You can go home again
Soon after Vicki and John Baertschi married, they began living one of the nation's growing housing trends. John's daughter Alexandra, then 6, lived with the couple in their Elmhurst bungalow...
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You can go home again
Soon after Vicki and John Baertschi married, they began living one of the nation's growing housing trends. John's daughter Alexandra, then 6, lived with the couple in their Elmhurst bungalow...
Renting what you can’t sell
When Ed Amaya put his Oak Park bungalow up for sale in mid-2007, homes in his neighborhood sold in a matter of days, weeks at the most. "We had some...
Renting what you can’t sell
When Ed Amaya put his Oak Park bungalow up for sale in mid-2007, homes in his neighborhood sold in a matter of days, weeks at the most. "We had some...
Renters buy time to purchase home
Unsure about where he wants to put down roots, Aronn Solis visited 35 possible homes before finding the answer to his housing needs with a rent-to-buy condominium at Clocktower Pointe...
Move over
Deb O'Dell is a working mother of two who has been renting since her divorce several years ago. "I initially did feel that I had missed the housing boom," she...
Seeking a sharper focus
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES. Just a year ago, Chicago-area buyers could look forward to gawking through a full lineup of new home shows. Three home builder organizations had...
Big ideas part of the plan for ‘green’ home
At the end of a winding road outside the quiet Kane County town of St. Charles, a stone mini-mansion is taking shape on a wooded lot. At 11,000 square feet,...
Image update adds to lure of resort lifestyle
The beavers are driving Arvydas Laucius crazy. The critters who inhabit a pair of waterways have eaten $1,000 in new perennial plants at the new Fay's Point development where Laucius...
Bargain units already gone, others shine
When I heard there were $160,000 condos for sale in the city, I hurried down to Eastgate Village south of McCormick Place. Unfortunately, along with many others, I was too...