Indoors Meets Out in Lincoln Park
List Price: $3.895 million
The Property: The distinguished Chicago architect Avi Lothan says he designed this Lincoln Park home for his family with his eye on the interplay between indoor and outdoor spaces…
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The New $100 Million Fund to Modify Loans and Prevent Foreclosures
Some Chicago-area homeowners at risk of foreclosure may get the lifeline they need from the new $100 million Mortgage Resolution Fund, announced by Governor Quinn this past Friday. “We’re going upstream to stop further houses from becoming vacant,” says Bill Goldsmith, the president of the newly formed MRF…
Sears Exec Pays Most in 5 Years in St. Charles
List Price: $3.2 million
Sale Price: $3.1 million
The Property: A custom-built, 11,000-square-foot house on a little more than two acres in the far western suburb of St. Charles commanded the town’s highest home price in five years when it sold July 1…
Homeowners Hold Their Breath
Why underwater owners are still years away from resurfacing
Prize-Winning Woodlawn Condo Completed
Northbrook builder erects final structure in South Side quartet
Downtown Chicago Condos Cut More Than 50 Percent
No half measures in Loop condos
An Arts and Crafts Fixer-Upper in Riverside
List Price: $599,000
The Property: All that remains of what in the early 20th century was the Riverside estate of the entrepreneur and horse breeder Henry Babson is three service buildings—and one and a half of them are on the market…
Tough Times for Chicago-Area Latinos Seeking Mortgages—and a New Video Feature for Answering Your Real-Estate Questions
Research by the Latino Policy Forum indicates that Chicago-area Latinos get rejected for conventional home loans at nearly twice the rate of the region’s general population. While about 15 percent of Chicago-area residents applying for a home loan were turned down, the forum’s research revealed that almost 30 percent of Latino applicants were denied…
Condo Prices Fall on Lemont Condos
Developer tugs down cost of Lemont properties near historic channel
Overbuilt West Loop Condo Bargains
Belgravia buys project’s foreclosed condos, then passes along savings