower in downtown Evanston.   Bob Horner of Winthrop Properties, the developer, gave us a personal tour of some of the floors of the building.  We started on the penthouse floor with the 4 most lavish [...]

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Neighborly News, Reviews and Real Estate

Sometimes it’s nice to get a glimpse of what’s going on locally in Chicago.  Truly a city of neighborhoods, Chicago seems like a city of little towns packed together.  So it’s no doubt helpful to have a source for local goings on in your ‘hood.  That is why I think that EveryBlock.com is pretty cool [...]

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This North Shore Mansion Is Chicago Real Estate Reverie

Le Grand Reve, or ‘the Big Dream’ is a north shore home now privately on the market for an astonishing $32 million.  West of Winnetka, Chicagoland home buyers have a chance to buy one of the priciest homes on the market nationwide.  According to Dennis Rodkin of the Chicagomag.com’s Deal Estate, the approximately 17,000 square [...]

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Former Bulls Player’s Burr Ridge Home In Foreclosure

According to Sports Pros(e), a Chicago Sun-Times blog, Eddy Curry’s home in Burr Ridge is in foreclosure.  The once highly rated 6′-11′ star, drafted 4th overall in 2001, who has had trouble on and off the court, seemingly can’t escape his past in Chicago. Bayview Loan Servicing filed the foreclosure notice on the home against [...]

Open for EVERYONE – do you want to post on ChicagolandRealEstateForum?

Chicagoland Real Estate Forum is a community of information about real estate in Chicago.  It is open for posting to almost anyone in the industry…just let us know that you want to post to the site and we will set you up.
We do moderate the posts for content and to make sure it is [...]

Driving Around Wicker Park

Cruising around Wicker Park on Thursday, I felt that I needed to finally check out Alex Pearsall’s zero-net energy home.  This former multi-family, mixed-use building was featured on greenbeanchicago.com as a revolutionary concept home and was completed less than a year ago.  This 9,000 square foot home in its former life was the former hang-out [...]

Prairie District Lofts In The South Loop

While preserving a relic of Chicago’s industrial past and re-creating loft-style living in the south loop, Prairie District Lofts provides buyers with an excellent opportunity to live in this emerging neighborhood
Located near great ethnic areas such as Chinatown, Little Italy and Greektown, the dining and entertainment options are as vast as they are diverse.
The building [...]

Social Media Networks Continue Massive Growth Trend in 2009

mRELEVANCE, an internet marketing and social media company, has preached and provided its expertise to builders and real estate professional in effectively using social media to help boost their online presence.  More than simply setting up a Facebook page, effective internet marketing requires an integrated approach tying the website, blog and social media together.
So it comes as no [...]