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December 2012

	12/27/12 In River Forest, a Remnant of the Century of Progress List Price: $749,000 The Property: At the Century of Progress World’s Fair held on Chicago’s lakefront from 1933 to 1934, the Federal Housing Administration exhibited a model for a house it hoped to see spring up all over the country. It’s believed that this River Forest residence is that house, rebuilt on a corner lot after the fair... Posted at 10:00 AM in On the Market Real Estate: Featured story | Permalink | Comments (0)
	12/20/12 A Highland Fling in Wheaton List Price: $3.265 million The Property: Everybody likes to bring home souvenirs of their travels. From a trip to Scotland, you might bring back a kilt (like the one I’m wearing in today’s video) or an entire house... Posted at 10:00 AM in On the Market Real Estate: Featured story | Permalink | Comments (0)
12/19/12 Chicago’s Midrange Homeowners Taking the Hardest Hits When Zillow announced last week that Chicago is the country’s number one market for homebuyers, I snarkily replied on Twitter that, by the same token, Chicago is the number one place where sellers are taking it in the shorts. Two reports out that same week backed me up... Posted at 9:35 AM in Housing Bulletin Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (0)
	12/18/12 Rodkin on Pricing a Home with No Comparable Data Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Nicole from Burr Ridge asks for advice on how to determine the price of their home in a neighborhood where nothing has traded in several years. Posted at 5:00 PM in DEQ's Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (0)
	12/17/12 Old Town Stunner Sells After Three Years List Price: $1.08 million Sale Price: $975,000 The Property: From the street, this house, built in 1886 in Old Town, is unassuming. It’s no visual competition for its neighbors on the block, including the zany and eccentric Carl Street Studios or the suave riff on Art Deco at Theophil Studios... Posted at 9:15 AM in Sale of the Week Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (0)
	12/13/12 A Classic Co-op with Lincoln Park Amenities Close By List Price: $1.45 million The Property: The best of Lincoln Park comes together along Fullerton Parkway east of Clark Street, with the beautiful park, the lakefront, the zoo, the Caldwell Lily Pool, and the Notebaert Nature Museum all close at hand... Posted at 10:00 AM in On the Market Real Estate: Featured story | Permalink | Comments (0)
12/12/12 Hard-Hit Homeowners Getting More Aid from Illinois The web of assistance for struggling Illinois homeowners got a little stronger after a pair of announcements from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) last week... Posted at 10:23 AM in Housing Bulletin Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (0)
	12/11/12 Rodkin on Where to Buy a Single-Family Home—Hyde Park or Bridgeport? Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Donna from Ravenswood asks which South Side neighborhood she should choose to buy a single-family home in the $300,000 to $350,000 range. Posted at 5:33 PM in DEQ's Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (0)
	12/10/12 Bank Eats Over $1 Million on Naperville Short Sale List Price: $1.199 million Sale Price: $1.05 million The Property: This 16-room house on the far western edge of Naperville sold in November for $1.05 million. That’s 38 percent of what it cost to build... Posted at 10:13 AM in Sale of the Week Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (2)
	12/06/12 A Spruced-Up Sears Home in Rogers Park List Price: $479,000 The Property: There’s a quiet block of classic houses and apartment buildings in Rogers Park where you can tell what a rooted part of the neighborhood it is just by looking at all the well-designed front gardens—several of which still look nice in late fall... Posted at 10:00 AM in On the Market Real Estate: Featured story | Permalink | Comments (2)
	12/05/12 Winnetka’s Maverick House Back on the Market One of the quirkiest houses on the North Shore—with light fixtures carved from wooden salad bowls, a Western-themed mural above the living room, and a distinctly offbeat fence—came back on the market this month, five years after it went up for sale for the first time since it was built more than 90 years ago... Posted at 12:08 PM in Housing Bulletin Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (1)
	12/04/12 Rodkin on How to Sell a Condo Unit with a Noise Problem Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Stephanie from South Loop asks for advice on how to reduce the noise coming from her upstairs neighbor’s apartment now that she wants to sell. Posted at 4:00 PM in DEQ's Real Estate | Permalink | Comments (4)
	12/03/12 WGN’s John Williams Sells La Grange Park Home List Price: $589,900 Sale Price: $590,000 The Property: Last Thursday, November 29, John Williams, the afternoon host on WGN Radio, and his wife, Brenda, sold their home of 11 years, a brick Tudor in La Grange Park... Posted at 9:15 AM in Sale of the Week Real Estate Real Estate: Featured story | Permalink | Comments (1)

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