Elmhurst’s Priciest House Sale Ever
List Price: $3.2 million Sale Price: $2.56 million The Property: This 15-room house near the heart of Elmhurst sold for more than any other residence in the town ever has,...
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Reasons to Look Up, in Lincoln Park
List Price: $3.35 million The Property: On a block in Lincoln Park, things are really headed up. Over the past year, two neighboring houses have sold for more than $4...
For Apartment Rents, the Forecast is a Four-Cast
Apartment rents have been rising and will keep going up for the near future—but at three different rates in three different strata of the market, according to speakers at last...
Deal Estate Flash: Lot Next Door to Obama House on the Market
One of the most controversial pieces of Kenwood property, the vacant lot next door to the house of President Barack Obama, went up for sale today. The sellers are asking...
In a Down Market, Flatlining Can Be a Good Thing
List Price: $1.299 million Sale Price: $1.325 million The Property: The roofline isn’t the only thing about this Lake View house that is flat. On November 2, it sold for...
The Shop Around the Corner—Now a Lake View Condo
List Price: $950,000 The Property: East Lake View is now so full of restaurants and homes that it’s hard to imagine that, just a century ago, a swath of it...
Fifty-Year Marina City Resident Reflects on Life in the Landmark Towers
In July 1962, Dr. Theresa Southgate had the then-eccentric idea that she ought to live within walking distance of her new job at JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical...
Wilmette Mansion Sells for 37 Percent Below Its 2010 Sale Price
List Price: $2.9 million Sale Price: $3 million The Property: After a big markdown designed to get this 16-room mansion on the Wilmette lakefront sold, the highest bidder got it...
Born in the Fifties, in Glencoe
List Price: $1,999,000 The Property: No matter what the temperature is outside, it’s always the fifties inside this Glencoe home. Built in 1955, the house has one entire side of...
Cook County Puts 200 Long-Empty Homes Back to Use by Needy Families
A little over a year ago, almost ten percent of the 2,100 public-housing units owned by the Housing Authority of Cook County had stood empty for two years or more....