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…
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Jim McMahon’s Former Home Prepped for Another Championship Season
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…
A Guide to Wicker Park: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play
INSIDER’S GUIDE: New spots like the Emporium Arcade Bar and the Purple Cow preserve the neighborhood’s trendy rep
Mother Cabrini Shrine Reopens
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…
Rodkin on ‘Claw Backs’—a.k.a. Refinancing to Regain Equity
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.
Odd Façades: E is for Erie, F is for Fish
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…
Elmhurst’s Checkerboard Chimney Charmer
List Price: $850,000
The Property: From first sight, it’s obvious that this Normandy-style home has a lot of history in Elmhurst. Built in 1930 as part of a subdivision…
Rodkin on Logan Square’s Rebound from the Recession
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Larry, a commercial real estate executive, asks if the number of new businesses—restaurants, coffee shops, and more—in Logan Square would affect how quickly the neighborhood recovers from the recession.
Sales of Distressed Properties on Two-Month Upswing
After a few months of declines, sales of Chicago-area homes that were either foreclosed or sold for less than the value of the mortgage increased in both July and August.
Why Another Homeowner Converted to Renting
List Price: $1.2 million
Sale Price: $1.07 million
The Property: Kathy Posner, the longtime Chicago PR exec and civic volunteer, sold her 2,900-square-foot North Michigan Avenue condo for $1.07 million…