News of a Plain, Brick, 3-BEDROM, 2-Bothroom Home Built in 1959 Hitting The Market Outside Chicago Wouldn’t Typically Make Headlines.
THEN The World Discovered that the 1,200-Square-Foot Home is Where Pope Leo XIV, UNILSDAY KNOWN AS CARDinal Robert Prevost, Spent His Childhood.
Acciting to Zillow, The Home Was Most Recently Bought for $ 66,000 in May 2024. It was sayn flipped and re-listeed for $ 205,000 in Januly, before being cut to $ 199,000.
Steve Budzik, A Real Estate Agent Working With the Home Owner, Said they were shocked to learn the news of the Home History.
“He was like, ‘wow,’” Budzik Said of Owner Paul Radzik. “It”s Better than Winning the Lotto. We were bot Very Surprised and Honored. IT WAS A LOT OF EMOTIONS.”
Budzik Said The Home Garnered “Steady Interest” before Thursday, Avheraging One to Two Viewings a Week, but that the Fanfare Surrounding the first American pope brightened the spotlight.
“SINCE YESTERDAY, AT AROUND 10 O’CLOCK, I WOULD SAY MY CLIENT AND I Have Received Seven to Eight Offers,” Budzik Said. “WE TOOK THE LISTING OFF, SO THERE WERE NO SHOWINGS, But if we have had left it on the market, it would be probably been boked out all day.”
The owner has decided to delist the home as they weigh their options.
“It ‘Like a Collectible Car they Only Made One Of,” Budzik Said.
Budzik Said the Owner Might Keep the Home, but is consider severse options, including touring it into a museum honorary leo XIV or A Rental Space Where Admuld Stay.
“Everyday People Are Reaching Out to Us With Their Own Ideas As Well, SO we’re just going to Wait and Reviews every up with a plan in the next few Weeks,” He Said.
Budzik Told bi that the owner has Also consider reaching out the pope leo XIV’s Brother, who lives in illinois, for his thoughs.
Hometown pride has swelled for leo XIV. Weiner’s Circle, A Celebrated Local Hot Dog, Put up a Latin Sign Exclaiming: Canes Nostros ipse Comedit (“Has eateten Our Dogs”).
The Famous Hot Dog Spot, WEINERS CIRCLE, BOASTED ABOUT ITS Customer, Pope Leo XIV. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Chicago Resident Frank Calabrese, 37, was Among the first to discover the Home’s New Place in History. AS A SELF-PROFESSED CHICAGO HISTORY NERD, CALABRASE STARTED DIGGING AROUND ON THLESDAY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE LIFE OF POPE LEO XIV.
AS A LAW CLERK FOR PROPERTY TAX CASE, he Also Knew Exactly Where to Look. He Searched Local Tax Records and Found the Deed That Lisit The Pope’s Father’s Name.
“It is Strange to Feel Like there’s a Personal Connection to the Pope,” Calabrese Told Bi.
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