Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom new construction single family home at 738 W. Belden in Lincoln Park in February 2011. See our February 2011 chatter here. At that time, the property had been on the market over 2 years and had been reduced 50% from its original list price of $3.69 million. It was […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 2941 W. Lyndale in Logan Square just came on the market. It is bank owned. Built in 1893 on a 25×100 lot, the listing says it is one of the original homes in the area. It is just a block to the California blue line stop. There are no […]

This 2-bedroom vintage unit in Oakdale Towers at 431 W. Oakdale in Lakeview last sold in August 2009 for $455,000. However, it came back on the market in May 2010 and in that time period has now been reduced $155,100 under the 2009 purchase price. The unit has north and east views. It has many […]

This 2-bedroom loft at 3963 W. Belmont, in the Shoemaker Lofts, in Avondale has been on the market since November 2010. It is bank owned. The Shoemaker Lofts is the old Florsheim Shoe Factory and was converted into lofts in 2007. The corner loft has 11 foot high ceilings and exposed brick. At 800 square […]

We last chattered about this 6-bedroom single family home at 1402 W. George in Lakeview in November 2010. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it had recently been reduced and was listed $80,000 under the 2004 purchase price. It sold in May 2011, after 11 months on the market, for $170,000 under the […]

This 1-bedroom in a vintage courtyard building at 1104 W. Montana in Lincoln Park recently came on the market. It is listed as a short sale. But those of you who have been a Crib Chatter regular for a few years might recognize it from our chatter in 2008. Back in May 2008, the listing […]

This 4-bedroom new construction single family home at 3935 N. Paulina on the edge of Lakeview and North Center came on the market in May 2011. The property/lot has an interesting history. A 3-bedroom, 1 bath small frame house was originally on the property. In 2007, it came on the market and was being marketed as […]

We have chattered about the 5-bedroom home at 3945 N. Tripp, also known as the “Race House” in Old Irving Park several times since May 2009. See our October 2010 chatter here. It has been on and off the market since August 2007. Back in October, most of you were in love with the renovation […]

We first chattered about this 3-bedroom at 2910 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview all the way back in December 2008. See the December 2008 chatter here. Even back then, many of you thought the $599,000 list price for the 2000 square foot vintage unit was way too high. Laura and several others believed $400k to […]

This 2-bedroom duplex at 350 W. Belden in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $60,000. It is now listed about $100,000 under its 2007 purchase price. The south facing duplex has both bedrooms on the second floor. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances, […]