Playwright Neil LaBute’s North Barrington “Sanctuary”
List Price: $835,000
The Property: For a man whose plays and movies often show the dark and ugly side of human nature, Neil LaBute sure has a light and pretty home…
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Pieces of Historic Glencoe Mansion Hit Auction Block on Saturday
A historic mansion on Glencoe’s blufftop whose asking price was cut down by over $3 million is itself now getting ready to be taken down—and fans of architectural salvage will get a chance to haul home pieces of it this weekend…
Rodkin on the Practice of Stopping Mortgage Payments
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Joey from Beverly asks if he should stop paying the mortgage when he puts his house on the market in order to recover the home’s value.
A Shell Off the Shelf in Lincoln Park
List Price: $2.3 million
Sale Price: $1.73 million
The Property: In early August, buyers picked up a shell of a home left unfinished since early 2009. Situated in a quiet, pedestrian-only enclave of new, large homes…
Deal Estate Flash: Former Blackhawk Cam Barker Sells in Bucktown
Cam Barker, who spent several seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks before being traded to the Minnesota Wild in February 2010, has sold the Bucktown condo he bought three years ago…
Be It Ever So Humboldt
List Price: $879,000
The Property: Stately older homes line several blocks of Humboldt Boulevard, one strand of Chicago’s “emerald necklace.” Notable among them is this brick house…
A Guide to Pilsen: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play
INSIDER’S GUIDE: 18th and Halsted Streets play host to a new fusion of cafés, shops, and more
A September to Remember?
It’s been a nice summer, hasn’t it? We’ve had three good, hot months—and I’m not talking about the weather. The new Case-Shiller information that came out Tuesday showed that home prices in the Chicago area rose for the third month in a row…
Deal Estate Questions: Rodkin on Getting the Best Price for an Elderly Parent’s Home
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Susan from the Northwest Side asks if the cash offer she received for her mother’s home—from a buyer who wants to tear it down and build new—is the best she can get.
Former Home of MCA Founder Joe Shapiro Sold at Foreclosure
List Price: $879,000
Sale Price: $904,000
The Property: Formerly filled with one of Chicago’s finest collections of 20th-century art, this stone-and-stucco house in Oak Park had deteriorated so much in recent years that the real-estate agent who sold it at foreclosure on August 16 describes it as “destroyed inside…”