The Home Front

By Don DeBat Dark autumn clouds hang over Chicago’s North-Side housing market. Currently plagued by a shortage of listings, high prices and lofty mortgage-interest rates, buying or selling a home in late 2026 can be a pretty scary event. But what if a property listed for sale on this Halloween weekend seemingly has a haunted or paranormal past? Real estate brokers generally refer to such parcels as “stigmatized properties.” They include: sites of a natural or accidental death