Deal Estate - December 2009

12/31/09

Lake Bluff Mansion and One-time Church

List Price: $10.9 million
The Property: With an enormous indoor pool and recreation area, an indoor sports court, and a basement that contains a movie theatre, a full bar, and a barber shop, there might be no reason to even exit this 15,000-square-foot house—except that it overlooks Lake Michigan and...

Posted at 08:22 AM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/30/09

Easier Loans for Veterans, First-time Buyers

It’s been a quandary most of the year: real-estate prices are tantalizing now, but getting a mortgage is rough. The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has a little-known program that makes borrowing easier for state residents; it offers interest rates lower than the prevailing norm for conventional loans, accepts borrowers with credit scores lower than most big lenders now require...

Posted at 08:13 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/28/09

Stacey Marks-Bronner Sells in Oak Park

List Price: $889,000
Sale Price: $890,000
The Property: Stacey Marks-Bronner has sold the 15-room Oak Park house she had owned for eight years. A longtime Chicago media executive, Marks-Bronner was named station manager at New England Cable News in November.

Posted at 09:01 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (1)

12/25/09

Wild and Woodsy—Glenview

List Price: $1.525 million
The Property: From its jaunty Z-shaped façade to its show-stopping red and chrome kitchen, this exuberant four-bedroom Glenview house doesn’t hold back. It even comes with a built-in exclamation point—made of wood inlay and situated on the master bedroom floor.

Posted at 09:12 AM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (3)

12/23/09

Kane County Subdivision for Sale

Just a few years ago, new subdivisions were marching west from St. Charles through Campton Hills toward Lily Lake, a tiny community that lies almost at the center of Kane County. Pairing that movement with a burgeoning interest in building methods that have a lighter impact on the land, a group of developers devised a...

Posted at 07:26 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/21/09

Grandparents Save Highland Park Landmark

List Price: $3,595,000
Sale Price: $3,000,000
The Property: Two unnamed grandparents have bought the landmark 134-year-old Cornelius Field House in Highland Park. “The buyers’ plans are to appreciate everything about it and keep it all together,” says Blanche Romey Egan, who handled the sale of the house for the estate of Martha Ferguson MacLeod.“They are going to build a...

Posted at 05:54 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/18/09

Sale Closes on Scott Turow’s Glencoe House

The writer and lawyer Scott Turow sold his lakefront mansion in Glencoe for $5 million on December 17th; he paid $4.79 million for the place when he bought it in 2001. Deal Estate broke the news last month that the house, priced at $5.9 million, was under contract. The buyers are not yet identified in public records.

Posted at 09:49 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/17/09

Whistling “Dixie” in St. Charles

List Price: $1.775 million
The Property: Some people bring home pictures of picturesque old homes they admired while traveling. Ted and Ellen Roberts of St. Charles went one better: they built a replica of the governor’s mansion in Richmond, Virginia, a Federal-style home that they happened upon on when visiting the onetime Confederate capital in the early 1990s.

Posted at 12:00 PM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (2)

12/16/09

Vintage Villa for Sale or Rent

Mike and Robin Nasatir spent much of the 1990s restoring a country villa in Highland Park that had been built in 1919 for a wealthy bachelor and his paramour, the opera singer Mary Garden. Now, with their two children almost grown, the Nasatirs are ready to move from the 22-room house.

Posted at 07:48 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/14/09

ABC-7’s Kevin Roy Sells in Andersonville

List Price: $850,000
Sale Price: $825,000
The Property: Kevin Roy, the weekend morning anchor at ABC-7 Chicago (WLS-TV), has sold his home in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Roy bought the place in May 2007 after living in a...

Posted at 07:43 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/10/09

Blagojevich and Charlie Chaplin Did Not Sleep Here

List Price: $1.499 million
The Property: Built in 1919 on a corner lot in Chicago’s Ravenswood Manor neighborhood, this house impresses on the outside with its brick construction and clay tile roof—and the spacious interior, with its many vintage details, is just as striking...

Posted at 10:05 AM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (1)

12/09/09

The Two Faces of Steve

Some radio listeners might have noticed that Steve Fisher, the new morning host on Fresh 105.9 FM, sounds an awful lot like their real-estate agent, Steve McEwen of @Properties. In fact, the two Steves are alter egos of the same guy...

Posted at 07:55 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/07/09

WGN’s Tom Skilling Makes a Move

List Price: $799,000
Sale Price: $770,000
The Property: Tom Skilling, the WGN-TV weather guru, has bought a condo on the Far North Side. Skilling had lived on a higher floor in the 45-story building since 1978, but, unlike his old place, the new condo on a lower floor offers a full view of the lake, it’s like a...

Posted at 07:43 AM in Sale of the Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

12/03/09

Home on Alta Vista Terrace Evokes Charles Dickens’s London

List Price: $799,000
The Property: One of the 40 homes on Alta Vista Terrace, this row house has many of its original 103-year-old features. But the place has been updated with new baths and with windows that keep the heat indoors so residents won’t feel as if they are inhabiting the dank interiors of Dickensian...

Posted at 10:08 AM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (1)

12/02/09

Where Chicago Golf Began

Bluff’s Edge is a handsome Georgian mansion built in 1928 on four acres above the south end of Lake Forest’s town beach. In 1892, the grounds were the scene of what is believed to be the first golf game played in Chicago, which led to...

