By popular request, this 2-bedroom re-sale in One Museum Park at 1211 S. Prairie in the South Loop has been on the market since August 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $50,000. The listing says it has had $70,000 worth of upgrades in the kitchen and baths. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, stainless […]
This 4-bedroom top floor unit at 4639 N. Beacon in Uptown has been on the market nearly 2 years. Built in 1915, it has most of its vintage features intact including built-ins in the living room and dining room along with a beamed ceiling and crown molding. But it also has the modern conveniences buyers look […]
Just as credit remains tight, especially for new buyers who might not have a large downpayment, comes word that some condo buildings in Chicago are losing FHA eligibility and others that are applying for it are getting turned down. From the Chicago Tribune: Since Feb. 1, 2010, condo buyers haven’t been able to secure unit-by-unit […]
We last chattered about this 4-bedroom bungalow with 2 kitchens at 3037 W. Belden in Logan Square in September 2011. See our September chatter here. At the time, the number of bedrooms seemed confusing as the listing said 4 but only listed 3 bedrooms. It’s now listed as 4 bedrooms with one on the second […]
We’ve chattered about this 12,000 square foot historic mansion at 2100 W. Pratt Boulevard in West Ridge several times in the last year. See our June 2011 chatter here. Back in June, it had been reduced to $1.89 million from $2.45 million. Many of you thought that was getting more reasonable and that it might […]
It’s time for more monthly housing data from the Illinois Association of Realtors. We already know from G and Gary that sales rebounded year over year but the median price continues to slide. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: In the city of Chicago, December 2011 home sales (single family and condominiums) totaled 1,536, up 6.4 […]
We last chattered about this renovated 3-bedroom Victorian at 2633 N. Central Park in Logan Square in August 2011 after it had been reduced $40,000 to $449,000. See our prior chatter here. This is one of the many properties that had been bank owned, was rehabbed and then came back on the market. Even after the […]
We last chattered about this 2/2 in the Coronado at 3900 N. Pine Grove in September 2011. See our prior chatter here. Although the last chatter evolved into a discussion on if Chicago was becoming the next Detroit (!), some of you did manage to guess what this unit, then priced at $239,000, might actually […]
We actually last chattered about this 1-bedroom in the historic Marlborough at 400 W. Deming in Lincoln Park in February 2010 when the bank decided to try and rent the unit out. See our prior chatter here. That strategy was soon abandoned and the bank owned unit came on the market in September 2010. But […]