It Took 2 Face-Lifts to Get This Lincoln Park Foreclosure Sold

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $950,000
Sale Price: $949,900
The Property: When I wrote about this Lincoln Park house in October 2009, Brickyard Bank, which had foreclosed on it, had just put the home through a facelift to make it more marketable... Read more

Sears Exec Pays Most in 5 Years in St. Charles

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $3.2 million
Sale Price: $3.1 million
The Property: A custom-built, 11,000-square-foot house on a little more than two acres in the far western suburb of St. Charles commanded the town’s highest home price in five years when it sold July 1... Read more

Two Thumbs Up for Thea Flaum’s Presale Renovation

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $1.199 million
Sale Price: $1.149 million
The Property: Thea Flaum, the original producer of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert’s TV movie-review show, was having trouble selling her Old Town condo... Read more

Chicago’s Loftiest Foreclosure—and Possibly the World’s

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $1,750,000
Sale Price: $950,000
The Property: When a 2,900-square-foot condo on the 83rd floor at the John Hancock Center sold June 22, it became Chicago’s loftiest foreclosure—and very likely, the world’s... Read more

A Record Sale in Lake Bluff

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $6.39 million
Sale Price: $5.5 million
The Property: The buyer of a secluded lakefront mansion on part of an old Armour family estate in Lake Bluff appears to have paid more for it than anyone has ever spent for a private home in that North Shore town... Read more

Prairie Avenue Survivor Gets a New Champion

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $599,000
Sale Price: $450,000
The Property: The Wood-Maxey-Boyd house, a Prairie Avenue treasure from 1885, has a new owner—only its third... Read more

A Hollywood Bungalow in Ravenswood Gardens

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $1.25 million
Sale Price: $1.2 million
The Property: From the outside, this 1920 house in Ravenswood Gardens looks a lot like countless other homes in the city’s bungalow belt... Read more

A Cautionary Foreclosure Tale from Naperville

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $825,000
Sale Price: $781,000
The Property: Although buying, fixing, and reselling foreclosures has become a hot investment prospect, this Naperville home may stand as a cautionary tale... Read more

Making the “Unlivable” Livable in Lincoln Park

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $2.2 million
Sale Price: $2.25 million
The Property: This foreclosed six-bedroom, four-story house had been priced at over $4 million when under construction by its developer, SMH Homes... Read more

Hyde Park’s Restoration Drama

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $2.7 million
Sale Price: $2.35 million
The Property: Last spring, the couple who were in the midst of restoring this Hyde Park house moved into it after they unexpectedly sold their own home two blocks away... Read more

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