This Chicago House Just Sold for One Dollar By Dennis Rodkin Even as hard hit city neighborhoods still struggle, sales like this are part of a larger picture of recovery. Read more
Get This River City Studio for $109,000 By Dennis Rodkin Cash in on a cleaned-up place in the South Loop sibling of Marina City. Read more
Could the South Side Be a Pioneer in Diverse Home Building? By Dennis Rodkin A neighborhood like Woodlawn, hit hard by the housing bust, has big potential for the sustainable builders Greenline Development. Read more
Should Vacant Lots in an Up-and-Coming Neighborhood Worry a Buyer? By Dennis Rodkin A reader wonders if she should make an offer on a place in the sparse stretch of Clybourn near the site of Cabrini-Green. Read more
Mansions Are Selling Really Well Around Chicago Nowadays By Dennis Rodkin A Gold Coast home just fetched $7.15 million, and one in Lake Bluff got $5.25 mill. They're both pretty nice houses! Read more
$5.499 Million Gets You 15,000 Square Feet in Lake Forest By Dennis Rodkin Built by a pioneer of passive solar design, the huge home brings the outdoors in. Read more
Two Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Have Divided a Neighborhood By Dennis Rodkin A plan to convert the 1880s houses to a bed and breakfast may be dead because of community opposition in Kenwood. Read more
$330,000 for a South Loop Two-Bedroom: If You Want It, Go Now By Dennis Rodkin With lake views, a balcony, walk-in closet, and a nice price tag, this one won't last. Read more
A Foreclosed Castle Just Sold for a Million Bucks By Dennis Rodkin The turreted 60-room manor in Wayne, built in 1883, will need at least another $2 million to renovate. Read more
Sold: The Gold Coast Condo at the Center of a Bougie Legal Battle By Dennis Rodkin The $4.5 million home, once owned by a Pritzker, has spellbinding views, 4,900 square feet of space, and dated finishes. Read more
