Just found this great site that has photos of Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Gyros, etc… of all the little dive places Chicago has to offer.
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Archive for August, 2007
Zillow: Small Homes Hold Their Value Better
In General Real Estate Info. on 08/14/2007 at 3:14 amThe value of midsize and large homes declined more in the last year than the value of small single-family residences, according to a second-quarter analysis by real estate Web site Zillow.com.
The value of single-family homes smaller than 1,200 square feet fell by just 1 percent, according to Zillow’s report. Meanwhile, values of midsize homes between 1,200 and 1,900 square feet fell an average of 3.1 percent, and homes larger than 1,900 square feet declined 2.8 percent.
Zillow.com also offers a comparison of 66 metropolitan statistical areas on Zillow.com. These findings are culled from that analysis:
The highest-appreciating metropolitan areas (year-over-year):
- Grand Junction, Colo. (18.6 percent)
- Corvallis, Ore. (11.2 percent)
- Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (9.0 percent)
- Eugene-Springfield, Ore. (6.9 percent)
- Spokane, Wash. (6.1 percent)
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash. (5.3 percent)
Most-depreciating metropolitan areas (year-over-year):
- Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla. (-16.4 percent)
- Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, Fla. (-14.3 percent)
- Stockton-Lodi, Calif. (-13.5 percent)
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC (-12.8 percent)
- Daytona Beach, Fla. (-12.5 percent)
- Modesto, Calif. (-12.4 percent)
Most expensive metropolitan areas:
- San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif. ($685,653)
- Honolulu, Hawaii ($632,270)
- San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, Calif. ($537,722)
- Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif. ($525,175)
- San Diego, Calif. ($505,334)
- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ($445,435)
Least expensive metropolitan areas:
- Jackson, Tenn. ($91,563)
- Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC ($101,178)
- Tulsa, Okla. ($102,876)
- Dayton-Springfield, Ohio ($108,121)
- Rockford, Ill. ($116,475)
- Columbia, SC ($116,865)
Source: Zillow, REALTOR® Magazine Online
New Building at Wolf Point
In General Real Estate Info. on 08/07/2007 at 4:28 amAccording to Crains today contruction is years away from a new 850 condo 650 apartment and 350 hotel with 1 million square feet of retail at Chicago’s famous but vacant Wolf Point. The joint venture includes the Kennedy Family- Over 80 stories tall wow!!
Check out this site for a photo more info here
Lollapalooza 2007!
In General Real Estate Info. on 08/05/2007 at 4:25 am
The last couple days I have been rocking out at www.lolllapalooza.com. Its the third year the wife and I have gone-A nice little Chicago holiday for us.
Gotta tell you- It really is a good time! Lots of great bands all in Grant Park. The crowds are a little insane but as we get older being in the back doesn’t seem to be all that bad.
Our picks www.thecribs.com and www.thefratellis.com Great live acts!!!
