Where Homeowners Are Underwater and Behind on Their Mortgage
The new data from Case-Shiller released Tuesday showed that local home prices in March 2012 were down 39 percent from their October 2006 peak. That drop likely means even more...
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An Italianate Short Sale in Highland Park
List Price: $1.5 million Sale Price: $1.2 million The Property: This Italianate home with a two-story bay of windows positioned to capture breezes off nearby Lake Michigan was built in...
In Sheridan Park, Prairie Style Meets Arts and Crafts
List Price: $799,000 The Property: There’s a pretty street view framed by the long rectangular porch of this Prairie-style house built in 1908 in the Sheridan Park section of Uptown....
Laura Ricketts Plans New Mansion on Wilmette Lakefront
Laura Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, and her partner, Heidi Grathouse, have filed plans with the Village of Wilmette for a new mansion to be built on the...
Posh Penthouse Purchased for Bargain-Basement Price at Water Tower Place
List Price: $2.649 million Sale Price: $1.95 million The Property: The homeowners who struggled to sell their posh top-floor penthouse at Water Tower Place eventually gave the property back to...
Crate & Barrel’s Carole Segal Flips a Winnetka Mansion—Literally
List Price: $6.499 million The Property: Most people who talk about flipping a house don’t mean it quite as literally as Carole Segal does. At a Winnetka mansion she set...
Pangea Is Reviving Neighborhoods, Building by Building
“We don’t want to fix up just a building,” says Al Goldstein of Pangea Properties. “We’re fixing neighborhoods, bringing them back...”
The Kenwood Home That Houses the ‘Boss’
List Price: $1.65 million Sale Price: $1.525 million The Property: Because trees obscure most of its front, you can’t see much of the façade of this Kenwood Victorian...
In Bucktown, A Room with a View of a Room with a View
List Price: $2.499 million The Property: The view from the rooftop deck of this house takes in much of what makes Bucktown so great: a mix of vintage and contemporary...
Two Prairie Homes Go Green—and One Is for Sale
Two Prairie-style homes about 25 miles apart have undergone significant green upgrades in the past few years. This month, the owners of the Highland Park house, a Frank Lloyd Wright...