Kicker: A piece of nostalgia on the market

NICK EICHER, HOST: New listing on the real estate website Zillow: a 9,000 square foot home on the North Shore of Chicago.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Swanky!

EICHER: Five bed, six bath, half acre lot. Price tag is five and a quarter million dollars and not just because of the neighborhood.

It’s the house that made Home Alone famous.

AUDIO: This is my house. I have to defend it!

Well, it’s not Kevin McCallister’s house anymore. The current owners bought the house back in 2012 for $1.5 million and put in new fixtures, a gym and a home theater.

But keeping the home’s true value in mind, they left the staircase and foyer as it was.

REICHARD: Hey, word to the wise. I used to live in Chicagoland and drove past that place. Always a crowd taking pictures.

EICHER: No privacy!

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