The Chicago 77

We can help spur the economy here in Chicago if conventional loan limits were increased. By raising them, buyers in the market just above $417,000 would need less money down and benefit from the record low interest rates.

The Postal Service has decided to auction off the site of the old post office at 433 W Van Buren. Built in 1932, this building straddles the Eisenhower Expressway and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was the largest postal facility in the US, but was vacated in 1995 when the USPS […]

There aren’t many co-ops in Chicago, but occasionally one comes up in an MLS search and my buyers always ask about them. I know of several along Lake Shore Dr and in Hyde Park, one in Ravenswood, and a few in Rogers Park. Until the most recent condo boom, co-ops were the most prevalent form […]

The state of the current real estate market has made short sales more prevalent than ever before. When I started selling real estate five years ago, I rarely encountered a short sale. This past Sunday while out with buyers, two of the seven homes we previewed were short sales. Having just finalized a short sale […]