This 2-bedroom in Admiral’s Pointe at 645 N. Kingsbury in River North has been on the market since February 2010. It is currently listed $24,000 under the 2005 purchase price. The building was built in 2001/2002. The unit has hardwood floors in the main living/dining space. The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and […]
This 3-bedroom penthouse at 1117 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park has more space than many single family homes in the neighborhood. It also has two large private decks, including a 45×19 terrace off the master bedroom with a hot tub and a 35×17 deck that is entirely private on the roof with views of downtown and […]
For all of you who think you know what properties should sell for, now is your chance to cash in on your expertise. This 3-bedroom single family house at 1509 N. Paulina in Wicker Park just came on the market. The listing agent, Evan Kane at Endeavor Realty, is sponsoring a contest, and knowing how […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom vintage unit in a 3-story walk-up at 34 E. Elm in the Gold Coast in July 2010. See our prior chatter here. Listed for $899,000, some of you thought the price was much too high (surprise!) and it should sell around $650,000. However, westloopelo said it was much too […]
The Chicago Tribune explored the phenomenom of “strategic default” over the weekend. We already chattered about it a bit over the weekend in one of the other posts but I thought others might want to get into the conversation. A “strategic default” is where the homeowner still has the means to pay the mortgage but […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 3729 N. Hermitage in Lakeview in December of 2008. See our prior chatter and the old pictures here. Back then, we chattered about whether the house, listed at $699,000, was “affordable” given the prices of other single family homes in the neighborhood. Many of you […]
We last chattered about this vintage 2-bedroom in the historic Eddystone at 421 W. Melrose in Lakeview in December 2010. See our prior chatter here. It had been Fannie Mae owned since May 2010. After a few months on the market as a traditional listing, the unit then went to auction. From the original pictures- […]
Some of you may have seen last weekend’s special promotion for the remaining developer units at 550 N. St. Clair in Streeterville. This is a newer construction high rise. I was told the unsold units had been rented out previously. There are 15 units available (not all of which are on the MLS). They are the […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 2255 W. Montrose on the border of North Center/Lincoln Square in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. Many of you thought the house should just be torn down. Some of you said it made you sad. Those who guessed about the selling price estimated between $250k and […]