WMAQ-Channel 5 weekday morning news anchor Michelle Relerford and her husband, Chukwudi Okafor, on March 10 sold their four-bedroom, 3,909-square-foot house in Orland Park for $830,000.
A Chicago native, Relerford has been with NBC 5 since 2011 and in 2020 moved up from weekend news anchor to weekday morning news anchor.
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In Orland Park, Relerford and her husband bought the house in the Sterling Ridge neighborhood in 2019 for $715,000. The house has 3-1/2 bathrooms, hardwood floors on the main level, a two-story entry, a family room with a gas log fireplace and a two-story ceiling, a first-floor office with French doors and a coffered ceiling, and a kitchen with white 42-inch cabinets, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and a center island with pendant lighting. The home’s primary bedroom suite has a tray ceiling, two walk-in closets and a dual sink vanity.
The house’s full finished basement has high ceilings, along with vinyl flooring and a full bathroom with a shower, while the house also has an attached 3.5-car garage, a large composite deck and a backyard ringed by an iron fence, all on a 0.32-acre lot.
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Relerford and her husband listed the house on Jan. 29 for $850,000 and went under contract to sell it in less than a week.
Relerford did not respond to a request for comment, while listing agents Sherry Landa and Amy Kite declined to comment.
The house had a $17,306 property tax bill in the 2020 tax year.
Goldsborough is a freelance writer.
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