Elks Memorial in Lincoln Park is a short block of four attached homes that hardly draw attention to themselves, with their flat brick front that confines frills to the fanlight windows over their street-level front doors..." /> Elks Memorial in Lincoln Park is a short block of four attached homes that hardly draw attention to themselves, with their flat brick front that confines frills to the fanlight windows over their street-level front doors..." /> Elks Memorial in Lincoln Park is a short block of four attached homes that hardly draw attention to themselves, with their flat brick front that confines frills to the fanlight windows over their street-level front doors..." />

A Half-Priced Mansion in St. Charles

List Price: $779,000
Sale Price: $755,000
The Property: This luxurious 13-room home in the Burr Hill Club neighborhood of St. Charles sold in 2006 for $1.499 million. But in July, the foreclosing lender told John Wright, the Weichert Realtors agent representing the house, to cut the asking price from $819,000 to $779,000…

More Aid in the Works for Struggling Illinois Homeowners

In 2011, tens of thousands of struggling Illinois homeowners may receive the financial aid they need to hold onto their houses under a program being prepared by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). The agency has been allocated $445.6 million of U.S. Treasury TARP funds to help unemployed and under-employed homeowners stay out of foreclosure and is now working on the details of how to get that money to homeowners…

Going the Extra Mile in Hinsdale

List Price: $2,799,900
The Property: The wood, stone, and copper that detail the peaked façade of this newly built Hinsdale house hint at the level of attention that went into the 18-room interior. “The wood trim in here is measured in miles,” says Bryan Bomba, the Coldwell Banker agent representing the house for its builder, Montreux Custom Homes

A Fixed-Up Foreclosure Sells Fast in Lincoln Park

List Price: $1.674 million
Sale Price: $1.55 million
The Property: Formerly a three-flat, this 116-year-old building in Lincoln Park was being converted into a single-family home when its owner defaulted on a $2.6-million mortgage. But unlike most sellers of foreclosures, the entity that put this one back on the market (not the original lender) didn’t leave it in its junked condition but put it back into livable shape…