You can find homes priced upwards of a million dollars in Zion, but the median price of a single-family home there hovers around $130K, and dozens of homes are available for less than $100K, some far less.

What does the median-priced home in Zion look like? More often than not it's a 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch-style home. Less typically it's the

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Our roving reporter Jordan visited scores of north and northwest suburban new home sites a year ago and he's recently been checking back to see how much development has taken place in the interim.

Jordan didn't see much change at Ryland Homes' Bryn Mawr in Crystal Lake since his last visit, and noted only one home under construction.

One change Jordan does note is that a

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The 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath contemporary home at 1010 Skokie Ridge in Glencoe sold for $615,000 in 2002. It's currently listed for sale at $399,900. The listing notes it as a pre-foreclosure "as is" sale with third-party approval required.

Based on

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In the second half of their interview with Joe Zekas, Neno and Shivam, two new homeowners at 235 Van Buren, talk about the upside of living in a low-amenity high-rise, their experiences dealing with CMK Realty from the first visit through closing, and tips for buyers currently looking at condos.

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Come Visit the New and Improved Reserve of St. Charles! Developer Janko Group, and John Hall Homes are proud to present for the first time, Our newest custom home for sale, at 4625 Grandfield Drive.
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In this part of our tour of Riverwoods we arrive by car at a 10,500 square foot, 6 bedroom, 5 ½ bath home for sale at $2,950,000. We take a brief look at the living areas and indoor pool.

In separate video segments we tour the basement ballroom and karaoke stage and an

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Two more mid-century modern homes spotlighted by my colleague, the architecture buff, with his comments:

1310 Brassie Ave. 4 be

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Our roving reporter Jordan has been making the rounds of new home developments in Chicago's north and northwest suburbs, taking a fresh look at places he visited a year ago.

Ryland Homes Lancaster Falls development in Volo appears to be doing better than some other developments, with a number of homes being built in the Landmark Series portion of the deve

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