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Housing Bulletin: A Big Auction of City and Suburban Homes
By Dennis Rodkin
On four days in late June, 134 single-family homes, townhouses, and condos in six developments scattered around Chicago and the suburbs will go up for auction. These are not foreclosures but developer closeouts—meaning that the developers have unsold units they want to move... Read more
Sale of the Week: Sink or Swim in Bridgeport
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1,000,000
Sale Price: $910,000
The Property: Situated on a double lot and with an in-ground pool, this new brick house is one of at least three homes with those same specifications in Bridgeport. Of the three houses, only one—the house featured today—has been sold; the other two are still for sale, and one of them has a sign on the front that says it is now in the hands of a bank. All three residences were built by the developer... Read more
On the Market: Rehabbed Richardsonian Romanesque—Lake View
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.45 million
The Property: When two doctors, Chuck Sisung and Fred Hoff, bought this Lake View graystone in 1992, its Richardsonian Romanesque façade, which dated to 1882, was in good shape. The home’s interior, however, was in poor condition, so Sisung and Hoff launched a two-year renovation that included adding a two-story glass conservatory to the back of the house. That addition contains a... Read more
Housing Bulletin: Bill Wrigley’s Lake Forest Mansion on the Market
By Dennis Rodkin
The ten-bedroom Lake Forest house that Bill Wrigley bought in January 2003 for $9.9 million is on the market, with an asking price of $16 million. The offering is being handled as an “exempt” listing, meaning that it will not appear on any listing service or be publicized in any way. But Deal Estate learned that Lake Forest real-estate agents received guided tours of the candy-colored Italianate mansion and its lakefront grounds on May 19th. The listing agents, Ned Skae and Beth Marquardt of Prudential Preferred Properties, would not speak about... Read more
Sale of the Week: Lake Forest Copycat Cuts Price for Quicker Sale
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.15 million
Sold Price: $1.725 million
The Property: This 15-room house in western Lake Forest is an almost-exact duplicate of a house in the nearby Conway Farms subdivision. The primary difference is the high ceilings, says Tracy Wurster, the Prudential Preferred Properties agent who represented the sellers in a deal that closed... Read more