Mark H. Carnow and Amy L. Carnow bought a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 400 W. Sheridan Place in Lake Bluff from Julia M. Marshall for $825,000 on July 9.

The 3,360-square-foot house was built in 1987 in Lake Bluff Central. It is located in the Terrace subdivision.

Mr. Carnow is the founder and President of Carnow and Associates Ltd., a Northfield-based company specializing in creative retirement plan design. He also is an ERISA attorney.

He previously was an IRS estate tax attorney.

He received a B.S. in business administration and a J.D. from the John Marshall Law School.

Ms. Carnow is a litigation lawyer at Center For Law And Social Work.

She received her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2001 and her M.A. in social work from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2007.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 64 home sales in Lake Bluff during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $551,000.

Address: 400 West Sheridan Place
Buyer(s): Carnow H Mark and Carnow L Amy
Seller(s): Julia M Marshall and Julia M Marshall 01/10/1995 Trust
Sale date: Jul. 9, 2010