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To spur housing growth, Chicago must attack prerogative, outdated zoning: report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

This two-bedroom, two-bathroom penthouse condo at 106 N. Aberdeen St., Unit PH2, comes with the rights to build a rooftop space. (Steven Caban/Full Bars Media)

West Loop 2-bedroom penthouse condo with floating fireplace: $1.1M

By Saleema Syed

February 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 106 N. Aberdeen St., Unit PH2, Chicago Listed: Jan. 29, 2025 Price: $1,125,000 Listing...

Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, 48th, at a CTA-owned parcel of land along Broadway between Bryn Mawr and Hollywood avenues on Feb. 18, 2025. She hopes this parcel can be part of a city green social housing initiative. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Green social housing ordinance introduced at City Council meeting

By Lizzie Kane

February 19, 2025 at 1:34 p.m.

The city would own a majority stake in the mixed-income rental buildings developed, a first-of-its-kind...

The Chicago Housing Authority's Dr. Mildred C. Harris Apartments, a 165-unit property for older adults, seen on Feb. 17, 2025, saw five evictions conducted by the Cook County sheriff's office in 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Housing Authority is owed millions in rent and failing to enforce leases, report finds

By Lizzie Kane

February 18, 2025 at 4:46 p.m.

More than 1,000 Chicago Housing Authority residents who are behind on rent have not paid...

Evanston 4-bedroom home with wraparound porch and darkroom: $1.7M

By Saleema Syed

February 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 1326 Asbury Ave., Evanston Price: $1,650,000 Listing agent: Lisa Miceli, Jameson Sotheby's, 847-736-2440 This...

Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron takes the field on Nov. 3, 2024, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Former Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron lists Green Oaks home for nearly $2M

By Bob Goldsborough

February 17, 2025 at 12:36 p.m.

Waldron and his wife listed the house on Feb. 7 and found a buyer just...

A person walks near the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, left, the Kluczynski Federal Building, right, and Alexander Calder’s Flamingo sculpture, center, at Federal Plaza in Chicago, Feb. 4, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Federal plan to reduce government office space could be a blow to Chicago, where selling properties wouldn’t be easy

By Brian J. Rogal

February 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Although it accounts for only a small slice of Chicago real estate, a pullback by...

Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has his two-bedroom condominium on the eighth floor of the Carlyle building on the Gold Coast on the market for
$1.1 million. (VHT Studios)

Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley lists Gold Coast condo for $1.1M

By Bob Goldsborough

February 17, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

According to listing information, Daley’s condo was completely renovated in 2016 and has a marble...

This four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath home in the Old Town neighborhood recently went on the market for nearly $1.4 million. (VHT Studios)

Old Town 4-bedroom home designed by Harold M. Hansen: $1.4M

By Lauryn Azu

February 13, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 164 W. Eugenie St., Chicago Price: $1,350,000 Listing date: Jan. 28, 2025 This four-bedroom,...

Naperville 5-bedroom home with dual cherrywood staircases: $2M

By Kim Quillen

February 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Address: 4s241 Meadow Road, Naperville Listed: Jan. 6, 2025 Price: $1,999,000 Listing agents: Teresa Ryan...

The six-bedroom Victorian painted lady-style house in Lakeview that rocker Billy Corgan owned from 1993 until 2001 sold once again on Feb. 3, this time for $2.5 million. (Cook County Assessor)

Lakeview home once owned by rocker Billy Corgan sells for $2.5M

By Bob Goldsborough

February 10, 2025 at 11:02 a.m.

Corgan paid $455,000 for the home in 1993, and he sold it for $1.05 million...