Deal Estate Flash: Eric Ferguson Sells Lincoln Park Home
Eric Ferguson, who cohosts the morning show on WTMX The Mix with Kathy Hart, sold his Lincoln Park home Tuesday. Ferguson and his wife, Jennifer, sold the 11-room house for $2.63 million…
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City Rentals: Big Losses, Small Gains
Two pieces of recent news from the housing front reveal just how deep a hole the city’s supply of moderately priced rental apartments is in. Last week the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing reported that nearly 17,000 Chicago apartment buildings went into foreclosure from 2009 through 2011. That adds up to 51,792 apartments…
Rodkin on Appraisal Disputes
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Penny from Florida asks if her appraiser, who valued her home lower than expected, is right about a garage-adjacent room not being an actual bedroom.
Dirk Lohan Leaves Architects’ Corner in Old Town
List Price: $1.89 million
Sale Price: $1.795 million
The Property: On July 20, Dirk Lohan, the architect of the Soldier Field renovation and the high-rise office building at 353 N. Clark among many other notable buildings, sold his home in Old Town…
A Lagoon Runs Through It, in Lincoln Park
List Price: $1.695 million
The Property: From the 19th-floor vantage point of this Lincoln Park condo, you look out over most of the park, stretching from the Goethe statue at Diversey to the North Avenue beachhouse, with all the historical structures, museums and greenery in between…
Top 20 Chicago-Area Train Towns Tallied
A new DePaul study picks the best suburbs for transit commuters, choosing places with walkable downtowns, comfortable stations, and reliable service that “dignify the experience of commuting by train.”
Rodkin: Too Much Optimism Threatens Housing Market Recovery
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Ryan from Printer’s Row asks if there’s too much optimism about improvements we see in the housing market.
Yet Another Chicago Condo Sale at $6 Million or More
List Price: $7.25 million
Sale Price: $6.55 million
The Property: An extensively restored and modernized nine room co-op condo at 209 E. Lake Shore Drive is the third downtown condo to have sold for $6 million or more since late June.
Ben Hecht’s Hyde Park Home
List Price: $699,000
The Property: Of Ben Hecht’s thousand and one afternoons in Chicago, it’s likely that some were spent at this Queen Anne-style Hyde Park house where he lived in the early 1920s…
At Long Last: An Uptick
There’s a long-overdue ray of hope in the data that Redfin released Thursday: Chicago home prices inched up 0.8 percent from June 2011 to June 2012…