An Old House Lover Needs To Save This Historic Gold Coast Rowhouse
The 1868 home’s interior is remarkably preserved, but it’s way overdue for an update. For $985,000, get a lot of charm (and a big challenge) on Schiller Street.
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Home Values Are Rising Faster in Towns With a Metra Stop, Scandal and All
The entire recovery has been better for towns on a train line. But the big gains are in places with lots of foreclosures.
Ask Rodkin: Is Avondale a Good Place to Buy a Condo?
This three-bedroom looks like a deal for $350,000. But will it be easy to resell?
This Is a Fantastic Graceland West Home
Two interior designers redid this classic Chicago house, and their taste paid off—it just sold for more than a million bucks.
This Lake Bluff Manor Looks Like a Hunting Lodge in Versailles
Designed in 1925 by a great architect of Chicago country homes, the 7,200 square foot property is priced at $5.995 million.
Here's a Way to Buy a Home Even if Your Credit Is Damaged
An unconventional landlord, Hyperion, lets some customers rent and then opt to buy a home, in spite of troubled credit.
For $375,000, a Logan Square House With the Rehab Work Already Done
An investor bought it as a foreclosure, gutted it and fixed it up, and now it’s yours for the price it fetched in 2006.
Sold for $1.34 Million: The Lincoln Park Home of Ambassador Nominee James Brewster
A conservative country is protesting the gay nominee’s ambassadorship, but at least the deal on his house is all done.
This Jackson Park Highlands House Is a Wonderful Link to the Past
The $950,000 home still has a lot of the details from its 1910s construction—it’s charming, and it’s also huge.
Why the CHA Dropped 47,000 Names From Its Waiting List
Chicagoans spend years waiting for public housing. Now, more than half the waiting list is erased—because applicants didn’t tell the CHA they wanted to stay on it.