Posted at 08:14 AM in Housing Bulletin | Permalink | Comments (1)

	12/31/09 Lake Bluff Mansion and One-time Church List Price: $10.9 million The Property: With an enormous indoor pool and recreation area, an indoor sports court, and a basement that contains a movie theatre, a full bar, and a barber shop, there might be no reason to even exit this 15,000-square-foot house—except that it overlooks Lake Michigan and... Posted at 08:22 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/30/09 Easier Loans for Veterans, First-time Buyers It’s been a quandary most of the year: real-estate prices are tantalizing now, but getting a mortgage is rough. The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has a little-known program that makes borrowing easier for state residents; it offers interest rates lower than the prevailing norm for conventional loans, accepts borrowers with credit scores lower than most big lenders now require... Posted at 08:13 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/28/09 Stacey Marks-Bronner Sells in Oak Park List Price: $889,000 Sale Price: $890,000 The Property: Stacey Marks-Bronner has sold the 15-room Oak Park house she had owned for eight years. A longtime Chicago media executive, Marks-Bronner was named station manager at New England Cable News in November. Posted at 09:01 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	12/25/09 Wild and Woodsy—Glenview List Price: $1.525 million The Property: From its jaunty Z-shaped façade to its show-stopping red and chrome kitchen, this exuberant four-bedroom Glenview house doesn’t hold back. It even comes with a built-in exclamation point—made of wood inlay and situated on the master bedroom floor. Posted at 09:12 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (3)
	12/23/09 Kane County Subdivision for Sale Just a few years ago, new subdivisions were marching west from St. Charles through Campton Hills toward Lily Lake, a tiny community that lies almost at the center of Kane County. Pairing that movement with a burgeoning interest in building methods that have a lighter impact on the land, a group of developers devised a... Posted at 07:26 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/21/09 Grandparents Save Highland Park Landmark List Price: $3,595,000 Sale Price: $3,000,000 The Property: Two unnamed grandparents have bought the landmark 134-year-old Cornelius Field House in Highland Park. “The buyers’ plans are to appreciate everything about it and keep it all together,” says Blanche Romey Egan, who handled the sale of the house for the estate of Martha Ferguson MacLeod.“They are going to build a... Posted at 05:54 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/18/09 Sale Closes on Scott Turow’s Glencoe House The writer and lawyer Scott Turow sold his lakefront mansion in Glencoe for $5 million on December 17th; he paid $4.79 million for the place when he bought it in 2001. Deal Estate broke the news last month that the house, priced at $5.9 million, was under contract. The buyers are not yet identified in public records. Posted at 09:49 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/17/09 Whistling “Dixie” in St. Charles List Price: $1.775 million The Property: Some people bring home pictures of picturesque old homes they admired while traveling. Ted and Ellen Roberts of St. Charles went one better: they built a replica of the governor’s mansion in Richmond, Virginia, a Federal-style home that they happened upon on when visiting the onetime Confederate capital in the early 1990s. Posted at 12:00 PM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	12/16/09 Vintage Villa for Sale or Rent Mike and Robin Nasatir spent much of the 1990s restoring a country villa in Highland Park that had been built in 1919 for a wealthy bachelor and his paramour, the opera singer Mary Garden. Now, with their two children almost grown, the Nasatirs are ready to move from the 22-room house. Posted at 07:48 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/14/09 ABC-7’s Kevin Roy Sells in Andersonville List Price: $850,000 Sale Price: $825,000 The Property: Kevin Roy, the weekend morning anchor at ABC-7 Chicago (WLS-TV), has sold his home in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Roy bought the place in May 2007 after living in a... Posted at 07:43 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/10/09 Blagojevich and Charlie Chaplin Did Not Sleep Here List Price: $1.499 million The Property: Built in 1919 on a corner lot in Chicago’s Ravenswood Manor neighborhood, this house impresses on the outside with its brick construction and clay tile roof—and the spacious interior, with its many vintage details, is just as striking... Posted at 10:05 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	12/09/09 The Two Faces of Steve Some radio listeners might have noticed that Steve Fisher, the new morning host on Fresh 105.9 FM, sounds an awful lot like their real-estate agent, Steve McEwen of @Properties. In fact, the two Steves are alter egos of the same guy... Posted at 07:55 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/07/09 WGN’s Tom Skilling Makes a Move List Price: $799,000 Sale Price: $770,000 The Property: Tom Skilling, the WGN-TV weather guru, has bought a condo on the Far North Side. Skilling had lived on a higher floor in the 45-story building since 1978, but, unlike his old place, the new condo on a lower floor offers a full view of the lake, it’s like a... Posted at 07:43 AM in Sale of the Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	12/03/09 Home on Alta Vista Terrace Evokes Charles Dickens’s London List Price: $799,000 The Property: One of the 40 homes on Alta Vista Terrace, this row house has many of its original 103-year-old features. But the place has been updated with new baths and with windows that keep the heat indoors so residents won’t feel as if they are inhabiting the dank interiors of Dickensian... Posted at 10:08 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	12/02/09 Where Chicago Golf Began Bluff’s Edge is a handsome Georgian mansion built in 1928 on four acres above the south end of Lake Forest’s town beach. In 1892, the grounds were the scene of what is believed to be the first golf game played in Chicago, which led to... Posted at 08:14 AM in Housing Bulletin \| Permalink \| Comments (1)

December 2009