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To spur housing growth, Chicago must attack prerogative, outdated zoning: report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

Former Chicago Bears right guard Nate Davis on Friday sold his five-bedroom Highland Park home for $3.7 million

Former Chicago Bears player Nate Davis sells Highland Park home for $3.7M

By Bob Goldsborough

February 7, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Davis paid $2.3 million in May 2023 for the brick house, which was built in...

A home sits atop of a sandy bluff overlooking a beach in Wellfleet, Mass., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Muggiati)

A luxury house is close to tumbling into Cape Cod Bay. Will anyone stop it?

By Associated Press

February 5, 2025 at 4:44 p.m.

The waters of Cape Cod Bay are coming for the big brown house perched on...

A resident waits to go out into the cold at The Leland Apartments, one of Heartland Housing’s largest properties, in Chicago on Feb. 4, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Uptown residents breathe sigh of relief after Heartland Housing’s Leland Apartments gets reprieve from the auction block

By Brian J. Rogal

February 5, 2025 at 10:44 a.m.

City and state officials hammered out a plan for Mercy Housing, an affordable housing nonprofit...

This Mokena home at 12201 Maggies Way has landscaped grounds, a pool, a brick paver patio, Trex decking, a fire pit and a private pond with a fountain. (Bryan and Jackie Badillo/Manor Images)

Mokena 5-bedroom home with private pond and fountain: $1.5M

By Saleema Syed

February 4, 2025 at 10:21 a.m.

Address: 12201 Maggies Way, Mokena Listed: Jan. 2, 2025 Price: $1,475,000 Listing agents: Christine Wilczek...

A seven-bedroom Winnetka mansion that's listed for $35 million and sits on 2.3 acres along Lake Michigan has found a buyer. If the 13,894-square-foot mansion sells for anything close to its asking price, it will become the highest priced home resale in Chicago-area history. (David Ward)

Winnetka mansion listed for $35M finds a buyer in what could be a record sale for the Chicago area

By Bob Goldsborough

February 4, 2025 at 7:51 a.m.

Retired investment banker Muneer Satter spent between $65 million and $72 million on a Winnetka...

High-ranking Chicago Housing Authority director fired amid ongoing staff exodus

By Lizzie Kane

February 3, 2025 at 1:10 p.m.

CHA has seen major turnover in recent months, with four top officials resigning and another...

Billionaire Jennifer Pritzker has donated the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Emil Bach House in the Rogers Park neighborhood to Loyola University Chicago. (Cook County Assessor)

Billionaire Jennifer Pritzker donates Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Emil Bach House and neighboring home to Loyola University

By Bob Goldsborough

February 3, 2025 at 12:38 p.m.

The Bach House is one of 11 Wright-designed houses in the city limits. It was...

Andy and Heidi Graham prepare dinner in their Arlington Heights home as their dog, Sloane, watches on Jan. 23, 2025. The couple, whose two grown children no longer live with them, own properties in Chicago and plan to eventually sell them, depending on the movement of the real estate market. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago home sales declined again in 2024. Will 2025 see more movement?

By Lizzie Kane

February 1, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

A stubborn lack of inventory of homes for sale continued to plague the Chicago area...

The husband-and-wife sports power couple of Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson and Chicago Stars forward Mallory Swanson sold their five-bedroom, 4,989-square-foot house in Sandy Springs, Georgia, near Atlanta, for $2.1 million. (Fulton County Board of Assessors)

Chicago sports couple Dansby and Mallory Swanson sell home near Atlanta for $2.1M

By Bob Goldsborough

January 31, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

The Swansons sold the home, which was built in 2018, in an off-market transaction, according...

The Obama Presidential Center is reflected in the West Lagoon in Jackson Park on Sept. 4, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Obama Presidential Center subcontractor sues over cost overruns, alleges discrimination

By A.D. Quig

January 31, 2025 at 12:05 p.m.

The lawsuit alleges race discrimination, claiming the engineering company falsely singled out the minority-owned II...