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Bank Eats Over $1 Million on Naperville Short Sale
List Price: $1.199 million Sale Price: $1.05 million The Property: This 16-room house on the far western edge of Naperville sold in November for $1.05 million. That’s 38 percent of...
A Spruced-Up Sears Home in Rogers Park
List Price: $479,000 The Property: There’s a quiet block of classic houses and apartment buildings in Rogers Park where you can tell what a rooted part of the neighborhood it...
Winnetka’s Maverick House Back on the Market
One of the quirkiest houses on the North Shore—with light fixtures carved from wooden salad bowls, a Western-themed mural above the living room, and a distinctly offbeat fence—came back on...
WGN’s John Williams Sells La Grange Park Home
List Price: $589,900 Sale Price: $590,000 The Property: Last Thursday, November 29, John Williams, the afternoon host on WGN Radio, and his wife, Brenda, sold their home of 11 years,...
The Five Buckinghams
List Price: (See individual condos, below) The Property: Today we’re looking at five different condos for sale in the Buckingham. That just happens to be the same number of musicians...
Push Is on to Extend Tax Forgiveness on Foreclosures, Short Sales
Part of a distressed sale—a foreclosure or a short sale—or a loan modification entails the mortgage lender forgiving some or all of a homeowner’s debt. Formerly, tax laws counted that...
Penthouse Sells at Mies Landmark
List Price: $1.975 million Sale Price: $1.7 million The Property: After more than two years on the market, a large, extensively renovated top-floor condo has sold at 880 North Lake...
Real-Estate Data Offer Some Comfort, But Mashed Potatoes Are Better
Real-estate data has been getting dished up in the past few weeks as heartily as mashed potatoes get passed around the Thanksgiving table. And this year, for the first time...
Deal Estate Extra: Highest-Priced Condo Sale in City’s History
On Friday, Richard Cooper, the head of an Oak Brook-based hedge fund, sold his 66th-floor penthouse at the Park Tower for $15 million, the highest-ever recorded sale price of a...