An Arts and Crafts Latecomer, in Lake Bluff
List Price: $2.495 million
The Property: Although it’s only 14 years old, this Lake Bluff house on one and a half acres has many of the hallmarks of the Arts and Crafts movement from a century earlier…
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Jennifer Hudson Buying in Burr Ridge
Jennifer Hudson, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer and actress who got her start on American Idol, has a contract pending on a 12,000-square-foot home in Burr Ridge that was for sale at $2.795 million…
Rodkin on Reasons to Refinance
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Peter from the Northwest Side asks whether or not he should refinance.
From Butter Factory to Spacious Edgewater Glen Home
A century-old butter factory-turned-plumbing warehouse, converted into a single-family home with a spacious deck and lawn in 2005, sells for $915,000 in a sub-neighborhood of Edgewater.
Three Slices of Goldberg’s Marina City Pie
List Price: $535,000
The Property: Would you like a slice of pie? How about three? This Marina City condo combines three of the buildings’ famously pie-shape studio apartments into a single two-bedroom, two-bath home. And it comes with a delicious topping: three of the distinctive semi-circular balconies, which together provide a crescent of views of the downtown skyline, as well as the Chicago River and its historic bridges…
Aid for Illinois Homeless Programs Is Running Out
An Illinois program that has a solid track record of preventing families from becoming homeless due to temporary crises in their finances is about to run out of money. The Illinois Homeless Prevention Program provides small grants to families that help them weather short-term financial problems that threaten to force them out of their homes. In 2010, the average grant was $916—which shows just how thin the line is between being housed and being homeless for many Illinois families…
Rodkin on Getting a Mortgage After a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Sharon asks about her chances of getting a future mortgage after a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
Former Tribune CEO Randy Michaels Sells at a Loss
List Price: $889,000
Sale Price: $810,000
The Property: On Friday, the former Tribune CEO Randy Michaels sold his top-floor condo at 240 East Illinois. Michaels initially listed the 1,637-square-foot condo for sale in January, asking $989,000…
The Fourth Cut Brings Forth Bidders in Southport Corridor
List Price: $1.599 million
Sale Price: $1.599 million
The Property: When it hit the market in June, this home in the Southport Corridor was sure to get noticed, with its façade of many materials, its six outdoor terraces, and its style-setting interior finishes…
A Lincoln Park House of Unknown Origin
List Price: $4 million
The Property: Although it’s one of the biggest and most eye-catching homes on a Lincoln Park street lined with landmarks, there is very little known about the origins of today’s house. That’s surprising, because someone in the early 1890s did a fine job of creating a distinctive home with a broad façade of rough-hewn stone capped by a turret and a mansard roof…