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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
List Price: $4.954 million
The Property: On an elite wooded street in east Northbrook stands a substantial house with exterior details that you might find on some historical country homes in England…
INSIDER’S GUIDE: New spots like the Emporium Arcade Bar and the Purple Cow preserve the neighborhood’s trendy rep
At the base of Lincoln Park 2550, a posh condo tower nearing completion at Lakeview Avenue and St. James Place, a modest set of classical columns flanks the project’s southeast corner…
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Todd from Naperville asks about doing a refinance to “claw back” the equity in a home.
The Properties: The façades of two recently sold new houses in the city feature big, playful visual puns—and each of them is part of a different builder’s long-range game plan…
