Marked Down to Move: Steep price drop lures buyer for modern Adler-like mansion
 
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07/02/09
01:41 PM
On the Market

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...

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07/01/09
07:38 AM
Housing Bulletin

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...

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06/29/09
07:59 AM
Sale of the Week

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...

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Home Values

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.

In the Magazine

Builders’ Bargains

Excess inventory can mean deep discounts on new homes

The Survivor

The Survivor

House withstands the Great Depression and current crisis

A New Development

A New Development

J. Paul Beitler sells his 80-year-old North Shore mansion

Vanishing Act

Vanishing Act

Newcomers blend in with old Victorians

Humboldt Helpers

Humboldt Helpers

Agency enhances parkside condos by adding optional furnishings and electronics

Boxcar—Non!

Boxcar—Non!

Many windows and long lots open up Paris-themed condos

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