Luxury Listing
a rare treat . 3 living levels in all-brick bucktown luxury condo
arrive home to your new luxury bucktown condo at 2301 w wabansia. three large and bright living levels in this corner-located all0-brick residence with three full and one half marble baths (master with airjet tub and steam shower). gourmet kitchen features gaggenau, subzero and fisher-paykel. and there are endless entertainment opportunities with 475 square foot [...]
Well Versed in Chicago Real Estate Listings? The Haiku Approach
A friend recently slipped a haiku into a facebook status update. As is the case always with haiku, once it enters my line of sight I refuse to relinquish the reins of haiku IQ for a good two weeks. Thus have I viewed life through the prism of the haiku for the past few days, [...]
A Celebrity Seller with an Unsold Gold Coast Condo
On Sunday I met a couple at my Gold Coast open house at 1224 N Dearborn. As we talked about the overall Chicago market and more specifically the Gold Coast they told me that one of their primary considerations is square footage. For some reason this triggered in my mind a single floor residence at [...]
faith or fear . a chicago real estate market snapshot
Parking lots are not something synonymous with life in Chicago. When we go places we either street park, find a nearby garage or valet. That’s real life in Chicago. We just consider it part of the market price to live in a great city like Chicago There are exceptions, though. There are a handful of [...]
$300 Roll of Paper Towels and Keys for $825k
I laughed at a friend’s facebook post yesterday. She said something to the effect of a roll of paper towels at Costco costing her $125. I wonder how she does it when the same roll costs me $300? As I mull over lopsided economics and prices we pay for common and typical things let me [...]
