Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom vintage tudor single family home at 1800 N. New England in Galewood has been on and off the market since February 2008. In that time, it has been reduced $196,000. It is now a short sale. The listing calls it a 3 bedroom but then lists it as a 4 bedroom (because one […]

I’m not sure we’ve actually chattered directly about these midcentury modern townhomes at 2900 N. Sheridan in Lakview before but they have certainly been linked to in the past- when one has come on the market. This 3-bedroom unit was recently listed. At 1500 square feet, all 3 bedrooms on on the second floor. The […]

This 3-bedroom at 647 W. Buena in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown has been on the market since October 2010. Built in 1910, the top floor unit has a dining room and a sun room. The listing says the third bedroom was opened up but could be restored. The unit has hardwood floors throughout. The kitchen […]

This 5-bedroom vintage single family home at 2311 N. Nagle in Belmont Cragin recently came on the market. In April 2011, it sold for just $30,000 but has since been rehabbed. Formerly 4 bedrooms and 2 baths an in need of “extensive work”, the house now has 5 bedrooms and 3 baths in an open […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom vintage Gold Coast single family home at 1500 N. Dearborn Parkway in April 2010. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed at about $5.5 million but the listing said it was “priced to sell” and they would “entertain all offers.” Since then, it has been […]

This top floor 3-bedroom at 2733 N. Hampden Ct. in Lincoln Park has been on the market since April 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $29,000. It is now listed $35,000 under the 2006 purchase price. It has many of its vintage features still intact including original woodwork, high ceilings and an antique […]

This is a housing blog and not a CPS blog (there are some excellent ones out there, by the way) but often our chatter does turn to the neighborhood school near the property. We have discussed how some north side elementary schools are being turned around by parents who are “stuck” in their homes (can’t sell […]

This 3-bedroom Victorian at 2633 N. Central Park in Logan Square was in dire straits in November 2010. It was bank owned and the listing called it “not habitable.” It listing said it needed “to be rehabbed and brought back to life.” It had some of its vintage features including trim, original hardwood floors and […]

We chattered about this 2-bedroom duplex loft in the Filmworks Lofts at 1322 S. Wabash in the South Loop several times over the last 2 1/2 years including in May 2011 when it was re-listed at a much lower price.  See our May 2011 chatter here. Many of you thought the unit itself was nice […]

We first chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1208 W. Webster in Lincoln Park all the way back in September of 2008 and again in January 2009 after a price cut. See our January 2009 chatter here. It was originally listed for nearly $40,000 more than the 2006 purchase price of $460,000 before being cut just $20,000. […]