Crib Chatter

This 35th floor 2-bedroom at 235 W. Van Buren in the loop came on the market in June 2012. If you recall, developed by CMK in the modern style, the building was completed during the Great Recession and has about 714 units. It has still not sold out its units. The listing for this unit says it […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian at 1726 N. Richmond in West Town just came on the market after a total rehab. If you’re wondering about the location, so did I. The listing has it as West Town but in the actual description it says it is a “gorgeous Logan Square gut rehab.” You can’t be both West […]

A lot of you have sent me questions over the years about the historic brick bungalows in the Ukranian Village like this 4-bedroom at 2034 W. Thomas. Built in 1897 on a 24×120 lot, it has been renovated and now has a more open floorplan. It doesn’t appear much of its vintage character remains on the […]

This 2-bedroom vintage unit at 1719 N. North Park in Old Town just came on the market. But we previously chattered about it just 2 years ago (yes- during the winter). See our prior chatter in December 2010 here. If you recall, this unit is located in a 1886 vintage walk-up and has a large 18×8 […]

We haven’t chattered about what is going on in The Legacy at 60 E. Monroe across from Millennium Park in the Loop for awhile. This 2-bedroom re-sale has been on the market since April 2012. The building, if you recall, was completed just as the Great Recession hit in 2008/2009. It still hasn’t sold out. This […]

We’ve chattered about many condo units in former churches as well as churches that were converted into single family homes before. This 4-bedroom church at 3232 W. Wrightwood in Logan Square is one of the single family home types. (Thanks to Chris M, our Logan Square neighborhood expert, for the picture.) The listing says it […]

It’s that time of the month when we get the sales update from the Illinois Association of Realtors. As many of you predicted, the year over year housing data continues to show improvement. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: The city of Chicago saw a 23.2 percent year-over-year home sales increase in September 2012 with […]

We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom at 2130 N. Lincoln Park West in Lincoln Park several times this year. See our last chatter in July 2012 here. You might remember it because it is a rare vintage unit with its own 660 square foot terrace. Usually vintage units in the large buildings don’t have outdoor space. It […]

This 6-bedroom California bungalow at 6803 N. Oriole in Edison Park has been on the market since April 2012. This is the first time I had seen a home in Chicago referenced as a “California bungalow” so I thought I’d better find out what the difference was. Apparently, there is none. A bungalow is a bungalow. […]

One of the big stories of 2012 has turned out to be the sheer number of highrise apartment buildings that are being built and/or are under consideration for construction in the GreenZone, specifically the downtown neighborhoods. Every few months there are new announcements of yet a couple of more highrises that have gone on the […]