Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom Queen Anne at 6239 N. Lundy in the Old Edgebrook neighborhood of Forest Glen several times over the last few years. See our last chatter in November 2011 here. Nearly a year ago, the house was listed at $799,000. It has since been reduced again and is now listed at $729,000. Out […]

This 4-bedroom single family  home at 6740 N. Wildwood in the Wildwood neighborhood of Forest Glen just came on the market. Built in 1949, the listing calls it a “jumbo Lannon stone Georgian.” It’s on an oversized 45×152 lot (as are most of the homes in this neighborhood. Wildwood is a unique Chicago neighborhood with […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse in the highrise at 201 E. Chestnut in Streeterville recently came on the market. (Sorry- for some reason I don’t have a picture of this building- so no pictures.) But it’s not any ordinary penthouse. It has soaring cathedral ceilings in the living room with an 18 foot wall of south facing […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom Victorian at 4502 N. Kildare in the Mayfair neighborhood of Irving Park (no- it’s NOT in Albany Park) in June 2012. See our previous chatter here. Many of you liked the property (and liked the neighborhood). Most of you also thought it was priced right at $450,000. Icarus thought […]

Thanks to the poster who put in a link in one of the comments to this 3-bedroom unit on the 17th floor in 2550 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park which just came on the market. I’ve been waiting a few months for a resale or rental to come on the market with pictures of the […]

This 3-bedroom Georgian-style single family home at 6126 N. Kirkwood in the Sauganash neighborhood of Forest Glen came on the market in August 2012. Built in 1936 on an oversized 50×124 lot, it has a 1-car front facing garage with a brick paver driveway. It doesn’t have much of its interior vintage character left but […]

This 2-bedroom on the 29th floor of The Tiara at 6145 N. Sheridan in Edgewater has been on the market since August 2011. Built in 1970, The Tiara is a full service high rise directly on the lake with a rooftop pool, doorman and parking. This unit has dead on lake views from a 16×5 […]

Crain’s recently analyzed the downtown Chicago condo market over the last 5 years and put together a report on the Great Chicago Condo Bust. According to Crains, 4 out of 10 condo projects proposed or under way in 2007 wound up in financial distress. In retrospect, 2007 “was the beginning of the end, and stupid deals were […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom modern “colonial” style single family home at 6312 N. Louise in Old Edgebrook in May 2012. See our prior chatter here. Most of you didn’t care for the modern architecture style, especially after realizing it didn’t have a basement. But many of you love the neighborhood and were willing […]

This 4-bedroom farmhouse at 5655 N. Newcastle in Old Norwood Park came on the market in September 2012. Built in 1919, it is on an enormous 50×231 lot with a 1.5 car garage. The listing says the house has been owned by generations of the same family for 80 years. It also says you can […]