Living Outside the Box in Northbrook
List Price: $875,000
Sale Price: $840,000
The Property: “Northbrook is a subdivision town,” says Nancy Gibson. “Almost everything is boxes…
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In Lincoln Park, Something Suburban This Way Comes
List Price: $1.85 million
The Property: Although it’s now jammed with strollers and baby boutiques, west Lincoln Park wasn’t nearly as family-friendly 20 years ago, when Jonathan Peabody and Lindsey Stewart decided they didn’t want to move to the suburbs to raise their kids…
Trump Tower’s “Ridiculist” $32 Million Condo
A 14,000-square-foot penthouse atop the Trump International Hotel and Tower snagged lots of media coverage last week for being the loftiest home in the western hemisphere and, at $32 million, Chicago’s highest-priced home. But will it sell for that much?…
Rodkin on Buying a House When Your Spouse Has Damaged Credit
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Paul asks if he and his new wife—who walked away from a house a few years ago—can buy a house even though her credit is damaged.
At Lake Forest House Sale, Less Is Less
List Price: $1.45 million
Sale Price: $1.15 million
The Property: This Lake Forest house, a dark glass pavilion done in the “less is more” style of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, sold in July 2007 for $3.8 million…
In Lincoln Park, Yesterday Meets Today
List Price: $4.5 million
The Property: In Lincoln Park, where residences from yesterday and today freely mingle, today’s property is clearly new. But it doesn’t shriek 2012. Instead, its looks as if it might date to an earlier era…
Great Value on the Gold Coast
THE RICHE NICHE: A fifth-floor three-bedroom on East Lake Shore is marked down by more than one-fourth
Indianapolis Colts Co-Owner Sells Near North Townhouse
HORSE TRADING: The NFL team’s vice chair and her husband almost break even on the house bought from her father, Jim Irsay
David Adler-Designed Villa Sells at Steep Discount in Lake Forest
SHIP TO SHORE: The 95-year-old lakefront mansion goes for 27 percent of its original asking price
Chicago’s Least Expensive Homes Even Less Expensive
TREND: The bottom tier of city’s housing stock lost more value than those above it