Near West Side Condos

Near West Side condos for sale at 2 year low

Chart Graphic November 5, 2010

The Near West Side condo market is showing some signs of improvement. The number of Near West Side condos (and townhouses and co-ops) for sale both during the month and on the last day of the month reached a 2 year low in October. There were 879 condos for sale during October and 687 for Click to continue...

Regional Economic Forecast 2009 Highlights 3 of 3

January 20, 2009

In part 2 of this blog post series I shared Lawrence Yun’s chart showing that the number of existing home sales have dropped back to 1998 levels. Buyers considering a new condo in downtown Chicago need to take a good look at Gail Lissner’s chart which I recreated below. This year 4700 new condos in Click to continue...

2 Bedroom Condo Prices Up in the Loop, NNS, NWS & NSS, But Sales Down

October 17, 2008

Today I started searching for a 2 bedroom condo in the Loop, Near North Side, Near West Side and Near South Side for a couple who will be relocating here from Colorado. Median sale prices for 2 bedroom condos in 3 of the 4 areas are up for the past 3 months compared to a Click to continue...

West Loop’s 565 Quincy Condos

March 2, 2008

Yesterday a couple of buyers and I visited new condo development sales offices in Chicago. One of the new developments we visited was 565 Quincy (shown left) in the West Loop neighborhood. The developer is Belgravia Group. Erin Mandel, the sales representative, gave a good overview of the development which included an impressive multi-media presentation. Click to continue...

University Village Neighborhood Map

May 29, 2007

Last week a couple and I checked out condos in the University Village Neighborhood in the Near West Side area of Chicago. There seems to be a lot of disagreement on the neighborhood’s borders. Some real estate websites describe the borders as Monroe and Roosevelt on the north and south with Halsted and Western on Click to continue...