Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom duplex at 925 W. Wolcott in West Town recently came on the market but it might seem familiar to long time Crib Chatter readers as we chattered about it back in July 2009. See our prior chatter here. Back in 2009, it was a 3-bedroom, but many thought it was really a 2-bedroom […]

If you’re a buyer you have a choice between not just one distress property but two in 935 W. Dakin, a 6 unit midrise, in Lakeview. Built in 2004, Unit #1W, a 3/3 duplex down, is already a Freddie Mac Homesteps property. From the pictures, the kitchen and baths appear to be intact. The unit has […]

We’ve chattered about many duplex downs over the years like this 3-bedroom at 1050 W. Diversey in Lakeview which just came on the market. This one has many features of a townhouse, however, including a lower level family room with 9 foot ceilings. Two bedrooms and two baths are on the main level with the third on […]

This 3-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 474 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. It is just a block from Lincoln Park and also just steps away from the shops and restaurants on Clark. It seems to have everything buyers are looking for. Built in 1884 on a 20×74 lot, it still […]

It’s that time of the month again to evaluate just how “hot” the Chicago housing market is. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: In the city of Chicago, June 2012 home sales (single family and condominiums) totaled 2,246, up 22.0 percent from 1,841 homes sold in June 2011. The city of Chicago median home sale […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1304 W. Cornelia in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in September 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was on the market just 14 months after the prior sale and was trying to get a $25,000 premium over the $350,000 purchase price. Many of you […]

This 4-bedroom Prairie style single family home at 1310 W. Glenlake in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood of Edgewater just came on the market. Built in 1916 on a 31×124.6 lot, it has a large front porch with a porch swing. It also has the features buyers look for including 3 bedrooms on one level, central air and […]

We chattered about this 1-bedroom which was then marketed as a 2-bedroom at 840 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast several times. See our May 2012 chatter here. Originally listed just above $1 million, the 1800 square foot 1-bedroom was marketed as a “little piece of Paris.” It was then withdrawn from the […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 5747 N. Sheridan in Edgewater recently came on the market. This townhouse complex is well known because it is one of the few that has direct lake and beach views. From the layout, this 5000 square foot townhouse looks to be a combination of several units. There is a private elevator […]

  This 3-bedroom brick ranch at 546 W. 33rd in Bridgeport came on the market in May 2012. It was built in 1972 on a standard 25×125 lot. The listing says it was “renovated” 5 years ago. The kitchen has maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. It has a full basement with an oak […]