Hyde Park/Kenwood

The Hyde Park/Kenwood neighborhood is a trendy, “smart” neighborhood with a small-town flare anchored by the University of Chicago, large mansions and a host of elite condominium buildings along the lakefront. Home to the nation’s 44th President, Barack Obama, and a diverse array of folks that includes University Professors, young professionals, students, and long-time Hyde Parkers, the Hyde Park/Kenwood area is known as a fun place to live with bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants and a hometown feel where everybody knows everybody.

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  • Winter Mkt Report: Bronzeville & HydePark/Kenwood

    Spring is inches away, but it’s helpful to analyze the South Side’s winter real estate activity to keep track of how our local housing market is progressing. Over the month of March, we’ll be analyzing sales stats for 3+ bedroom, 2+ bathroom single family homes and condos on Chicago’s South Side. Our focus is on a four-month period, stretching from Nov.1, 2010 through today. This week we’re exploring Bronzeville and Hyde Park/Kenwood.

  • FHA 203K: Your Path to Real Estate Investing?

    Most people know that FHA mortgage loans allow you to borrow money for a home not only at great interest rates (below 5%) but also a VERY low down payment that’s now set at 3.5%. Many readers may have purchased a single family home, townhouse or condo with an FHA loan or know someone who has. And you don’t have to be a first-time homebuyer! But that’s not all you can buy with an FHA 203K loan. Read on…

  • Kenwood Homes: Explore the Possibilities!

    If you’ve never taken a stroll (or drive in these frigid temperatures) through Kenwood’s historic mansions, you’ve really missed out! Mostly built in the days when Hyde Park/Kenwood was a suburb for Chicago’s most elite, Hyde Park Township once stretched as far south as 138th Street. It officially became part of Chicago in 1889. But check these homes out today!

Relevant Articles

  • Shoreland Update Coming Soon

    Poised to begin winding through the city departments that will oversee their project to rehabilitate the historic Shoreland Hotel property, agents of Antheus Capital met with the Herald lasst week to share the details of their progress that will be the subject of an upcoming community meeting.

  • Michael's Market Poised to Open

    Amid the clatter of the construction site that is the soon-to-be-opened Michael's Fresh Market at 1300 E. 47th St., Michael's General Manager Michael Lata invited the Herald to check out the progress he had made as he approached his target date of a mid-to-late June opening. 

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  • 57th Street Art Fair Coming

    The 57th Street Art Fair, which is the oldest juried art far in the Midwest, starts on June 5. 

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