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Housing Bulletin-Click Here to Buy a Condo

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(blog updated below) There may be an unusually large number of people using personal digit assistants (PDAs) in the Loop on Thursday evening, but they won’t be checking their e-mail or the sports scores. They will be buying condos. The developer American Invsco, which is converting the 47-story apartment high-rise at 200 North Dearborn Street … Read more

Sale of the Week-Double-Size Wheeling Condo

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List Price: $1 millionSale Price: $1,106,506 The Property: By combining two corner-unit condos into one 4,000-square-foot layout, a pair of senior citizens looking for a low-maintenance home created what is now far and away the highest-priced home in Wheeling. Gloria and Donald Cooper sold their house of 20 years in Riverwoods this year. “We’re too … Read more

New on the Market – Chicago’s Gold Coast

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List Price: $4,499,999 The Property: This four-story townhouse on Astor Street is a stunner both outside and in: although the exterior-with its ornately detailed brick, copper, and stone façade-dates to 1888, the interior got a complete overhaul in 2007. The home and two of its neighbors were designed by the great Chicago architect John Wellborn … Read more

Housing Bulletin- Land of Liberty

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To mark the Independence Day holiday, Deal Estate examined sales data from the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois to find out how many homes were sold in the Chicago region on streets with names that evoke the spirit of ’76. Number of homes sold over the past 12 months on streets named Liberty: 59  … Read more

Sale of the Week – Roscoe Village, Chicago

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List Price: $1,249,000 Sale Price: $1,225,000 The Property: Though this eight-room house looks like a Roscoe Village old-timer, it’s actually been around for only seven years. “Part of the aesthetic I come from is to build new homes that are consistent with the architecture of the neighborhood,” says Ed Donley, the home’s architect, builder, owner, … Read more

New on the Market – Landmark Prairie Bungalow in Beverly

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List Price: $575,000 (update 7/5/07 – price reduced to $535,000) The Property: This carefully renovated Prairie-style bungalow manages to be both livable and attentive to its role as a Chicago landmark. Many original details are intact, such as the distinctive hexagonal-mullioned windows and hand-hewn ceiling beams in the living, dining, and sun rooms. Others have … Read more