Chicago Real Estate

Oak Brook 5-bedroom home with stairwell atrium. (Cris Cunningham, Styles Media)

Oak Brook 5-bedroom home with stairwell atrium: $1.8M

By Kim Quillen

October 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

This five-bedroom home has three full bathrooms, three fireplaces, redwood ceilings and a two-and-a-half story...

Former Chicago Bulls point guard Coby White sold his six-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot Lincoln Park mansion for $5 million. (Cook County Assessor)

Former Chicago Bulls player Coby White sells Lincoln Park mansion for $5M

By Bob Goldsborough

October 9, 2026 at 11:35 a.m.

Former Chicago Bulls point guard Coby White sold his six-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot Lincoln Park mansion for...

A long-stalled hotel development at 4930 Oakton Street, Skokie, may soon progress, as an attorney for the village confirmed at an Oct. 5 Board meeting that of the "eight to 10 developers" who have expressed interest in the site, Murphy Development Group has emerged as the frontrunner. (Pam DeFiglio/Pioneer Press)

Skokie identifies developer ready to take over stalled downtown hotel project

By Claire Murphy

October 8, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Skokie's attorney Rodney Lewis told the Board Oct. 5 that Chicago developer Murphy Development Group...

Lincoln Yards development in the Lincoln Park neighborhood seen on Feb. 13, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Former Lincoln Yards site to become smaller, walkable residential community, developer says. ‘Bigger is not necessarily better.’

By Brian J. Rogal

July 11, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

The new 31-acre development, called Foundry Park, will eventually total about two to three thousand...

This Lakeview five-bedroom home with limestone facade recently went on the market for nearly $2M. (Jennifer Ames)

Lakeview 5-bedroom home with limestone facade: $2M

By Saleema Syed

July 10, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 822 W. Oakdale Ave., Chicago Listed: June 23, 2025 Price: $1,995,000 Listing agent: Jennifer...

Chicago Bears assistant head coach and wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El speaks during a media availability at Halas Hall on April 17, 2025, in Lake Forest. Randle El talked about his lifelong ties to Chicago and how he’s happy to be back in the area at this point in his career. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Chicago Bears assistant head coach Antwaan Randle El buys Long Grove home for $860,000

By Bob Goldsborough

July 9, 2025 at 9:39 p.m.

In Long Grove, Antwaan Randle El’s new house was built in 2007 and has five...

A house on Sandy Meadow Circle on the banks of Big Sandy Creek near Leander, Texas, seen on July 9, 2025, was heavily damaged in the Fourth of July weekend flood. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman)

State Farm to raise Illinois homeowners insurance rates by 27.2% in August

By Robert Channick

July 10, 2025 at 2:44 p.m.

Many Illinois homeowners will soon see their home insurance rates skyrocket due to the increase...

A man walks near a vacant area at 6655 N. Oliphant Ave. in Edison Park on the Far Northwest Side on June 19, 2025. A 44-unit apartment building, with four affordable units, was proposed for development there in 2016. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Housing discrimination complaint remains active as Mayor Brandon Johnson delays finalizing agreement with HUD

By Lizzie Kane

July 9, 2025 at 4:42 p.m.

The administration has delayed signing an agreement to resolve negotiations over a federal complaint filed...

A Colonial Revival-style mansion in Kenilworth was listed for $15 million, making it that north suburban village’s highest-priced listing in history. (Rob Riddle, LUXE Property Showcase)

Kenilworth mansion listed for $15M, becoming the highest-priced listing in that village’s history

By Bob Goldsborough

July 9, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

Builder Paul Starrett, who constructed the Empire State Building in New York and the Lincoln...

The owners of 40 Skokie Boulevard, a six-story office building in Northbrook, have placed it on the market. Bids are due at the end of July 2025. (Daniel I. Dorfman/for Pioneer Press.)

Northbrook office tower goes on the market

By Daniel I. Dorfman

July 9, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

Believing there is enough strength in the north suburban corporate office market to interest a...

This house at 273 Donlea Road, Barrington Hills, has three fireplaces, a heated three-seasons room and a four-car heated garage. (Hapi Photography)

Barrington Hills 6-bedroom house with arched mahogany doors: nearly $2.3M

By Saleema Syed

July 8, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 273 Donlea Road, Barrington Hills Listed: June 9, 2025 Price: $ 2,275,000 Listing agent:...

Former Chicago Bears running back Garrett Wolfe on July 2 sold his three-bedroom, 1,676-square-foot town home in Gurnee for its $335,000 asking price. (Lake County Assessor)

Former Bears player Garrett Wolfe sells Gurnee town home for $335,000

By Bob Goldsborough

July 7, 2025 at 1:19 p.m.

Wolfe had purchased the town home in 2007.

Trumpet player Ishmael Abdullah, center, sings as part of a performance by Chicago Sandbox at the UnBlocked Englewood block party in the 6500 block of South Aberdeen Street on June 28, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Block party shows UnBlocked Englewood’s progress on repairing South Side homes

By Darcel Rockett

July 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

UnBlocked Englewood is acquiring vacant lots and repairing dozens of buildings on the South Side....