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Although I’d been past it 100s of times I never paid attention to the home at 1487 Tower Rd in Winnetka. It caught my eye yesterday, and I instantly thought “it has the look of a Zook.” Homes designed by R. Harold Zook are a familiar sight in Hinsdale, where 31 of them were built ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 20, 2012
The highest-priced “new” listing in Hinsdale this past week, by a multiple of two, is a Colorado-style mountain lodge that comes with an appropriately lofty asking price of $4,999,999 – after a price reduction. The newly-built home, at 132 S Park Ave, has been on and off the market since January of 2009. It boasts ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 5, 2011
If you’re a sucker for a great front porch you’ll want to take a close look at 444 S Madison St in Hinsdale. The newly-listed 4,535 square foot, 6-bedroom, 6-bath home is on a quarter-acre corner lot diagonally across from the K-5 Madison School. The broad, covered front porch faces west, affording a shaded afternoon ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 29, 2011
Real estate agents have always been swift to hurl superlatives at prospective buyers, and it seems the depressed market is accelerating the trend. We’ve recently called your attention to “the best Lincoln Park locale,” the “finest lakefront property on the North Shore” and “Chicago’s finest apartment condominium.” Next up, in Hinsdale, is “absolute excellence … ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on June 22, 2011
The listing copy bills this two-bedroom / two-bath unit at 300 East Claymoor Rd as the lowest-priced condo in Hinsdale, a community where condos and townhomes range upwards of $1,000,000 in price. At $159,000 in Hinsdale, you might be expecting a fixer-upper or a foreclosure, but the unit is described as “remodeled and well-maintained.” This ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 6, 2011
From Homeward Bound – West: The overall numbers are small, but the minority population in Hinsdale saw substantial percentage gains over the past decade. As reported by Trib Local: Between 2000 and 2010, Hinsdale’s black or African American population rose 58.8 percent from 136 to 216. Its Asian-only population increased 38.6 percent from 777 to ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on February 24, 2011
Toward the end of a tour of Clarendon Hills, Mike McCurry stopped to show Joe Zekas a five-year-old home in Hinsdale that originally sold for $2.67 million and is currently being offered by a relo company for $1.83 million. (Update: Actually, it’s been reduced since this video shoot — the home is now priced at ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on December 7, 2010
Joe Zekas recently asked Gaby Jury of ERA Jensen & Feinstein to take him around Hinsdale to see a range of homes at different price points. Their first stop was at this ranch home near Route 83. The home needed some work but was offered at a price that Gaby hadn’t seen in years: $169,900. ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on May 12, 2010
The Village of Hinsdale has long been a west-suburban destination of choice for many of metro Chicago’s affluent and aspiring-to-affluence residents. The draws: a charming, small town atmosphere, a walkable downtown with interesting shops and restaurants, great schools, beautiful new and old homes, an involved community, convenient expressway access – and a Metra ride to ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 28, 2010
Last week we went on a mini-tour of downtown Hinsdale with veteran real estate agent Gaby Jury, and we’ll be bringing you video from that visit soon. We’ve long known Hinsdale as the teardown capital of America, but were stunned to see the new stone-age apparition pictured above, at 300 N. Madison. Somewhere, Henry Hobson ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 25, 2010
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