Category: Chicago
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Best Chicago Mobile Real Estate Search
Ideal Location Chicago Real Estate, LLC in partnership with Buyers Utopia is now offering all their clients mobile searches. Clients with iPhones & Android based smart phones now will be able to get “on the go” real estate searches in the Chicago metro area. The mobile site is a great way for real estate buyers…
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Chicago Foreclosures & Chicago Short Sales
Chicago Foreclosures & Chicago Short Sales The Chicago real estate market still is awash with distressed properties. For savvy real estate buyers and investors this offers a tremendous opportunity. There are thousands of pre-foreclosures listed on the market but Chicago real estate buyers do have to be careful as a large percentage of these are simply…
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City of Chicago Active Listings For Sale
The City of Chicago and its nearly 100 Neighborhoods have over 26,000 active properties for sale. The average asking price for all properties listed is $322,000 Click on any neighborhood to see what properties are for sale today or Zoom in with our Chicago Real Estate Mapping Search and see what’s for sale block by block…
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Chicago Foreclosure Real Estate Investment
With more than one in 10 houses in Chicago vacant, and experts expecting the foreclosure crisis to continue to grow, nonprofits and the city are renting out more of those properties and offering incentives for those willing to buy. Neighborhood Housing Services, a 35-year-old Chicago non-profit, this year will lend $18 million for single-family home…
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Bank Owned New Construction Homes In Chicago and Suburbs
In today’s Real Estate Market many buyers are taking advantage of builders who purchased land and started to develop property right before the bubble burst. Purchasers in Chicago and the Suburbs are finding spec homes and condos under the price of what it costs the builders to actually build today. In the height of the…
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West Loop Real Estate Benefits From Green Space
By: Eli Schultz The West Loop real estate investment community welcomed the newest green addition to the Chicago neighborhood with the long-anticipated Adams & Sangamon Park finally opening on August 19th, 2010. Mayor Richard Daily and alderman Bob Fioretti came out to inaugurate the park’s completion, hailing it as a great achievement by the area’s…
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Chicago Green Real Estate Investment Incentives
By: Luke Bujarski Chicago’s green real estate investment market may have taken another step forward this month. Coordinated by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the Better Buildings Initiative aims to create jobs and save people money on their energy bills by strengthening the market for energy efficient properties. The goal of the program…
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Wicker Park Property
By: Eli Schultz Wicker Park property boasts a diverse stock of building styles and price ranges. The broad variety of condominiums in the area range from rehabbed and vintage lofts, classic walk-ups, and new construction mid-rises and three-flats. The selection of single-family homes also ranges from up-scale new construction hitting the multi-million dollar mark, to older…
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Bucktown Property
By: Eli Schultz The Bucktown neighborhood is located 3.5 miles northwest of the loop, bordering Wicker Park, Lincoln Park, and Logan Square. Bucktown property for sale is primarily of residential stock with a mix of single-family homes and converted lofts. On average, a one-bedroom in a multi-unit building is priced around $270,000 and $375,000 for…
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West Loop Real Estate For Sale
By: Eli Schultz Today, the West Loop is among Chicago’s most desirable neighborhoods for well-to-do young urban professionals, given its proximity and access to the Loop. West Loop real estate for sale runs at an average sales price of around $310,000, with many new and rehabbed units available along Madison Street and Washington Blvd. The…