A tight-as-a-noose North Shore rental market
The rental market for MLS-listed North Shore homes and condos in the New Trier School District is as tight as we've ever seen it.
As of yesterd [...]
A $5.25M Northfield home built in 2013 and completed in 2010
According to the current listing, the 7-bedroom home at 2202 Martin Ln in Northfield was built in 2013 and spans approximately 21,000 square fee [...]
New rental spotlight – Northfield 1-bedroom for $850
Northfield frequently offers up some of the best housing values in Chicago's Cook County North Shore communities.
Several years ago Coldwell Ba [...]
Sunday open house pick – Northfield 4-bedroom at $325K
Yes, one of the bedrooms is in the basement, but 4-bedroom, 2-bath homes at this price in the New Trier school district are scarce and don't linge [...]
Tyson Chandler’s Northfield home sells for less than half his cost
Leopard-patterned cloth was all the rage in the 60s. Back then it seemed every other sofa was upholstered in it or at least sported several leopar [...]
Buyers’ and sellers’ remorse in Northfield
You'll often encounter the term "Blietz-built" in listings for North Shore homes and condos. It's shorthand for a high level of quality and though [...]
Rent a million-dollar Northfield townhome for $4,000 a month
Unit 1A at 1884 Old Willow Rd in Northfield has been in the MLS for 1,100 days as of today and is currently in contract pending status. Its most r [...]
A $400K discount on a Northfield single-family
When Joe Zekas first visited the family-friendly six-bedroom / 4.5-bath home at 775 Sunset Ridge Rd in Northfield, it was priced at $1.95 million. [...]
Northfield’s never-ending Willow Road saga
Nearly three years ago I met Matt and Ken from the North Suburban Awareness Group (NSAG) at the Northfield Farmers Market, and we spent a few minu [...]
Northfield’s decades-old Willow Road debate
Just about 2 ½ years ago I chatted with two members of the North Suburban Awareness Group about the then decades-old controversy over widening Wil [...]
McDonald’s tosses out NIMBY bait in Northfield
At the time I shot the above photo, in April of 2008, the gas station site at the left of the above photo had already been vacant for years. It’s [...]
Tour a 20,000 square foot Northfield home
Curbed Chicago recently billed an 8,650 square foot home as a “temple of excess.” Some buyers would consider that size home pitifully inadequate.
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A value-priced six-bedroom in Northfield, home of Cook County’s lowest tax rate
According to the Tribune,
The lowest combined tax rate in the county this year is in north suburban Northfield, where property values are high. Tax [...]
Spend Mother's Day at North Shore open houses
But start the day by treating mom to a lavish Mother's Day brunch at a MIBS-Approved venue. Pop the cork on some Mother's Day champagne and, who kno [...]
The first passive solar house in America
The Henry P. Glass house in Northfield is, by some accounts, the first passive solar house in America.
Glass was trained as an architect in Austria [...]
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