A feed from Deal Estate 2010-02-08T08:38:37-06:00 tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-02-08:420 Copyright (c) 2010, Chicago Magazine Chicago Magazine Rivista tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-02-08:67102010-02-08T07:22:00-06:002010-02-08T08:38:37-06:00Dennis Rodkin

List Price: N/A Sale Price: $1 million
The Property: In December, Lester Crown, the 84-year-old patriarch of one of Chicago’s wealthiest families, sold his interest in a secluded Winnetka mansion to his son, Steven.]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-02-04:67012010-02-04T12:32:00-06:002010-02-04T12:32:00-06:00Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $1.695 million
The Property: Back in 1984, when Pete and Barbara Rosi went looking for a tranquil country residence in Kane County, they fell in love with a hillside home outside St. Charles that had been built in 1932 as a getaway for a Chicago family. Situated 58 feet above its own private lake, and with tall oaks hanging overhead, the house was their ideal.]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-02-03:66962010-02-03T08:13:00-06:002010-02-03T11:15:48-06:00Dennis Rodkin

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-02-01:66852010-02-01T07:18:00-06:002010-02-01T09:23:31-06:00Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $699,000
Sale Price: $675,000
The Property: Troy Brouwer, who plays right wing for the Chicago Blackhawks, has bought a three-bedroom, four-bath condo in a new Roscoe Village condo building.]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-01-28:66772010-01-28T09:56:00-06:002010-01-29T05:39:49-06:00Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $2.97 million
The Property: Twelve years ago, Doug and Lucinda Hanover bought a little 1880s Barrington Hills farmhouse with a rhubarb patch out front. What they have now is a 6,000-square-foot home that incorporates the property’s old barn as a two-story...]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-01-27:66732010-01-27T08:23:08-06:002010-01-27T08:23:08-06:00Dennis Rodkin

Today I have pulled together a gallery of low-priced properties in the city and suburbs. Some of these homes are being sold at auction, and others are...]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-01-25:66642010-01-25T07:24:12-06:002010-01-25T07:24:12-06:00Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $3.95 million
Sale Price: $3.5 million
The Property: A ten-room condo on the fourth floor of the 12-story 219 East Lake Shore Drive building was sold on January 20th for $3.5 million, the first sale at that prestigious address since mid-2007.]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-01-21:66592010-01-21T09:55:00-06:002010-01-21T04:27:07-06:00Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $599,900
The Property: The latest asking price on this contemporary four-bedroom home in Glen Ellyn is about what the sellers paid for the place in 2004—before they spent an additional $75,000 to add a little more than an acre to what was a half-acre lot. The listing is now a short sale (where the lending bank approves selling the property for less than what’s due on the mortgage)...]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-01-20:66402010-01-20T08:10:00-06:002010-01-20T09:44:03-06:00Dennis Rodkin

In December Conradi, a 20-year-old college student, bought a foreclosed two-bedroom condo near...]]>

tag:www.chicagomag.com,2010-01-18:66342010-01-18T07:26:19-06:002010-01-18T07:26:19-06:00Dennis Rodkin

List Price: N/A
Sale Price: $1.225 million
The Property: Mark Giangreco, the sports director and lead sports anchor at WLS-TV ABC 7, has bought a two-bedroom condo on a high floor at One Museum Park, the pair of new condo towers that overlook the south end of Grant Park.]]>