Chicago Real Estate

After a City Council fight, coach house construction is now legal in many Chicago wards.

To spur housing growth, Chicago must attack prerogative, outdated zoning: report

By A.D. Quig

October 13, 2026 at 5:09 p.m.

A local think tank is blaming Chicago’s aldermanic tradition of hyperlocal control of what gets...

Officials take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the final phase of the Arboretum Villas at Plymouth Place Center for Senior Living on Oct. 7 in La Grange Park. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Plymouth Place breaks ground on new senior housing units in La Grange Park

By Hank Beckman

October 13, 2026 at 11:21 a.m.

Officials broke ground on the final phase of the Arboretum Villas at Plymouth Place Center...

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...

Frank Zhu outside the Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building in the Loop on Feb. 18, 2025. Zhu lost his job with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Feb. 14. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Local HUD workers terminated in recent Trump administration cuts

By Lizzie Kane

March 19, 2025 at 10:25 a.m.

At least 20 Midwest U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development employees recently received termination...

Glenview Trustee Katie Jones, from left, Village Manager Matt Formica, Village President Michael Jenny and Village Attorney Julie Tappendorf listen as a resident addresses the Village Board during a Feb. 18, 2025 meeting at Glenview Village Hall. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Glenview OKs 60-home development aimed at empty nesters

By Jennifer Johnson

February 26, 2025 at 9:45 a.m.

Glenview approved a development of 60 single-family homes, aimed at empty nesters, on the 19-acre...

Rachel Dubose smiles at daughter, Kaysey, 6, during dinner with her husband, Donnell, at their home in Sauk Village on Feb. 18, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Cook County housing authority union workers say they struggle to afford rent, mortgage payments

By Lizzie Kane

February 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Housing Authority of Cook County employees say the workloads are tough and wages are low,...

Winnetka 7-bedroom home with glass conservatory and brick walled garden: $5M

By Saleema Syed

February 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 35 Indian Hill Road, Winnetka Listed: Jan. 30, 2025 Price: $4,950,000 Listing agent: Nancy...

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Former WSCR-AM 670 co-host Danny Parkins sells Wilmette home for $925,000

By Bob Goldsborough

February 25, 2025 at 11:09 a.m.

Parkins and his wife paid $845,000 in 2021 for the house that they just sold.

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Condo Adviser: Condo boards may discuss business outside of meetings only in certain cases

By Howard Dakoff

February 23, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

However, all board votes must take place in a properly called meeting.

Former Northwestern University athletic director Derrick Gragg, who oversaw the university’s athletics from 2021 until 2024, sold his six-bedroom, 5,770-square-foot house in Glenview for $2.45 million. (Cook County Assessor)

Former Northwestern athletic director Derrick Gragg sells Glenview home for $2.45M

By Bob Goldsborough

February 21, 2025 at 1:54 p.m.

Gragg listed the house in January for $2.4 million an agents-only network. He found a...

Three empty lots on the west side of the 6500 block of South Ashland Avenue in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood on Feb. 7, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Hundreds of vacant lots in Chicago to be sold after landlords’ bankruptcy, opening up opportunities for redevelopment

By Brian J. Rogal

February 22, 2025 at 7:35 p.m.

Buyers could ride the wave of new investment pouring into other South and West Side...

Vehicles move along the 5900 block of North Broadway and beyond on Feb. 19, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Plan Commission green-lights land use plan that could bring thousands of new housing units to Edgewater and Uptown

By Brian J. Rogal

February 20, 2025 at 11:08 p.m.

City planners said the framework will cut red tape for developers and increase housing density,...

Former Chicago Housing Authority general counsel created ‘toxic work culture,’ staff alleged

By Lizzie Kane

February 20, 2025 at 11:23 a.m.

Chicago Housing Authority staff accused CHA’s former general counsel of creating a “hostile” and “toxic”...