Crib Chatter

This top floor 3-bedroom in the Cordova at 1427 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in early July 2018. The Cordova was built in 1930 and has 8 units and an elevator. It was converted into condos in 2002. It’s also one of the rare vintage buildings that has parking, which […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in the Kensington Park II  at 1712 S. Indiana came on the market in May 2018. We’ve actually chattered about this townhouse before, in 2011, when the prior owners were quoted in Money Magazine in an article about the “turnaround” in the housing market nationwide. They sold for just $15,000 off their […]

This vintage 3-bedroom at 610 W. Surf in East Lakeview just came on the market. This 8 unit building was constructed in 1906. It has many of the vintage features of that era including tall ceilings, original window trim and a fireplace (which is now gas.) However, the unit has a unique layout with the […]

This 1-bedroom in The Illume, at 111 S. Peoria in the West Loop just came on the market. The Illume is a new construction mid-rise with 79 units and a parking garage. The first closings started in June 2018. This 1-bedroom is among the smaller sized units in the building. It has a north exposure from […]

This 2-bedroom top floor vintage unit at 1647 N. Sedgwick in Old Town just came on the market. If it looks familiar to long time readers, that’s because we chattered about it in both 2008 and 2014. You can read the 2014 chatter here. The history of this property reads like a history of the […]

Chicago housing inventory remains super tight. From the Illinois Association of Realtors: The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales decrease 8.7 percent with 3,087 sales in June, compared to 3,380 a year ago. The median price of a home in the city of Chicago in June was $312,750 up 2.0 percent compared to June 2017 […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft in the Lakeview Lofts at 3201 N. Seminary in Lakeview just came on the market. The Lakeview Lofts were converted into condos in 1992, making them among the older of the loft conversions. It has 20 units and parking (the listing doesn’t say it’s a garage, just that it’s “onsite.”) […]

This 4-bedroom vintage mansion at 2142 W Caton in Bucktown came on the market in June 2018. Built in 1891, it’s on a larger than standard Chicago lot but there isn’t a lot size in the listing. The listing says it was built in the “Romanesque” style. It has many of its vintage features intact […]

This 5-bedroom historic mansion at 1407 N. Hoyne in Wicker Park just came on the market. Anyone who has lived, walked, jogged, biked or driven through the Wicker Park neighborhood knows this house. Built in 1885, it’s on a massive 98×110 city lot. Crain’s has more: The red brick Second Empire-style mansion, on nearly half […]

This 2-bedroom corner loft in the Gotham Lofts at 420 S. Clinton on the Near West Side recently came on the market. The Gotham Lofts is an old GE brick factory that was converted into condos during the loft conversion craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The building has 188 units and both […]