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Check Out These Expensive North Shore Mansions

Patch has rounded up the priciest 'Wow Houses' we've run in the past year. If you like to ogle North Shore homes for sale, take a peek.

It's Presidents Day. Which may have you thinking about that impressive white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But we've got plenty of impressive abodes here on the North Shore, too. Each week, Patch features a "Wow House" for sale in our area. Today, we've pulled together the most expensive ones from our North Shore sites over the past year. Some are still for sale, others now have new owners. They all feature photos. So if you like to peruse photos of impressive homes for sale, click through to check out these impressive homes. $5.9 Million Deerfield House Has Nine Fireplaces This dream home boasts 18 rooms including seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, nine fireplaces and a grand ballroom. Jim McMahon's former $5.45M Northbrook Home For Sale …

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Jim McMahon's former $5.45M Northbrook Home For Sale

Each week, Patch features stunning North Shore real estate. This week's Wow House was once the former Chicago Bears' 5-bedroom Bridlewood Road home that includes a racket ball court and exercise facility.

Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features a different North Shore Wow House that fits the bill. Today's installment is a $5.45-million Northbrook home for sale. According to the Northbrook Star, the home once belonged to former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon and features a workout facility, steam room,. sauna, racket ball court and bar. The house at 34 Bridlewood Rd. also has four fireplaces, five bedrooms, eight bathrooms and two half-bathrooms.  For more information, visit the home's Coldwell Banker listing.

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5:27 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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$2.8 M Kenilworth Home For Sale Has Indoor Pool, Spa, Library

Each week, Patch features stunning North Shore real estate. This week's Wow House is a 6-bedroom Kenilworth Avenue home that includes five bathrooms and a two-story reception hall.

Looking for a home for sale on the North Shore? Or do you just like to ogle pictures of gorgeous real estate? Each week, Patch features a different North Shore Wow House that fits the bill. Today's installment is a $2.79-million Kenilworth home for sale. The Kenilworth Avenue house offers an indoor pool and spa, two-story reception hall, six bedrooms, five full baths and two half baths.  For more information, visit the home's Coldwell Banker listing.

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$2.5M Glenayre Mansion Makes This Week's 'Wow' House

631 Glendale Drive offers nearly one half acre of land and 3,700 square feet of colonial luxury.

From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally-friendly abodes, The North Shore is chock-full of one-of-a-kind homes. Each week, Patch will feature one ‘Wow House’ that caught our attention. This week, a Glenview stunner situated in the Village’s elite Glenayre Park steals the show. Listed at nearly $2.5 million, this dream home boasts five bedrooms, six baths and unmatched attention to detail. Here, take a peek inside, and see what this high-end price tag fetches in 60025. Is your home a ‘Wow’ House? Want to nominate a spectacular, unusual or just plain cool property on the North Shore? E-mail us: joanna@patch.com  

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Patch's North Shore Real Estate Guide

Real estate prices plunged during the recession, and now sales agents say buyers have the edge.

In 2006, the housing market flew too close to the sun. And like Icarus with his wings of feather and wax, a previously golden sector of the American economy plummeted to a bloody crash-landing. But real estate agents across the North Shore say that one group has an advantage: buyers. In the North Shore especially, there's a surplus of houses but a dearth of buyers. That means those who want to move in have the hitherto unusual luxury of being the ones with the power. "If you're a young person with a steady 9-to-5 job, steady income and you haven't damaged your credit yet, it's a perfect time to buy," said Emery Moorehead, chairman of the North Shore Barrington Association of Realtors and a sales associate in Koenig & Strey's Lake Forest …

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