Down (20 Percent) by the Riverside
List Price: $899,000 Sale Price: $795,000 The Property: In December 2003, fresh off an extensive restoration, this house in a picturesque section of Riverside sold for $1 million...
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From Party Pad to Family Place, in Bucktown
List Price: $1.999 million The Property: Bucktown has matured nicely over the past decade, as has this neighborhood house—though en route from party pad to high-end family home, it took...
Are Chicago Sellers Just Tired of Losing?
The year-end real-estate data has been rolling in for the past week or so, and much of it is encouraging. But there’s something that bugs me—and, I believe, a lot...
Nate Berkus’s Slow-to-Sell Condo Suddenly Sells Fast
List Price: $1.89 million Sale Price: $1.6 million The Property: An Astor Street condominium that the interior designer and TV host Nate Berkus first put on the market in March...
In Wrightwood, Welcome to the 1990s
List Price: $777,000 The Property: This house, in a part of Chicago called Wrightwood Neighbors, is a classic type of urban residence in its resemblance to a milk carton: tall...
First-Time Landlords Provide a Lesson for Other Would-Be Investors
Last year, Chris Thompson, a 29-year-old IT consultant based in the south suburbs, told his grandfather, Don Clinkert, he was thinking of getting in on the foreclosure-to-rental investment scene. Clinkert...
St. Charles Mansion Sells After Six Years
List Price: $1.995 million Sale Price: $1.775 million The Property: Previously priced by the builder at $4.8 million, this 11,400-square-foot house in St. Charles may seem awfully big to be...
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis’s Greenhouse Condos
List Price: $375,000 The Property: While working for two top Chicago architectural firms in the 1950s and ’60s, Gertrude Lempp Kerbis made contributions to design elements at O’Hare International Airport...
Why Are Pilsen and Bronzeville Redeveloping at Different Speeds?
Chicago’s Pilsen and Bronzeville neighborhoods have a lot in common. They are both near the Loop, have lots of public transportation, and, after decades of disinvestment, offer plenty of residential...
Former Motorola CEO Sells Water Tower Condo
List Price: $1.595 million Sale Price: $1.46 million The Property: Ed Zander, the former chairman and CEO of Motorola, and his wife, Mona, have sold their 67th-floor condo at Water...