Chuck Gullett’s latest listing is a great 1 bed/ 1 bath South facing brick and timber loft at Penthouse Lofts. The kitchen features granite countertops and stainless appliances with Bosch dishwasher. Beautifully updated bathroom with marble subway tile in shower. In unit washer/ dryer, fireplace and huge balcony. Close to lake and transportation. Parking included in price! Check out the photos here and make an appointment with Chuck to see this loft today!
Aiming to provide Chicago’s home buyers and sellers with the best access to Chicago real estate listings and useful neighborhood information, Best Chicago Properties is pleased to announce the launch of our new website. Check out the 3 BIG new advantages of our new site. Responsive technology plus a faster and easier quick search feature plus search MLS listings in 45 “real” Chicago neighborhoods.
Selling your Chicago condo, loft or town home can be either a pleasant and rewarding experience, even fun…or it can turn into a tedious disaster of a process with one ugly surprise after the next. Often a great REALTOR® makes all the difference. Here you’ll find a list of 10 questions to ask potential Chicago listing agents so you can end up selecting the right one.
This Luxurious Lakeview Condo really does have everything. Starting with the ever-so-hard to find extra-wide floor plan, this end unit home offers a great location, lots of light and over 1650 sqft of living space with North, East and South exposures. From there it gets even better! You’ll enjoy three outdoor spaces including a private roof deck above the garage plus front & back balconies which are absolutely perfect for relaxing and entertaining. And more…
Ever wonder what a million bucks buys you in Chicago? Unlike other American cities of similar size and prominence, Chicago offers some very appealing choices of homes, town houses, condos and lofts for those with a budget of about $1,000,000. Whether you’re seeking that downtown Chicago apartment with fabulous lake and city views or simply looking for a single-family home in a convenient neighborhood, you can easily find it in Chicago for a million dollars. For example, consider The Legacy at 60 E. Monroe…
#1 – What’s the right Chicago neighborhood for me?
First things first, where do you work and how do you feel about commuting? The answers here will inform your decision regarding neighborhoods. For example, if you work in the loop and want to walk to work rather than drive or take the CTA, then research these two neighborhoods… West Loop and River North both with easy access to the Loop. Or maybe you secretly like people watching on the red line so admit it a short commute is even a little desirable. And you want to live where there’s a lot of night life or opportunities to get outside and run or bike along the lake (even more people watching!) then check out Lincoln Park and Lakeview. Next question…
Chicago artist and real estate junkie, Emily Rutledge, asks “why there are so many bad real estate photographs?” I honestly don’t know the answer. Perhaps cheapness mixed with laziness? Why would people skimp when it comes to selling their most valuable asset? Why would real estate agents risk their professional future by using bad photos? We’ve all heard it said: “A picture’s worth a thousand words!” Other than the old saying “Location, Location, Location,” there is no more important saying in real estate. People are visual creatures. We all respond to gorgeous photographs. Consider the raging success of the photo pinning boards of Pinterest, the fastest …read more and check out some really bad listings pics here…
Wow, this West Loop / Fulton Market loft condo sits up high on the 9th floor and offers wonderful light and great Chicago city views. It’s a spacious northwest comer 2 bedroom + den with a 143 sq ft balcony.In addition to the light and views, what makes this West Loop / Fulton Market modern home special are the gorgeous Ebony bamboo floors plus the recently upgraded kitchen and bathrooms. Read more here…
While many of our Chicago friends were off on vacation in the Caribbean Islands this February, we were working hard to bring our clients an even easier and more convenient real estate experience! Specifically, we invite you to check out these three new features…Pinterest, Quick Search and Google See Inside!
If you live in the Chicago’s Near West Side (including the West Loop) the January home sale statistics for the area as reported by the Chicago Association of Realtors show continued very positive trends and will most certainly be of interest to you. January 2013 new listings of attached single family homes (condos and town homes) was down by 16.3% over 2012 and total inventory has dropped from 442 homes to 195, thats a decline of 55.9%. The median sales price in the same period has jumped by 16.7% from $240,000 to $280,000 and the time on market has declined from 189 days to 89 days, a 52.7% decline. Read more….
