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Chicago Real Estate Prices Drop, Nationally Rise 0.3%

Just as Chicago breaking news reports that home prices in the Chicago fell 1.6 percent in December, nationally prices continue to tick up 0.3% according to S&P / Case -Shiller.  The Chicago real estate news is the sharpest decline among the top 20 metropolitan markets in December, according to a widely watched housing index released Tuesday. [...]

Chicagoland Housing Market is on the Rebound

At the end of last year, the Illinois housing market saw a decrease in property values but an increase in sales.  According to the Illinois Association of Realtors fourth quarter 2009 report, there was a 35.6 percent increase in Illinois home sales in the last quarter of 2009 compared to the number of sales at [...]

Voice of the Bulls Sells Naperville Home

Bulls radio announcer Steven Kashul has scored a home sale.  Kashul and his wife, Cynthia, sold their 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath Naperville home for $475,000 on Dec. 17.
The Kashuls bought the property for $387,000 in 2004. The 2,049-square-foot house was built in 1956 in the Heritage Woods neighborhood. It is a ranch-style house that includes a full-size [...]

Walter Jacobson Moves Out of His Mansion, Again

In what was once a boarding house, retired news anchor Walter Jacobson is moving out of this Lincoln Park mansion for the second time.  The home sold for $1.975 million dollars after buying it back from his first wife in 1994 for $750,000.
Jacobson separated from his first wife and moved out of the home in the 1970’s [...]

Uptown Neighborhood One Bedroom – One Bath Condo for $54,900?

Yes, you read that right, for the cost of a moderately priced SUV, you can own a condo in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago for just $700 a month if you put 20% down including assessments and real estate taxes.   Located at 818 W. Lakeside Place, just steps from the lake and Lincoln Park, perfect for dog owners near [...]