Lincoln Square

Open House Visitors and Conversations about Chicago Real Estate

The folks who came came at the end, walked about the Lincoln Park home, and talked about what they are looking for. I, a pleasant sort, traded anecdotes with them about what they seek. And so goes another day in the Chicago real estate market.

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from the morning’s darkness a voice emerged

Amid the early morning dark a single voice emerged from the darkness, a spring-boding bird whistling its plaintive song for my ears to hear, helping me to chart my course of hope toward the arrival of warmth and green. Now mixing metaphors and the like from Casablanca and Disney I go to the rest of the day imitating the feathered friend, whistling as I work.

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A Muddled Tale Among Sales (and not) in Chicago Real Estate

When is a deal not a deal? When one side refuses to do what they say they will do and won’t execute the contract. That’s what happened a few weeks ago when my clients reached a deal to buy a West Bucktown home and the sellers dilly dallied long enough to result in another offer that preempted ours.

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White Noise, Common sense and The Chicago Real Estate Market

White noise.
It’s there. And there. And over there.
It’s the radio playing in my 4-Runner as I veer down Lake Shore Drive to show listings of The Real Estate Lounge Chicago.
It’s the music seeping out of my laptop from the “scrobbler” at Last FM or random selections at Pandora or selected singles at Blip FM or [...]

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A Call from a Pig and an Extended School Break in Chicago

A mix of imagination and pragmatics, we decided to keep Jackson out of school the week following a two-week break in the face of the unknown. With Swine Flu rising to the state of pandemic, such a course of action seemed well-reasoned. Meanwhile, the Chicago real estate market is more active than it’s been in more than a year.

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