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NewHomeNotebook.com What does a million plus get you in Bucktown?

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@properties agent David Wolf talks about the selection of single-family homes for sale on North Winchester Avenue, which he describes as one of the most desirable residential streets in all of Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood.
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NewHomeNotebook.com If you've wondered about the mechanics of a real estate auction, listen to Jamie from Sheldon Good explain the process to open house attendees...

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As you'll hear in the background of this video, there was a steady stream of people registering for the first open house held today prior to the auction of 20 units at Motor Row Lofts in the South Loop. ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com In case you've been under a rock...

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Posted 11/6/2009 by Erik Stonikas In case you haven't heard, Congress has extended and expanded the home buyers tax credit. First-time buyers are still eligible for as much as $8,000, and now buyers who have lived in their current homes for at least five years can get $6,500. ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com Temporary relief...

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Posted 11/5/2009 by Erik Stonikas Changes in the FHA approval process for condos which were supposed to go into effect this week have been delayed until December seventh (a day which will live in infamy). ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com Not too shabby...

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Posted 11/4/2009 by Erik Stonikas After hearing that Chicago-based brokerage @properties launched a new and enhanced Web site this week, I set out to explore it, engage it, and pass along my initial reactions. ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com "The most important thing for buyers is that they stay patient"

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Posted 11/3/2009 by Erik Stonikas You find a buyer out there, it's like gold in the mine, says Chicago real-estate attorney Lloyd Gussis, who talked to me recently about the changes he's seen in the closing process over the past year. ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com Loft opps off the beaten path...

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Posted 11/2/2009 by Erik Stonikas For authentic loft conversions in Chicago, places like the South Loop and River North stand out as go-to neighborhoods. After reading about the Wilco Loft in LoftLife Magazine, however, I thought I would look into other lofts in Irving Park. ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com A neighborhood off the beaten path - inspired by a train wreck...

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Posted 11/2/2009 by Joseph Askins Spend more than a minute Googling “Greater Grand Crossing,” and you’ll surely come across stories of a terrible train wreck at the intersection of the Illinois Central and Michigan Southern railroad tracks in 1853. ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com Friday's FDIC activity made it a bad day for Pullman and Roseland neighborhoods...

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Posted 11/2/2009 by Joe Zekas The opening day of last year's Pullman / Roseland Parade of Homes was, according to the residents I interviewed there, a great day for Pullman. That great day was made possible, ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com 4th of 4 videos on the real estate auction process. See the series at the Sheldon Good YouTube channel http://youtube.com/sheldongood

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This is the fourth segment of a multi-video overview of the real estate auction process. Julie First of Chicago-based Sheldon Good and Company, the sponsor of these videos, tells you what you can expect on the day of the auction. ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com More brand new rental options...

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Posted 10/29/2009 by Joseph Askins A construction worker rakes concrete into a ceremonial last bucket at the topping-off ceremony for Parc Huron, 469 W Huron St. Keep an eye out for more video from the event, including interviews with the tower's developers and architects.
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NewHomeNotebook.com It's not quite finished, but we'll bet you haven't seen the bottom of Trump Tower...

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Joe Askins of YoChicago.com takes a stroll around the new plaza on the northeast side of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago and sneaks a peek of the development's large riverwalk retail spaces, still under construction on the northern side of the Chicago River.
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NewHomeNotebook.com Could be new rentals in River West...

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Posted 10/28/2009 by Joseph Askins “Do you think someone who has a contract for a $450,000 unit that they signed two years ago is going to close? They aren’t going to close, so why alienate the marketplace? ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com Chicagoland home values continue north...

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Posted 10/27/2009 by Joseph Askins Home values went nowhere but up, up, up, in August, according to the latest Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. For the first time in years, home ...
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NewHomeNotebook.com How neighborhoods compare on the North side...

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Realtor Jenny Ames of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offers some observations on the North Side home market, from buyers' tendencies to look at homes from Andersonville to Ukrainian Village instead ...