Suburban Housing Rentals: What’s Available
FINDING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE: Want to rent while enjoying the suburban life? What the market looks like in three Chicago suburbs.
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What’s Up with Down Payments?
Savings, gifts more frequently used as housing down payments as proceeds from prior home sales slide
Longtime Kenilworth Owners Take a Real Estate Loss
AN UNEXPECTED LOSS: Holding onto their house for 12 years didn’t prevent a neurosurgeon from taking a near-half-million hit
Did a $1 Million Foreclosure Help the Glenview Market?
List Price: $999,000
Sale Price: $1 million
The Property: The agent who sold this foreclosed 12-room house in a very desirable east neighborhood in Glenview thinks that the sale helped nudge the town’s real-estate market upward a smidge, rather than hurt nearby sellers, as many foreclosures have been shown to do…
East Lake Shore Drive’s Marshall Plan
List Price: $2.595 million
The Property: Designed by the architect Benjamin Marshall and completed in 1912, the brick and limestone confection that is 999 North Lake Shore Drive set the tone for what would become one of Chicago’s most elegant neighborhoods: East Lake Shore Drive…
Lincoln Park Makes Way for Another Megamansion
List Price: $2.85 million
Sale Price: $2.55 million
The Property: Four 1980s townhouses in Lincoln Park have been sold to a developer that hopes to build a single megamansion on the site…
Theurer-Wrigley House in Lincoln Park Up for Sale
A STRANGE BREW: Suggested once as a residence for Chicago’s mayors, the home is on the market for $9.5 million
Rodkin on the Mortgage Balance Left Unpaid in a Short Sale
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Barry asks for advice on the potential liability to repay the difference between the short-sale proceeds and mortgage balance due.
Chicago’s Haunted Real Estate
These are scary times in real estate, with the ghosts of our homes’ lost value spreading gloom. But a few houses around Chicago are rumored to be truly haunted. Here’s a look at four of them, only one of which is still a residence…
Aloft Armour Square
List Price: $525,000
The Property: Set in a small tower atop a five-story loft building in Armour Square, this three-story loft sits among some of the Near South Side’s most interesting neighborhoods. The dining, shopping, and culture of Chinatown, Pilsen, and Bridgeport are all in easy reach—and they can all be seen from the loft’s four different balconies…