Spring Housing Market: What Does $250k Buy?

Spring is time for fresh starts - and for some - moving to a new home is the best start of all! So we brought in Residential real estate reporter for Crain's Chicago Business and friend of the show Dennis Rodkin to show us what $250,000 (the average home price in the Chicagoland area) will buy you in the city and the suburbs. All the homes we talk about have recently sold in the $240,000-$255,000 price range.

Check out Dennis in Crain's Chicago Business.

Here are the homes we featured:

CITY - NORTH

Belmont Cragin area

Approx. 1300 square feet

4 bedroom, 2 bath

Newly remodeled

$250,500

CITY - SOUTH

Beverly

Approx. 2200 square feet

4 bedroom, 2 bath

Some updating

$255,000

SUBURBS - NORTH

Highland Park

1890 square feet

3 bedroom, 2 & bath

Needs updating

$245,000

SUBURBS - WEST

Bolingbrook

Approx. 1600 square feet + finished basement

4 bedroom, 2 & bath

Updated

$249,900

SUBURBS - SOUTH

Flossmoor

2782 square feet

3 bedroom, 2 & bath

Some updating needed

$240,000