All Entries Tagged With: "Buying Chicago Green Homes"
Top 10 Things to Put in Your Next New Chicago Home
Builder Magazine Online listed their Top 10 items for builders to consider putting in their 2010 new homes. Perhaps not surprisingly, many products on the ‘top 10 list’ are energy efficient / green building technology that is all the rage now in the industry. They are justified as important if the real AND perceived value [...]
Green Financing Updates And Tips For Homes
As Chicago real estate enters its traditional deep freeze of January, thankfully FHA’s Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEM’s) financing tools have been retained for home buyers in 2010. As many as 55% of entry level home buyers reported that they used FHA loans for purchasing their home in 2009. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have [...]
The Green MLS Comes to Chicagoland Real Estate
We’re pleased to share developing news that Northern Illinois’ Mulitple Listing Service (MLS), will be adding support for green building features in 2010. Real estate professionals will need to be prepared by taking education through NAR GREEN or Eco Broker courses.
Chicago’s Yannell House Makes Builder Magazine’s Favorite 2009 New Homes Top Ten
Chicago’s LEED-H Platinum home in the north-side neighborhood of Ravenswood with it’s unique design made Builder Magazine’s Top Ten Coolest houses in 2009. Built with just about every green innovation on a traditional Chicago lot near the Ravenswood Metra stop on the North shore line, the Yannell House is as green as it stands out [...]
Move-in Ready Energy-Efficient Bridgeport Condos
Three energy-efficient condominiums in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood are available for immediate occupancy. Developer Bozena (Bo) Boguslawski has converted a four-unit apartment building at 3308 S. Lowe Avenue into three condominiums, ranging from 1,300 to 2,600 square feet. Prices range from $289,000 to $539,000. Buyers can choose their own refrigerators, washing machines and dryers. “Other than [...]
