Tag: Single-family homes
Comment of the day: More than a Wright "wannabe"
"aztimc" on YouTube says:
You're selling yourself short by saying this is a "wannabe" Frank Lloyd Wright house. You should refer to it as a new & im [...]
A condo alternative in Belmont Heights
Last week Joe Zekas toured a pristine three-bedroom single-family home with a two-car garage and a full, finished basement at 8152 W Belmont Ave in [...]
Architect Brad Lynch selling "non-traditional" North Center home for $2.6 million
Single-families in North Center sold for about $767,000 on average between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, making it the most expensive North Side [...]
Riding the rails: "Average" homes near Thorndale
The average sale price of a single-family home in Edgewater over the past year has been just under $590,000, and the average for a condo was just ov [...]
A new-construction fixer-upper with 5,800 square feet in West Garfield Park
I look at this listing and ask two questions: Why was someone building a 5,600 square-foot single-family home in West Garfield Park in 2008, and wha [...]
Turn-of-the-century home in Morgan Park nears 15th month on the market
Morgan Park saw 151 sales of single-family homes between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, according to Chicago Magazine. That's on par with North C [...]
What's the yuppie dream home?
The four-bedroom / two-bath home is "a size many buyers aspire to own," says Coldwell Banker Real Estate CEO Jim Gillespie. In CNN / Money's words, it [...]
At water's edge in Edgewater
Looking for a lakefront single-family in the city? For $1.65 million, you can buy the "only home on Chicago’s North Side with exclusive beachfront a [...]
Burling and Orchard and Howe, oh my!
You'll find seventeen of Lincoln Park's 50 top property taxpayers in the extra-long 1800 / 1900 blocks of three streets -- Burling, Orchard, and How [...]
Stuff that sells: top two-bedroom sales from six city regions
What's moving? Here are the top three closing prices for two-bedroom condos, single-families, and / or townhomes in each region of the city over the p [...]
Doug Glanville lists Bucktown home for $78,000 off 2006 purchase price
Does Doug Glanville count as a celebrity? His best seasons were in Philly, but he spent some time wearing Cubbie Blue, too, including a second-half [...]
Stuff that sells: South Side single-family edition
The post title says it all -- listed below are the highest-priced (or in some cases, only) single-family home sales in 17 South Side neighborhoods f [...]
Climbing back to '04 prices in Avondale
Take a Dramamine and strap in -- we're taking a ride through the sales history of a home at 3051 N Monticello Ave in Avondale:
Sold in February 2 [...]
A rare single-family in Noble Square
Barring any last-minute scheduling conflicts, I'll be spending part of my early Friday evening looking at homes in West Town with Prudential Rubloff [...]
A spacious, light-filled home in Belmont Heights
Follow Joe Zekas and Sergio & Banks' Phyllis Bisceglie for a walk through a move-in ready, light-filled home in Belmont Heights on the city's Northw [...]
Rodkin, Ranquist, and a $3.27M warehouse-turned-home in Bucktown
Bob and Karen Ranquist's home at the corner of Leavitt and Churchill streets in Bucktown always catches my eye. A lot of warehouses in the area now se [...]
In it for the long haul
Some sellers have the luxury of waiting. Below are four single-family homes who have made themselves at home on the MLS. Note: One of these homes is [...]
The midpoint in Calumet Heights: a five-bedroom short sale priced at $165,000
This spring, Chicago Magazine named Calumet Heights one of 20 great towns and neighborhoods in the Chicago area, citing its "impression of suburban [...]
Finding the Wright home in Chicagoland
Last week Frank Lloyd Wright's old studio at 25 E Cedar St in the Gold Coast went on the market for $1.7 million. Wright didn't design the 6,000 squ [...]
Domain1700 plan calls for six new single-families on Paulina, Hermitage in Bucktown
This spring I mentioned Ranquist Development's plan to convert the old Sisters of the Resurrection convent at 1849 N Hermitage Ave in Bucktown in [...]