2013 was famous for having near record low inventory in Chicago. Lack of product and record low mortgage rates combined to push Chicago housing prices up sharply. In some neighborhoods, prices exceeded previous peaks. But over the last few months, the Chicago housing market has been changing. Housing inventories in the Chicagoland area have actually […]
The September home sales data is out. Sales fell again while the median price also rose again. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: The city of Chicago saw an 8.7 percent year-over-year decrease in home sales in September 2014 with 2,187 sales, down from 2,395 in September 2013. The median price rose to $250,000 versus […]
This 2-bedroom in the Ironwerks Lofts at 1670 N. Claremont in Bucktown came on the market in July 2014. The building was converted into loft condos in 1999. It has all the features loft lovers look for including 12-foot timber ceilings, exposed brick and hardwood floors throughout. The master bedroom has full height walls so there’s […]
This 3-bedroom Victorian rowhouse at 1959 W. Schiller in Wicker Park came on the market in July 2014. Built in 1879 on an extra long 25×162 lot, it sits directly across the street from Wicker Park. The listing calls it a single family home- but I don’t see any separation with the home next to it […]
This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1801 W. Diversey in Lincoln Park has been on the market since June 2014. Built in 1995 it is an end unit with a 2-car attached garage. It has three stories with the living/dining/kitchen on the main floor, the two bedrooms on the second floor and a den/family room on the […]
This third floor unit in the 4-unit vintage greystone at 562 W. Arlington in East Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2014. We’ve chattered about this building numerous times over the years including in May 2014 when the top floor unit, #4, was on the market. See that chatter here. Unit #4, which […]
This vintage 2-bedroom at 1647 N. Sedgwick in Old Town just came on the market in September 2014. If it looks familiar to some of you old timers, that’s because it is. We last chattered about it back in the “innocent” times, in June 2008. See our very interesting prior chatter here. At the beginning of […]
This 3-bedroom penthouse at 1550 W. Cornelia in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in early September 2014. If it looks familiar, that’s because the unit was last on the market in the summer of 2013 and actually just sold a year ago, in September 2013. This building was built in 2007. […]