Chicago Real Estate & Homes for Sale

Len Walter said he and his wife are “lightening up” by selling the home, and plan to live full time in Naples, Florida. They also sold a Michigan home.

The Naperville mansion is near two record-setting homes in the western suburb of Chicago and was first listed in 2010.
Affordable housing shortages persist, but the Chicago Inclusive Housing Ordinance would address some of the need ahead of a pandemic eviction crisis.

Jim Williams, who also served as former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s press secretary, listed the South Loop condo in August.
Considering the calamities of 2020, maybe we needed two colors instead of the usual one for 2021.

By Patricia Sheridan Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, At Home

Jan 27, 2021
Jabari Parker, a South Side native, was with the Bulls for seven months during the 2018-19 season. He currently plays for the Sacramento Kings.
Treasurer Maria Pappas’ Black Homes Matter program helps residents claim their refund, pay off tax debt and prevent them from losing their property.
Built in 1870, the Elbridge Keith house has served as the home of a publishing company and the Prairie Avenue Bookshop in the South Loop.
The $7.67 million home has nine fireplaces, a dance floor and a 55-foot pool. It set the record for the most expensive home sale in Hinsdale.
Minneapolis-based sociologist and photographer David Schalliol is interested in the relationship between community, social structure, and place. His project Reckoning with Vacancy concentrated on Chicago’s South and West Sides put him on the path to meet community activist Deborah Payne, the star of his 2018 documentary “The Area.”

Former Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville won three Stanley Cup titles before he was fired in 2019, just two years after his mansion was built.
The former morning news anchor at CBS 2 left the station in May, when the company laid off numerous employees amid COVID-19 pandemic.
The house sold for $2.6 million, the newspaper reported.
Jeff Sluman has undergone several real estate transactions in the past decade, including the sale of his River North condo for $1.73 million in 2020.
Alan Krashesky, who has been with WLS-Ch. 7 since 1982, also owns a larger condo in downtown Naperville.
Rent prices are down across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Chicago landlords say they’ll drop rent if it helps retain their tenants.
Before a condo board can pass its 2021 budget, there must be an open meeting, even virtually. Plus, a reader asks whether exemptions can be made for pets on elevators.

The defenseman skated for the team from 2005 until 2007, then worked in player development for the Blackhawks after retirement in 2013.
Low interest rates and plummeting inventory have Illinois homebuyers making same-day offers, but steps like getting preapproval letters are vital.
The Gold Coast mansion has traded hands again after Bill and Giuliana Rancic renovated it and sold it to Zoraida Sambolin and Ken Williams in 2019.
Built in 1890, the four-bedroom house has a raft of original features, including a two-story bay window and lattice along the porch caves.
Retired Chicago Cubs second baseman and outfielder Ben Zobrist listing house near Wrigley Field for just under $2.1 million.
John Liew, who earned three degrees from the University of Chicago, primarily resides in Connecticut, but has family in the Chicago area.
The Charles F. Glore House was built in 1954, late in Frank Lloyd Wright’s life, and is the only Lake Forest home designed by the architect.

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