Chicago Real Estate Blog

New Green Home Exhibit at Chicago Architecture Foundation

The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s newest exhibit focuses on green living and how we can all be more eco-friendly in our daily habits. Green with Desire: Can We Live Sustainably in Our Homes? debuted this week and will run through September 5 in the Atrium Gallery of the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF), located at 224 South Michigan Avenue.

Posted at 11:59AM Jun 26, 2008 by Spencer Mason in General  |  Comments[0]

New Listing at 1400 Museum Park #1709

Just listed a 2b/2b condo at 100 E 14th St #1709 for 424,900 + 34k for parking which is discounted from the developers units.  This is part of the Museum Park development...which has it's signature floor to ceiling windows.  Beautiful looking building at 14th and Michigan with a nice open lobby, the doorpersons are extremely friendly and helpful, a great fitness room and pool.  Let me know if you'd like to view this unit or any others in the building or in the South Loop.  I'd be glad to help in any way as your Buyer's Agent or maybe my listing, Unit #1709, is the right one for you.  Let's meet for a consultation at Zapatista in the South Loop for chips and salsa and a michelada!  Have you had one yet?  It's the Mexicans version of a bloody mary. 

Posted at 06:37PM Jun 19, 2008 by Mitch Gardberg in General  |  Comments[0]

Mortgages Made More Available by Covered Bonds

The U.S. government is looking to European financing models in hopes of finding a way to make home loans more attainable for American home buyers. The new approach to mortgage loans would use a money lending practice called “covered bonds,” which is popular in Europe and has been used there for centuries.

Posted at 05:06PM Jun 18, 2008 by Spencer Mason in General  |  Comments[0]

Start Now to Secure the Best Mortgage Rate for the Future

Current house hunters can do things now to improve their financial situations and set themselves up for a better mortgage. Here are a few quick tips:

Posted at 04:57PM Jun 16, 2008 by Spencer Mason in General  |  Comments[0]

Generation Y: The Next Generation of Home Buyers

Keeping up with what home buyers want is essential in the real estate industry. Home builders need to know what to build and Realtors need to know what sells. That’s why the focus has turned toward Generation Yers—anyone born between 1978 and 1994—because they are the next generation of homeowners.

Posted at 05:09PM Jun 10, 2008 by Spencer Mason in General  |  Comments[0]

Chicago Homes Featured on Planet Green TV Show

Awareness of Chicago’s green scene is spreading to the small screen. A new program on Planet Green (formerly the Discovery Home Channel), will take audiences on a trip around the country to eco-friendly homes, a handful of which are in the Windy City.

Posted at 01:30PM Jun 05, 2008 by Spencer Mason in General  |  Comments[0]

Inflation Hits the Home Front

For many potential home buyers, the sense of urgency to purchase is quelled by low interest rates and surplus supply of residential real estate. Instead of acting now, buyers are hanging out on the sidelines to see just how far prices will drop. But a recent article in Realty Times makes the argument that there isn’t as much time to wait around as we might think. There’s a certain economic factor called inflation that plays a hand in every sphere of consumerism and with the way the cost of other goods are going up right now, it’s only a matter of time before housing gets hit, too.

Posted at 03:56PM Jun 02, 2008 by Spencer Mason in General  |  Comments[0]