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This gorgeous single family is an incredible opportunity…
Chef’s kitchen includes Five Star Range, Subzero, S/S appliances
Granite Counters and eat-in island
Huge outdoor deck and stone patio
Built-in brick grill
Impeccable finishes and lovely woodwork
Better than a condo or townhouse — low monthlies and total control of property rights!
This video from Pat Callan, President of the Illinois Association of Realtors, discusses key housing provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In it, he talks about how Illinois residents can benefit from the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, increased Illinois FHA loan limits and energy-efficient housing tax credits.
Links:
Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency
First Time [...]
Spring weather means street cleaning, and maybe a parking ticket for you if you don’t move you car off the street for cleaning.
Check the ward websites to make sure you aren’t caught in the wrong place at the wrong time!
In my Rubloff Luxury Blog post of Feb 24, I reported on the Alcott High School for the Humanities, opening this fall. An information meeting was held that week at the Elementary School, and I was quite impressed by the plan put together by Alcott’s LSC, including principal David Domovic.
At that time, there was [...]
I am a huge fan of the Edgewater neighborhood for Chicago historic homes and for great real estate values in Chicago. Here are a couple homes I would recommend Chicago real estate buyers go see…
1218 W. Glenlake — Edgewater Glen
$ 575,000
Five bedroom home built in 1908 with 2 car garage and full third floor
33 [...]
Thanks to Flickr and my new (but yet to be introduced) friend, Pammett, son of Dutch’s Photostream, I want to share this fun slideshow of Weird Houses from around the world…
Thai Pastry has been open for over 7 years, and Add (the name everyone calls her, pronounced “at”) is the owner-operator. What a great place!
It’s a small storefront at 4925 N. Broadway in Uptown, near the Argyle Street group of fantastic restaurants. The decor doesn’t “wow” you, but the food is superb. It’s open [...]
Only 381 condos closed on Chicago’s north side during the first two months of 2009. This 190.5 average is 32% of the 2008 monthly average, and 42% of the Jan/Feb 2008 sales figure.
The JF 2009 median sales price of $335,375 is only off 3 % from total 2008 median sales price.
Today, there are 6001 condos [...]
