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Hello South Florida 19 Oct 2011 | 03:34 am
Hello South Florida! It’s been an adventure making the transition from Chicago to South Florida, and although I will still maintain my status as Your Windy City Guide up in Chicago for the foreseeabl...
What Goes Down Must Come Up 23 Sep 2011 | 06:47 am
Prices rise in some city neighborhoods Homeowners in a handful of Chicago neighborhoods can pop the cork on the champagne they’ve been saving for the housing market recovery. Meanwhile, there are sti...
Did you get out of bed today? 20 Aug 2011 | 01:38 am
I know what you’re thinking. ‘Here we go again. It’s the Bear Market of 2008 back to punch us in the stomach and take our lunch money one more time. There goes the stock market. There goes the real es...
Credit Suisse Monthly Survey of Real Estate Agents shows buyers’ outlook still worsening 13 Jul 2011 | 02:01 am
Today’s monthly survey of real estate agents shows that economic worries are still having an impact on buyer traffic and sales. Agents highlighted the consistent worries among buyers about a) job sec...
Introducing ShowMojo–handling apartment showings with ease! 2 Jun 2011 | 12:00 am
Your Guide has been helping a friend who is both an IT consultant (his day job) and an apartment investor (his retirement program) develop a program to help landlords and leasing agents schedule showi...
Springtime and the Parkway… 26 Apr 2011 | 06:44 am
Ah Spring! Everyone is outside at play now that the weather is finally breaking to warmer weather. Your Guide was walking trusty dog Monty this week in North Center and a resident actually chased me...
Condo dwellers: Get involved. Or go rent. 22 Apr 2011 | 05:47 am
This is a cautionary tale for condo residents who naturally find themselves too busy to get involved with their condominium association. Things can go haywire when no one is at the wheel, and this af...
End of an Era: last Cabrini Green high rise torn down today 31 Mar 2011 | 03:22 am
Back on August 21, 2008, I posted in response to a reader’s question about when the Cabrini Green high rises might eventually get torn down. At that time, most of the RED high rises were gone already...
Prices benchmarked in time have fallen farther back into the early 2000’s. AKA “The Lost Decade” 17 Mar 2011 | 02:19 am
Back in 2009, I wrote about prices and how far back in time you could benchmark the fall. When I wrote that article it appeared that prices had fallen back to 2007 price levels. I also thought that ...
Crain’s reports 13th month of price declines; Credit Suisse survey of agents backs up seat of the pants impression. 10 Mar 2011 | 08:53 am
Your Guide has been jealously watching the economic recover and the related recovery of the real estate market in other major markets while the market remains sluggish in Chicago. Stats from Federal ...
