List Price:
South unit (on right) $539,000
North unit (on left) $499,000
The Property: These two townhouses, built in 1885 for a brother and sister, are now for sale either separately or together. Although their exteriors are the same—the mansard roof tops a red brick...

" /> List Price:
South unit (on right) $539,000
North unit (on left) $499,000
The Property: These two townhouses, built in 1885 for a brother and sister, are now for sale either separately or together. Although their exteriors are the same—the mansard roof tops a red brick...

" /> List Price:
South unit (on right) $539,000
North unit (on left) $499,000
The Property: These two townhouses, built in 1885 for a brother and sister, are now for sale either separately or together. Although their exteriors are the same—the mansard roof tops a red brick...

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On the Market: Two of a Kind in Bronzeville

List Price:
South unit (on right) $539,000
North unit (on left) $499,000
The Property: These two townhouses, built in 1885 for a brother and sister, are now for sale either separately or together. Although their exteriors are the same—the mansard roof tops a red brick…

Housing Bulletin: What Makes The Blue Light Special

October was another gloomy month for the downtown condo market, with developers hitting the brakes on both the Spire and the 76-story condo tower by Architectonica that was planned for Lakeshore East.
But October was also the month when deals closed on two very expensive penthouses at the Metropolitan Tower, the building with the blue…

On the Market: People in Glass Houses—Northfield

List Price: $3.995 million
The Property: A contemporary architectural landmark, this all-glass house in Northfield—the 2002 design of and the current home of the architect Tom Roszak—won national recognition from the American Institute of Architects in 2007 and Architectural Digest in 2005. Roszak, an avowed modernist who has built …

Housing Bulletin: Four New House-Hunting Aids

Despite the downturn in the housing market, there are still people shopping for homes these days. Here are four new or newly upgraded house-hunting tools to assist them.

• Prudential Preferred Properties provides subscribers with a weekly Preferred Market Watch Report with detailed stats on all properties listed for sale in a particular zip code. (You can sign up for the report here.) The reports include, among other things, the average…