Chicago’s Housing Market Is Finally Balancing

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Chicago’s Housing Market Is Finally Balancing

With higher inventory and median sale price slips over the past year, the market is finally shifting to buyers’ favor.

Latest

The Best View From a Bathtub in Chicago

The four-bedroom penthouse condo at 400 West Ontario has changed a lot in recent years, most notably in price.

Can a Landlord Make You Disclose Coronavirus Status?

It’s complicated.

Can Chicago’s Housing Market Weather COVID-19?

Unlike in 2007, the market’s entering this crisis on fundamentally solid footing. And as stock prices plummet, real estate may be a more appealing investment.

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AirBnB hosts are advertising their places as cozy alternatives to holing up at home. (Some more elegantly than others.)

Will Anyone Pay River North Prices in Logan Square?

At the Logan Apartments, monthly rents range from $2,050 to $3,695. Can a property so far from the Loop shoulder those rates?

A Trump Tower Penthouse Unit Takes Its Fifth Price Cut

The 86th-floor condo has been on the market for nearly a year, falling $900,000 in price. Is it finally a bargain?

Lake Michigan Comes for Chicago’s Waterfront Real Estate

The lake’s clobbering of the shore has left waterfront home owners on edge — and put doubts in buyers’ minds.

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