Home loan interest rates have dipped for five straight weeks, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage now at 6.67 percent.

(Above) Illustration by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill showing current use of John Hancock Center’s 94th floor by 360 Chicago, plus two additional levels that are planned. (Click on image to view larger ...

(Above) Dining/Great Room of an Airbnb in Old Town. Interior photos by Andrew Charles Miller. (Click on images to view larger versions.) By Don DeBat Jun. 4, 2025 – Managers and hosts of short-term ...

By Don DeBat May 18, 2025 – A donnybrook is developing between landlords and tenants in Chicago’s highly competitive North Side apartment rental market. Some Chicago apartment renters are grumbling ...

(Above) George A. Tripp House at 42 East Superior Street, photographed in 2018, along with 44 and 46 East Superior Street. (Click on images to view larger versions.) By Peter von Buol and Steven ...

By Steven Dahlman May 1, 2025 – Jewelry and designer leather goods valued at $40,300 were taken from a condominium unit at John Hancock Center in March, according to a police report, but the thief may ...

By Don DeBat Apr. 14, 2025 – With little relief coming from Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi, tax-battered property owners in Chicago and the suburbs are turning to the Cook County Board of Review ...

(Above) Looking south down south branch of Chicago River in 2018. Wolf Point West at right. Photo by Sean Pavone. By Don DeBat Apr. 3, 2025 – Apartment hunters on the North Side of Chicago this spring ...

Landlords and managers say that the ordinance was rushed through the City Council with virtually no input from apartment owners and the real estate industry. The ordinance purports to “preserve ...

(Above) Rendering by HKS Architects of revised Bally’s casino and hotel being constructed along the Chicago River across from River North. By Don DeBat Mar. 16, 2025 – Professional gamblers are ...

(Above) David Byrne in 2018 (Wikimedia Commons). By Steven Dahlman Mar. 3, 2025 – An immersive theatrical experience that aspires to challenge perceptions and “reveal the brain’s inner mysteries” will ...

The secret 11-page zoning document obtained by The Home Front further includes the Piper’s Alley tract, now owned by Old Town Development Associates, LLC, a partnership headed by politically connected ...