Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom contemporary at 838 W. Webster in Lincoln Park in April 2011. See our prior chatter here. If you remember, the house is an AIA design interior architecture award winner. Built in 2004 on an oversized 48×115 lot, the living room has 20 foot high ceilings and a wall of windows […]

This 3-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 5252 N. Magnolia in the Lakewood Balmoral historic district in Andersonville came on the market in August 2011. Built in 1898 on a 25×123 lot, the listing says it was “gutted” 5 years ago. The rowhouse has cherry hardwood floors and custom cabinets in the living room. The kitchen has […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 917 W. Belle Plaine in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown in March 2011. See our March 2011 chatter here. 7 months later, the unit is still available and has been reduced $30,000. It is now priced just $1,000 above the 2004 purchase price. Back in March, many […]

This 2-bedroom duplex-up at 1020 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park just came on the market. Both bedrooms are on the second floor. The unit also has a small office and a private roof top deck on the third level. It has in-unit washer/dryer, central air and a heated garage. The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom at 707 W. Junior Terrace in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown in July 2011. See our prior chatter here. The unit is a short sale and has been reduced $50,000 since July. If you recall, the midrise building was built in 1927 and has 14 units. Like many […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 2124 W. Division in West Town has been on the market since August 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $90,000. It is bank owned and now listed at $259,900. From the pictures, it appears that at least part of the kitchen is intact and there are some appliances (the […]

We’ve been chattering about 3-bedroom Lincoln Park units a lot recently. This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1049 W. Montana in Lincoln Park has been on the market since June 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $40,000 to $399,000. It has all the features buyers look for including central air, parking and in-unit washer/dryer […]

This 2 bedroom in the One Place Condos at 1 E. 8th in the South Loop has been listed since May 2011. In that time it has been reduced $9,000. This 91-unit building was new construction in 2007/2008. This unit has a balcony that overlooks State Street. While the unit is a 2/2, it is just […]

I’m going on vacation next week so there will be more limited postings. The September home sales report is also due out next week, on Oct 20, but I will still be providing an update on that info – even though G has so kindly already posted the September numbers in one of the threads. Remember: try […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Union Square Lofts at 333 W. Hubbard in River North has been on the market since August 2011. It is bank owned and has been reduced $9100 in that time. It is in the concrete portion of the building, so it has concrete ceilings and some exposed brick along the […]