Almost at the Top of Aqua

List Price: $2,500,000 Sale Price: $2,299,999 The Property: A 3,600-square-foot condo on the 80th floor of the 87-story Aqua is the latest sale over $2 million in the already-iconic tower. It is only the third condo sold in the building whose reported sale price exceeded $2 million—but there almost certainly are more. Two other Aqua … Read more

A 1920s Winnetka Charmer

List Price: $859,900
The Property: Built in 1929 as a shingle-sided cottage and expanded in 1993, this house stands on a quiet street in western Winnetka with soccer fields, a bike path, and a forest preserve close at hand. The original parts of the house are warm and inviting, with a cozy window seat in the living room, a slate-floored sun room, and other timeless touches…

Mixed Greens: Eco-Homes at Luxury and Modest Prices

New green homes are proliferating in the Chicago area, and three of the greenest are finishing up now in Bucktown and Waukegan. The Bucktown house, at 1610 North Honore Street, is an innovative conversion of an old two-flat into a single-family home, complete with a solar array over the garage and many reused materials…

With Joe Walsh, the Northwest Suburbs May Send a Foreclosed Homeowner to Congress

In an era when foreclosures are rampant, Illinois’s 8th District may have tapped a foreclosed homeowner to represent it in Congress. Final votes are still being tallied, but on Tuesday, Joe Walsh, who lost his Evanston condo to foreclosure in October 2009, still had a 350-vote lead over the incumbent, Melissa Bean…