Crib Chatter

As expected, March sales fell 6.5% year over year as weather, tight inventory, higher prices and higher mortgage rates bit buyers. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: “The city of Chicago saw a 6.5 percent year-over-year home sales decline in March 2014 with 1,819 sales, down from 1,945 in March 2013. The median price rose […]

This 2-bedroom in 1414 N. Wells in Old Town just came on the market. We’ve chattered about Old Town a lot over the years because some of the developments held their value even during the bust as Old Town remained a top destination in the city. This 1700-square foot unit has cherry cabinets, granite counter tops […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 2722 N. Wilton in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time it was one of the few Lincoln Park single family homes to be on the market for $500,000 or less. The catch? The brown, purple, red line El […]