If your Twitter feed is anything like mine, it seemed to be in two moods on Tuesday morning. Shortly after the release of the latest monthly data from the S&P/Case Shiller Index, the tweeting started—“Home Prices Continue to Rise: Housing is Now Economic ‘Bright Spot’” was the tone of the national news…
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Lynn asks if she should sell her elderly mother’s house as is, or if she should remodel the dated kitchen and baths. She worries about making a profit and the clock is ticking.
List Price: $899,000
Sale Price: $795,000
The Property: In December 2003, fresh off an extensive restoration, this house in a picturesque section of Riverside sold for $1 million…
List Price: $1.999 million
The Property: Bucktown has matured nicely over the past decade, as has this neighborhood house—though en route from party pad to high-end family home, it took a detour into foreclosure…
Celebrate the new year all over again on the South Side
The year-end real-estate data has been rolling in for the past week or so, and much of it is encouraging. But there’s something that bugs me—and, I believe, a lot of sellers or potential sellers…
INSIDER’S GUIDE: Cozy up to this homey North Side neighborhood
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.
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…
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…
