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Chicago is too beautiful a city not to explore just because you don’t want to put up with the parking. Parking, transit, and navigation around the Windy City is surprisingly easy if you know what [...]

Chicago residents may be due for the Wi-Fi revolution! Google Fiber, Google’s lightning-fast internet service, is making its way across the country. The waiting list is long as the service is in [...]

If you’re thinking about buying a house or condo, you need to know what mortgages are. Without understanding how mortgages work, you’ll never how much you can afford to spend on your next home. [...]

A mortgage is a loan you can take out to pay for your house or condo. A mortgage typically pays for 80% of the cost of your new home, requiring you to make a down-payment of at least 20%. This [...]

Neighborhood Profile – Chicago’s West Loop Chicago’s West Loop is one of the city’s fastest-growing neighborhoods. New housing has been springing up left and right amongst the dense scatter [...]

  Neighborhood Highlights Bucktown /Wicker Park The neighborhoods of Bucktown and Wicker Park (often grouped together) make up one of Chicago’s finest artistic hotspots. The stores are [...]

Warning – This May Ruin House Hunters For You! Any fan of HGTV has spent at least one afternoon binge watching a House Hunters marathon. You find yourself rooting for one house or another, [...]

Is Chicago the next Silicon Valley? It may be a little too early to call. But the recent tech boom has been hard to miss. Google. Groupon. Yelp. Uber.  LinkedIn. Everyone’s been moving into [...]

Highland Park Neighborhood The suburb of Highland Park is located several miles North of Chicago’s West Loop. The neighborhood runs along Lake Michigan, a perk many residents take full advantage [...]

1. It’s Spelled “WILLIS”. It’s Pronounced “Sears”   Disney owns Marvel? Okay. Clorox owns Burt’s Bee’s? Fine. But the “Willis Group” owns the Sears Tower and a city rises up in protest. A [...]