Crib Chatter

I’m not feeling well so there will only be two new properties today. Sorry!  I don’t know what I have but hopefully it goes away quickly so I can be back at 100% by Wednesday. Thanks- Sabrina

This 3-bedroom duplex down in a 1911 greystone building at 2227 W. School in Roscoe Village was on the market 6 months last year before being withdrawn. It has all the bells and whistles that buyers are looking for including central air, washer-dryer in the unit and a deeded parking space. It is also a short stroll […]

We’ve chattered about 600 N. Fairbanks in Streeterville, the popular Helmut Jahn modern high rise, numerous times in the past 2 years. When it first closed, architect buffs and modern fans gushed over the building and units seemed to sell quickly, even flipped units. But public records show no sales yet in 2010. There are […]

The Emerald, the two building mid-rise development at 123-125 S. Green in the West Loop has joined the developers’ price cutting bandwagon. Actually, it cut prices a few weeks ago, but with everything going on, I missed it. The Emerald has been a finished development for almost two years as I cribbed about the “first […]

This 4-bedroom dutch colonial at 5028 W. Balmoral in the Forest Glen neighborhood has been on and off the market since June of 2007. It has also been reduced by $185,900 since the June 2007 listing. Built in 1908, the house is commuter friendly as it’s just a block or two from the Forest Glen […]

We last chattered about this large 1-bedroom (former a 2-bedroom) at 340 W. Diversey in Lakeview in December 2009. See our prior chatter and pictures here. It was withdrawn from the market shortly after our chatter but returned in 2010 with a $10,000 reduction. This is no ordinary “renovation”. The kitchen has only modern updates with […]

This 2-bedroom brick cottage at 2124 N. Stave Street in Logan Square recently came back on the market after first being listed last August. It has the bells and whistles that buyers are looking for in a single family home including a two car garage, central air and a second bathroom. The kitchen has maple cabinets […]

This 4-bedroom contemporary single family home at 6462 N. Nokomis in the Edgebrook neighborhood is just a few blocks from the Edgebrook Metra station. It’s also close to the Edgebrook Woods. Built in 1988, the house has a steel and marble staircase and soaring ceilings in many of the rooms. The kitchen has sleek white […]

This 2-bedroom unit at 1450 N. Astor in the Gold Coast is located on a street many people one day aspire to live on. Filled with vintage mansions and elegant mid- and high-rise buildings, on Astor you can even hear the horse and carriages clattering through the neighborhood on a warm summer day. But it doesn’t […]

We’ve chattered several times in the past few months about the new breed of condo flippers in Chicago. No longer are they buying new construction condos at pre-construction prices and then selling for a profit when the building is completed. Now, they are buying foreclosed units from the bank and re-listing the condos, sometimes days […]