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The Buyer's Name Was the Only Thing Not for Sale
Today is Election Day in Chicago. Polls are open until 7 tonight, and in this city housing is on the ballot whether or not it is printed there — a property tax bill already decided one election here this year. The quiet side of this market, the part this article is about, still runs on public rules: assessments, tax levies, recording offices, zoning boards. The people chosen today run those. However you vote: vote. Then let me tell you about the part of the market that never makes the news.
In October 2025, a seven-bedroom house in Lincoln Park sold for $4.5 million — 7,000 square feet of brick and limestone on a 33-foot lot, built in 2010. The Chicago Tribune reported the price, the home's history, and even the seller. GoHealth cofounder Brandon Cruz and his wife, Catherine, had bought the house in 2012 for $3.65 million; they first listed it at $5 million in 2024 and relisted it at $4.85 mil...
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