Category Archives: Chicago Condos

Stock Market Slump Affects Real Estate Prices

Homes for Sale in Chicago

In spite of a small gain earlier this week, the stock market is still suffering, and many real estate experts are beginning to wonder whether or not this economic downturn will make the real estate market worse. Among them is the real estate reporter A.D Pruitt.
According to Pruitt “Commercial real estate could be losing its appeal as a safe-haven investment given the market turmoil and constrained bank financing.” Pruitt believes that “The stock market performance of real estate investment trusts, while still healthy, is down from a two-year hot streak.”

And …

by Lindsey Anderson on September 12, 2011

Don’t Flip Out: House Flipping Trendy in Chicago

With few job prospects available to them, many people have begun to pursue more and more unusual career paths to make ends meet. One Illinois woman has actually taken to “flipping” houses for a living.

Cynthia Block, of Knoxville, Illinois, has created a career for herself buying up old homes, remodeling them, and selling them at a profit.
According to a reporter for the CarmiTimes, “Despite having a master’s degree in business administration from Regis University in Denver, Cynthia Block returned to the area two years ago from Cincinnati and found a …

by Lindsey Anderson on September 12, 2011

The Neighborhood Files: Greek Town

Chicago is, perhaps more than most cities, a city of neighborhoods. From the broad boulevards of Lincoln Park, to the arty avenues of Pilsen, each and every neighborhood in this city possesses its own distinct energy and unique charm.  Each neighborhood is worth learning a little more about. So, every other week, we’ll be featuring another neighborhood on this section of the blog, and we’ll interview someone living in that neighborhood—Someone capable of giving us the inside scoop on their ‘hood!
This week I sat down with Jennifer Costa and talked …

by Lindsey Anderson on September 9, 2011

Buying a Condo May Be Less Expensive then Renting On-Campus Housing

Do you remember your first college dorm room? Did you live in a cramped crawl space on campus with one, two, or even three other students? Did you learn to sleep through loud music and lots of noise on a nightly basis?
Or, did you sleep soundly in a condo of your very own?

If you’re like most of us, you probably slept on campus, in a dorm, during your first year of college. But nowadays, as the real estate market in Chicago continues to remain depressed, more and more parents are …

by Lindsey Anderson on September 5, 2011

Fringe Festival Preperations Underway in Pilsen

Silken Veils at the Chicago Fringe Festival

If you’re like most Chicagoans, you’re actually starting to get tired of stumbling across yet another summer festival this season. You’ve had enough of the loud music, the greasy food, and the crowded city streets.
But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check out the Fringe Festival, a theater festival unlike anything else you’ve seen in Chicago this year.

As stated in the “About” section of the Chicago Fringe Festival’s website  ”The Chicago Fringe Festival (CFF) invites emerging and established performing artists from Chicago, the U.S. and beyond to showcase their …

by Lindsey Anderson on September 1, 2011

East Coast, West Coast, Third Coast: An Interview with Someone Who’s Seen it All

Some Americans settle down easily—They find a city that they love and they stick with it. Others seem to have a bit of wanderlust—They move from place to place often.
Today we interviewed Carla Jackson, a woman who has been privileged to lived in three of the United State’s most prominent cities New York City, San Francisco, and Houston prior to her moving to Chicago. We asked Carla to tell us a bit about how each of these major American cities stacked up to the Windy City.

You grew up in San Francisco, didn’t you?
That’s right. …

by Lindsey Anderson on August 31, 2011
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