Sharon Stangenes

Lots of new American mini-mansions were built between 2000 and 2005 thanks to the combination of low interest rates and soaring home-price appreciation, but history buffs now have a chance...

With sunshine and warm temperatures, why not take this opportunity to go outside and play before Chicago's legendary summer heat and humidity begin? Take the family or go by yourself...

The gray stone building across from North Pond in Chicago's Lincoln Park has a saint's shrine and was at the center of a multiyear neighborhood battle that stalled one developer's...

"Train-tree" suburbs is what Realtor Shauna Wiet calls those established, leafy towns where residents can walk from home to the commuter train. "You have the trains, but you have these...

Before the first Del Webb Sun City was built in the Frost Belt and production builders of all sizes discovered the "seniors" market, Libertyville-based Cambridge Homes built the Chicago-area's first...

Can home buyers find happiness in what was dubbed a "graceless hulk" last year in a Tribune article headlined "Edifice wrecks"? The building in question is 55 E. Monroe St.,...

Tudor-style homes with heavy timber-look details have not been at the top of the charts in Chicago-area new housing for a while, but an exception is the small English enclave...

The national subprime lending calamity first reached the South Side graystone on Greenwood Avenue in November. That was when the homeowner, a 67-year-old widow named Georgia Rhone, first missed payment...

Where does a young elementary school teacher or salesperson starting a first job live upon entering the real world? Chances are the place they find will involve sharing expenses with...

In the current mix of new construction choices, I hear and see a lot about condominiums, townhouses and single-family houses, but rarely is much heard about new two-flats, buildings that...