Ask Rodkin: Is Avondale a Good Place to Buy a Condo? By Dennis Rodkin This three-bedroom looks like a deal for $350,000. But will it be easy to resell? Read more
This Is a Fantastic Graceland West Home By Dennis Rodkin Two interior designers redid this classic Chicago house, and their taste paid off—it just sold for more than a million bucks. Read more
This Lake Bluff Manor Looks Like a Hunting Lodge in Versailles By Dennis Rodkin Designed in 1925 by a great architect of Chicago country homes, the 7,200 square foot property is priced at $5.995 million. Read more
Here's a Way to Buy a Home Even if Your Credit Is Damaged By Dennis Rodkin An unconventional landlord, Hyperion, lets some customers rent and then opt to buy a home, in spite of troubled credit. Read more
For $375,000, a Logan Square House With the Rehab Work Already Done By Dennis Rodkin An investor bought it as a foreclosure, gutted it and fixed it up, and now it's yours for the price it fetched in 2006. Read more
Sold for $1.34 Million: The Lincoln Park Home of Ambassador Nominee James Brewster By Dennis Rodkin A conservative country is protesting the gay nominee's ambassadorship, but at least the deal on his house is all done. Read more
This Jackson Park Highlands House Is a Wonderful Link to the Past By Dennis Rodkin The $950,000 home still has a lot of the details from its 1910s construction—it's charming, and it's also huge. Read more
Why the CHA Dropped 47,000 Names From Its Waiting List By Dennis Rodkin Chicagoans spend years waiting for public housing. Now, more than half the waiting list is erased—because applicants didn't tell the CHA they wanted to stay on it. Read more
Ask Rodkin: Is Our Agent Overpricing Our South Loop Condo? By Dennis Rodkin A look at the factors that go into figuring out a fair price on a piece of property. Read more
This Ukrainian Village Beauty Broke 14 Buyers' Hearts By Dennis Rodkin In the end, an all-cash offer 6.8 percent over the $819,000 list price earned the right to own the renovated 1893 home. Read more
