Rachel Freundt

Moving into one of these transformed residences means you, too (two?), get a fresh start.

For when it's time for a rock-solid investment.

Known for their front-facing gable roofs, modest size, and raised basements, workers cottages were originally built as affordable housing in the 19th century.

The original affordable Chicago home can sometimes still be a reasonable option.

Owning and maintaining one of these landmarked properties — once home to politicians, car showrooms, and more — are great ways to help preserve the city's architectural history.

One of the original streets laid out by surveyor James Thompson in his 1830 plat of what is now the Loop, Clark Street has some great homes on the market...

Because not all country mice want to live in a cottage-core house.

There is no doubt that the communities bordering Chicago are considered suburbs, even if it can sometimes be difficult to tell them apart from the city itself due to their...

On the television show The Brady Bunch, the character Mike Brady was an architect who designed a midcentury split-level home for his family, which included a wife, six children, a...

These former two-, three-, and four-flats once housed multiple families.