Crib Chatter

Thanks to the astute reader who tipped me off to this 2-bedroom in the historic Brewster at 2800 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview which just came back on the market. We have chattered about this unit several times before because earlier this year it was bank owned. See our May 2011 chatter here. It finally […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 20 E. Goethe in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2011. At 1600 square feet, it is unusual for the building as 20 E. Goethe is mainly smaller units. 2 of the bedrooms are on the main level with the third on the lower level. The kitchen […]

This 3-bedroom brick bungalow at 4820 N. Tripp in the Mayfair neighborhood of Albany Park has been on the market since January 2011. (sorry about the picture. I need to clean my car windows!) In that time it has been reduced $20,100. It was a foreclosure in 2009 and has since been rehabbed. The bungalow […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1910 S. State in the South Loop in February 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, most of you were debating whether or not this address was really “south loop” or whether it was “North Chinatown.” Listed at that time for $315,000, or $55,000 under the 2004 […]

This 1-bedroom at 535 N. Michigan in Streeterville recently came on the market listed at $89,900. It is bank owned. The building is right in the middle of the Mag Mile. It was constructed in 1962 and has 460 units. It is a full service building with a pool and exercise room. As you can […]

This 2-bedroom just came on the market in the Water Tower Place Condominiums at 180 E. Pearson in the Gold Coast. Constructed in 1975, with 260 units, the building is still considered one of the premier luxury high rises in the city. Its most famous resident was Oprah Winfrey. This 2-bedroom unit sold a year […]

This 3-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 535 W. Arlington in East Lincoln Park recently came on the market. It is listed $5,000 under the 2007 purchase price. It is somewhat unique in that it is on a very long lot measuring 20×175 which allows not only for a large front yard but also one in the […]

I’ve gotten a few requests recently to check back in on River City at 800 S. Wells in the South Loop. The last time we chattered about the building was in November 2009. See our 2009 chatter here. It’s more than 18 months later, and foreclosures and short sales are still ravaging the building. Many ask: how […]

Some of you may remember this property at 1824 W. Cuyler in North Center. Even though we didn’t chatter about it in a post, the then 2-flat was discussed in the comments section several times because it was a property on a standard Chicago lot of 25×120 listed for just $204,900 in what is considered […]

This 3-bedroom at 707 W. Junior Terrace in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown just came on the market. It is a short sale and listed $90,000 under the 2006 purchase price. The midrise building was built in 1927 and has 14 units. Like many vintage buildings of this era, the unit has big room […]