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Rodkin on Whether We’re Out of the Danger Zone
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Stefan from the West Loop asks if the Chicago housing market is out of the woods finally.
Nate Berkus’s Slow-to-Sell Condo Suddenly Sells Fast
List Price: $1.89 million
Sale Price: $1.6 million
The Property: An Astor Street condominium that the interior designer and TV host Nate Berkus first put on the market in March 2011 was sold last Wednesday—just three days after the listing agent marked it as having a contract pending…
In Wrightwood, Welcome to the 1990s
List Price: $777,000
The Property: This house, in a part of Chicago called Wrightwood Neighbors, is a classic type of urban residence in its resemblance to a milk carton: tall and slender, with a peaked roof. And in this case, some of the contents are beyond their expiration date…
Rodkin on the New Rules from the CFPB
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, many readers are asking about the possible changes we should expect when buying a home next year following the new rules recently instituted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
First-Time Landlords Provide a Lesson for Other Would-Be Investors
Last year, Chris Thompson, a 29-year-old IT consultant based in the south suburbs, told his grandfather, Don Clinkert, he was thinking of getting in on the foreclosure-to-rental investment scene. Clinkert said he’d been considering doing the same…
St. Charles Mansion Sells After Six Years
List Price: $1.995 million
Sale Price: $1.775 million
The Property: Previously priced by the builder at $4.8 million, this 11,400-square-foot house in St. Charles may seem awfully big to be considered eco-friendly…
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis’s Greenhouse Condos
List Price: $375,000
The Property: While working for two top Chicago architectural firms in the 1950s and ’60s, Gertrude Lempp Kerbis made contributions to design elements at O’Hare International Airport and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Today’s tour is at a building that was a benchmark project for her, one that she has said was among the first places where she worked on her own…
Why Are Pilsen and Bronzeville Redeveloping at Different Speeds?
Chicago’s Pilsen and Bronzeville neighborhoods have a lot in common. They are both near the Loop, have lots of public transportation, and, after decades of disinvestment, offer plenty of residential and commercial buildings ripe for renewal…
Rodkin on Two Neighbors with Different Asking Prices
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Connie from Humboldt Park asks if her neighbor—who is putting a similar condo on the market for a higher price—is correct in suggesting that they should raise their asking price.