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This 5-bedroom Victorian at 4358 S. Berkeley in North Kenwood came on the market in July 2023. (Sorry, I don’t have a picture.) Built in 1890, this house is on a 26×124 corner lot. It doesn’t have a garage but it has a “private side drive” with parking up to 4 cars. This house was […]

Two years ago, June sales were at new highs. It was so hot, that June 2021 was better than even the bubble year Junes. But last year, mortgage rates spiked over 5% in June and that pushed down sales. In 2023, mortgage rates were even higher, over 6%. And June sales fell again. It was […]

This 2-bedroom duplex down at 1832 N. Lincoln in Old Town came on the market in June 2023. While this listing doesn’t list a date for the building, other listings say it is 1904. There are 8 units in this association with some of the others appearing to be small 1-bedrooms and even studios. There’s […]

As other major metros come down off their red hot pandemic highs, Chicago, which has lagged for years at the bottom of the S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller 20 largest metros index for price appreciation, has finally come in on top. In May, Chicagoland single family homes rose 4.6% year-over-year, to top the list, followed by Cleveland […]

This vintage 3-bedroom at 2043 W. Farwell in West Ridge came on the market in July 2023. (Sorry, no picture) Built in 1925, 2043 W. Farwell has 6 units and private garage parking. The listing says the building is professionally managed. This 2000 square foot single floor unit has many of its vintage features including […]

This 4-bedroom at 2500 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1974, 2500 N. Lakeview has 155 units and a parking garage. It’s a full amenity building with an outdoor pool, exercise room, engineer on site, door staff, a party room, a bike room, and a laundry room. […]

This 1-bedroom in Marina City at 300 N. State in River North came on the market in July 2023. Marina City was designed in 1959 by Bertrand Goldberg and completed construction in 1964. Both towers have 65 stories. The complex has a marina along the river. The towers have 896 units and 800 parking spaces. […]

This 2-bedroom in Gaslight Court at 1409 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in June 2023. Gaslight Court is a unique collection of 19 units throughout several vintage buildings surrounding a courtyard. The listing says it was constructed in 1979. There’s no parking or amenities. The listing says this unit is a […]

This 3-bedroom loft penthouse at 3133 W. Lakewood in Lakeview came on the market in July 2023. This brick loft building was converted into condos in 2008. There are 25 units. It’s an elevator building and has bike storage and garage parking for some of the units. If this unit looks familiar that’s because we […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse in 436 W. Belmont in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2023. Built in 2000, 436 W. Belmont has 16 units and garage parking. It’s an elevator building but does not have door staff but a Butterfly call system. There are 4 guest parking spaces in front of the […]