Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft at 11 N. Green in the West Loop came on the market in mid-May 2018. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in March 2016. Two years ago, we wondered if it would get multiple bids given the low inventory (and some of you also wondered why […]

This 1-bedroom in the Park View at 2740 N. Pine Grove in East Lincoln Park recently came on the market. Park View is a 178 unit high rise with a parking garage that was built in 1974. This unit faces east and has lake views from its balcony. The listing says it was “just upgraded”. […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 5412 N. Glenwood in Andersonville came on the market in mid-May 2018. This is a vintage 3-flat building constructed in 1914. The unit has many of its vintage features including crown molding, a coffered beamed ceiling and a built-in hutch in the formal dining room. It has 9.5 foot ceilings […]

The Illinois Association of Realtors has issued the April monthly sales report: The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales increase 0.1 percent with 2,649 sales in April, compared to 2,647 a year ago. The median price of a home in the city of Chicago in April 2018 was $309,950 up 4.2 percent compared to […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1321 N. Bosworth in West Town came on the market in April 2018. This building was constructed during the last housing boom, in 2005. There are five units and parking. It has cherry hardwood floors throughout. The  kitchen also has cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. There’s […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 2244 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2017. Built in 1891, it is on a smaller than standard Chicago lot of 24×74. The house has most of its vintage features including numerous stained glass windows, millwork, pocket doors, mouldings, custom wood floors (check […]

This 4-bedroom loft-like townhouse at 2222 N. Racine in West Lincoln Park came on the market in March. If this property looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in 2015 which was the last time it came on the market. See our chatter here. This is a brick and timber loft building with 16 […]

I’m out of town on vacation so there will be no new posts this week. With the weather improving (kind of), I will soon head out to various neighborhoods to get some new pictures and see what’s going on at Open Houses. There’s also a lot of new construction in the neighborhoods, some outside the […]

Can you keep track of all the huge development announcements? The latest is currently being called “The 78” after the 78th community the developer believes they will create (Chicago has 77 community designations) on a 62-acre piece of property in the South Loop along the Chicago River. This is yet another location that was pitched to […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Donohue Building at 711 S. Dearborn in Printers Row just came on the market. This is a west facing brick and timber loft with a finished ceiling with large industrial windows. One bedroom has a window and the second one does not. Both are en suite with modern bathroom finishes. There’s […]