Housing Bulletin—One Chicago Seller’s Limited-Time Offer
To save money on commissions to real-estate agents, Rachel and Mark Bickenbach have been trying to sell their Clybourn Avenue loft themselves this summer. They put it on craigslist.com and advertised it in the Chicago Tribune and the Reader—but all they heard was...
Sale of the Week—Traded Again in Southeast Ravenswood
List Price: $2.399 million
Sale Price: $2.25 million
The Property: So far in its short life, this 14-room house, built in 2002, has been sold four times, most recently on August 11th. Those sellers had owned the place for just 11 months...
On The Market—Prairie Glass in Oak Park
List Price: $990,000
The Property: Eben Ezra Roberts, who designed some 200 buildings in Oak Park, was the architect of this 100-year-old residence (known as the Charles Schwerin House), as well as its neighbor (the Charles F. Lorenzen House). Roberts fronted this house with a broad, shading porch and...
Freeze Frame
by Dennis Rodkin
As Chicago's real-estate market began to experience the big chill, homeowners worried that this was the beginning of the next ice age. But as our annual house survey demonstrates, there were a few bright spots in a year that was more frustrating than desperate.
Love's Labors LostCouple never live in the house they carefully restored |
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Your Best OfferThree real-estate agents provide us with their assessment of a new North Shore house |
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Splendid BlendingConical turret, added in 1991, complements 1887 mansion |
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Five in the ForeA quintet of new three-flats leads community comeback |
Steeling HomeChicago developer and Seattle architect prepare an encore |
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Not Another Coffee ShopAt the Emerald, developers rethink ground-floor space |
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