A little more than a year ago, the developer John McLinden announced plans for SchoolStreet, a collection of traditional-looking homes—think big front porches—on the site of an unfinished condo development near the shopping district in Libertyville…
List Price: $1,750,000
Sale Price: $950,000
The Property: When a 2,900-square-foot condo on the 83rd floor at the John Hancock Center sold June 22, it became Chicago’s loftiest foreclosure—and very likely, the world’s…
List Price: $1.595 million
The Property: When Stacy Nigrelli and Ronald Berlind were building their home in Bucktown in the early 1990s, the neighborhood wasn’t yet a major hot spot, and the couple consciously tried to make their place fit in among the old-timers on the block…
Members of Congress, real-estate associations, and some civil-rights groups are pushing back against a plan from federal regulators that would mandate a 20 percent down payment from many would-be homeowners. The groups are headed toward an August 1 deadline for comment on a proposal that would create a so-called qualified residential mortgage (QRM), which would require homeowners to have a one-fifth equity stake in their residence—an investment (the thinking goes) that might make them less willing to give up the home in tough financial times…
List Price: $6.39 million
Sale Price: $5.5 million
The Property: The buyer of a secluded lakefront mansion on part of an old Armour family estate in Lake Bluff appears to have paid more for it than anyone has ever spent for a private home in that North Shore town…
List Price: $480,000
The Property: The spacious sixth-floor terrace of this condo at the Dakota would make a nice perch from which to watch Sunday’s Pride Parade wend its way through the streets of Boystown. On any other day, the terrace is also the spot to take in a 180-degree view that encompasses Lake Michigan, the green roofs of the Center on Halsted, a neighboring police station, and the big “Chicago Cubs” sign poised above the center field bleachers at Wrigley Field…
Site’s above-average breadth gives residents “some space to breathe”
MAKING LATITUDE FOR MAPS: Study suggests north-side areas on maps perceived as more affluent
Nine days ago, Tyson Chandler was celebrating an NBA championship after his Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in a six-game series. Yesterday, Chandler enjoyed another victory of sorts: after four years, he finally sold his former home in Northfield…
List Price: $599,000
Sale Price: $450,000
The Property: The Wood-Maxey-Boyd house, a Prairie Avenue treasure from 1885, has a new owner—only its third…
