List Price: $424,900
The Property: Originally the main living rooms of a mansion built in 1903, this second-floor condo has some original design elements that have been carefully preserved and restored. The most noteworthy of these features is an Art Nouveau fireplace, where flared columns flank a tile mosaic depicting yellow roses. The mantelpiece is a mirrored glass cabinet that bows outward. Nearby are... Read more
Three dispatches about happiness:
According to a new homeowner confidence survey from Zillow.com, homeowners in the Midwest are more glum about the near-term future of the value of their homes than their counterparts in the rest of the country. The survey, released Tuesday, comes on the heels of... Read more
List Price: $969,000
Sale Price: $880,000
The Property: Originally offered by its builder at $2.1 million, this 12-room Glenview house sold at foreclosure on July 6th for $880,000—or 41.9 percent of what the builder had once hoped to get for it... Read more
List Price: $3.4 million
The Property: It must have been blind optimism that convinced Tom Tremback back in 1991 that he could turn a fleabag of an apartment building into a loft-style home. Whatever it was, he bought a 100-year-old structure on LaSalle Street that held five decrepit apartments and started renovating. It took ten years of work before he could move in—and a few more before he could call the entire place a... Read more