Keck & Keck in Flossmoor
List Price: $425,000
The Property: Chicagoans first saw the architecture of the Keck brothers at the Century of Progress Exposition, the world’s fair held here along Lake Michigan in 1933…
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A Baby Boomlet in Bridgeport
In another sign of the renaissance of family living in the city, a townhouse development in urban Bridgeport is witnessing a baby boom of the sort that’s usually associated with suburban neighborhoods…
Rodkin on the Best Real Estate Websites
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Veronica from West Loop asks which real estate website she should use when shopping for a home. Rodkin explains the pros and cons of a few different ones.
Maybe Third Time’s the Charm in Kenilworth
List Price: $3.795 million
Sale Price: $3.25 million
The Property: At the end of September, this Kenilworth mansion sold at a steep discount for the third time in three and a half years…
October Deal Estate: Home Sales, News, and Trends
Sold: Notes from the Underground OAK PARK The last time this house sold, in July 2011, it had sat on the market for 20 months. This time around, in May 2012, it was offered for just 11 days before finding a buyer. The difference? The basement. Mike Miller and Emilie Debyl bought the house, which … Read more
Rekindling a Post-Fire Row House in Lincoln Park
List Price: $2.599 million
The Property: In the years just after the Great Chicago Fire—whose 141st anniversary is Monday—the prolific architect Edward Burling put up numerous buildings in the city, including, in 1875, a string of ten row houses on the Lincoln Park street that now bears his name…
Four Real-Estate/Architecture Events
You can tell it’s fall when the calendar starts to fill up with must-do events. Here are four that should interest people intrigued by Chicago architecture and real estate…
The Best We Could Get Was 88th Place?
A new national ranking of suburbs came out last week, bringing with it two surprises for Chicagoans. The first surprise was that a place many don’t even know exists…
Rodkin on Why Contracts Dry Up—and What to Do about It
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Ellen from Old Irving Park asks why people who are interested in buying homes are allowing their contracts to dry up.
Mr. Big Stuff Eats Crow
List Price: $749,900
Sale Price: $685,000
The Property: In June, Scott Sasse, a real-estate agent who specializes in the West Loop, e-mailed me the listing for his own condo, which he had just put on the market…