Real Estate 2010: Methods and Sources
Where we got the data and how we prepared our charts
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Citadel Executive Is the New Owner of Rezko’s Former Home
List Price: $3.587 million
Sale Price: $3.701 million
The Property: The 30-room Wilmette mansion where the now-imprisoned political wheeler-dealer Tony Rezko threw fundraisers for Barack Obama and Rod Blagojevich is undergoing renovations by its new owners, Dan Johnson, the managing director of Citadel Investment Group, and his wife, Katherine “Katsy” Johnson, an artist…
A Mediterranean Villa in Highland Park
List Price: $2,895,000
The Property: It started life in 1907 as a cedar-clad Colonial, but in 1930 this Highland Park home underwent a transformation into a Mediterranean-style villa, complete with a giant wall of cut stone embracing the entrance, wrought iron balconies, and carved walnut doors in the main rooms…
For Some Communities, It’s 2002 All Over Again
Since the real-estate downturn began, the S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices has been a good measure of where prices stand relative to where they used to be. For the past several months, the index has had current residential sale prices in the Chicago area running about where they were in mid to late 2002…
Above It All
List Price: $2.8 million
The Property: The view from this condo on the 54th floor of the Heritage, the 57-story tower immediately west of the Cultural Center, takes in Millennium Park, Grant Park, and Lake Michigan. Even on the stormy day when we shot our photos and video, the views were breathtaking…
Another Job Lost, Another Short Sale—Long Grove
List Price: $799,900
Sale Price: $799,000
The Property: Set on nearly an acre in Long Grove, this 11-room house sold Thursday for 63 percent of the $1.25 million that its sellers had paid for it new in 2005.
McCormicks Sell $4 Million Gold Coast Co-op for Charity
CHARITY CASES: McCormicks left money from co-op sale to five not-for-profits
Who Bought Best in 1994?
For the great majority of Chicago-area homeowners, the real-estate charts in Chicago’s October issue (just hitting newsstands this week) reflect the dreary news in the housing market. But there are some people who will get a little boost when they check out how their neighborhood or suburb performed…
From One Highland Park Estate to Another
List Price: $3.25 million
Sale Price: $2.65 million
The Property: Three years ago, Jim and Wendy Abrams bought and began renovations on the 17.5-acre Highland Park estate that the United States had seized from the jailed insurance executive Mickey Segal…
A Regal Overhaul of a Lincoln Park Queen Anne
List Price: $1.625 million
The Property: After Anne and Jan Maitland bought this Queen Anne house in 2003, they set about restoring the interior. The foyer, living room, and stairs still retained much of their original detail—nice stained glass, pretty fretwork on the door, and intricate wooden lace on the staircase—so they kept that…