This large 2-bedroom loft at 2120 W. Grand in West Town is listed for $99,900. On the market since August 2009, it has recently come back on the market as a short sale. It has now been reduced $245,000 from the original August 2009 listing. They are accepting offers through November 15 with the highest and […]
Zillow reports that in September 32.9% of Chicagoland single family homes with mortgages were underwater, up from 27.2% a year ago, and higher than just 3 months before, in June, where it was 30.9%. There was no separate data provided only for Chicago or for condos. Zillow did provide data on September home sales in […]
This 2-bedroom unit at 525 W. Hawthorne in Lakeview just came on the market. It is bank owned and listed for about 38% under the 2004 purchase price. The high rise building was constructed in 1969 but was converted to condos in 2003/2004. There are about 230 units. This is the cheapest 2-bedroom unit currently […]
This top floor 3-bedroom unit at 1429 W. Catalpa in Andersonville has more square footage than most single family homes at the same price in the neighborhood. At 3000 square feet, the listing says it is a combined unit. There are just 5 units in the vintage 1913 era building. It has a master suite complete […]
We last chattered about this 2-bedroom loft in the Gotham Lofts at 417 S. Jefferson in August 2010 after it had been reduced $10,000. See our August chatter and pictures here. On the market not even 2 years after its last purchase, it sold in September 2010 for $38,500 under the 2008 purchase price. The […]
Looking for something unique? This 2-bedroom duplex up at 159 W. Goethe in Old Town was recently reduced $10,000. It is now listed for $10,000 under the 2004 purchase price. The unit has exposed brick, a wood burning fireplace and wood trim as well as a spiral staircase leading to the second floor bedrooms. The listing […]
This 4-bedroom Prairie-style home with a wrap-around front porch at 1522 W. Chase in Rogers Park was built in 1916. Built on an oversized 50×150 Chicago lot, the house has most of its vintage features intact including bull’s eye molding, wood columns and cornices, curved leaded stained glass and Tiger’s Eye paneling in the dining […]
The Sterling, at 345 N. LaSalle, in River North once had the infamous title as the #1 foreclosure high rise condo building in the city. We’ve been chattering about the foreclosures and short sales in the building since Crib Chatter launched in September 2007. In the last 18 months to 2 years, while foreclosures continued […]