This 2-flat at 1335 W. Newport, just steps from Southport and the Brown Line El stop in Lakeview, has been on and off the market since August 2009. Yes, that is the El line running directly behind the property. Built in 1908 on a 30×120 lot, this 2-flat brownstone has the following units: Unit #1: […]
We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 2746 N. Racine listed for $724,000 on the border of Lincoln Park and Lakeview in October 2010. See our prior chatter here. Just after our discussion, the house went under contract. Some of you thought it was a deal at that price while some thought […]
We’ve chattered about this top floor 2-bedroom unit in this Renaissance inspired mid-rise at 2042 N. Clark in East Lincoln Park twice before. The first time was in April 2008. See our April 2008 chatter and pictures here. A few of you thought it wasn’t priced badly but it never did sell (and one of you later recanted […]
This 1-bedroom unit at 2343 N. Greenview in Lincoln Park has been on and off the market since September 2009. It has been reduced $110,900 in that time. The unit is now listed $11,000 below the 2005 purchase price. It has the amenities buyers look for such as central air, a washer/dryer hook-up in the […]
This 2-bedroom historic carriage townhouse at 29 W. Chestnut in the Gold Coast has been on the market since June 2010. In that time it has been reduced $150,000. The carriage townhouse is three levels with the kitchen and dining room on the main level, the living room on the second floor and the two […]
This 3-bedroom Dutch Colonial single family home at 1721 W. 104th Place in Beverly came on the market in September. It has retained much of its vintage charm. At only 1500 square feet, two of its bedrooms are upstairs and the third on the main level. It has central air. Built in 1924, the house is on […]
The CEO for luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers, Douglas Yearley, gave an interview to Bloomberg yesterday discussing, what else, the state of the housing market. As always, he is nothing if not optimistic. “The recovery is here to stay,” Yearley, whose company is the largest U.S. luxury-home builder, said in an interview yesterday at Bloomberg’s headquarters […]
This 3-bedroom duplex down at 3908 N. Wolcott in North Center just came on the market. It had been a bank owned unit which was bought in October. The bank owned listing said the property “needs work throughout” but according to the pictures, the kitchen looked intact with newer cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. There were no […]