On the Market: A Keck House in its Retro Prime—Budlong Woods
List Price: $1.399 million
The Property: Typical of the mid-century modern houses designed by Keck & Keck, this house in Budlong Woods presents to the street a low, somewhat inscrutable profile and then opens big inside: the L-shaped, 1,000-square-foot living and dining area has a 38-foot-long south wall that is virtually all windows...
Housing Bulletin: Bill Rancic Buys and Sells—and Other Celebrity News
Bill Rancic, the Chicagoan who first won Donald Trump’s TV reality show The Apprentice, has turned out to be the buyer of a foreclosed condo at the Park Tower that I wrote about here in early June. Rancic had also shown up in the July issue of Chicago after he and his wife sold a Gold Coast graystone for...
Sale of the Week: Off the Ice — Lincoln Park
List Price: $3.125 million
Sale Price: $2.725 million
The Property: Although he hasn’t skated for the Chicago Blackhawks since 2004, Alexei Zhamnov held on to his 11-room Lincoln Park home until last week, closing on its sale on June 24th...
Where to Buy Now
by Dennis Rodkin
The silver lining behind the residential real-estate collapse is the opportunity for housing bargains. Here are 14 up-and-coming Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs where prices are relatively low and the promise for future growth is strong.
Builders’ BargainsExcess inventory can mean deep discounts on new homes |
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The SurvivorHouse withstands the Great Depression and current crisis |
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A New DevelopmentJ. Paul Beitler sells his 80-year-old North Shore mansion |
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Vanishing ActNewcomers blend in with old Victorians |
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Humboldt HelpersAgency enhances parkside condos by adding optional furnishings and electronics |
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Boxcar—Non!Many windows and long lots open up Paris-themed condos |
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