Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom Lincoln Park townhouse at The Point at 2040 N. Lincoln, an enclave of townhouses at the intersection of Lincoln and Armitage in Lincoln Park, just came on the market.  (The pictures above is of the townhomes on Armitage.) It looks to be bank owned and is priced just $7,900 above the 2001 purchase […]

  We’ve chattered about this vintage mid-rise building at 2000 N. Lincoln Park West in Lincoln Park several times since CribChatter began in 2007. It was converted from apartments into condos in 2005, near the height of the real estate market. This 1-bedroom on the 12th floor, with lake views, was listed in November 2011 but […]

  This 3-bedroom brick bungalow at 844 N. Damen in West Town just came on the market listed at $178,900. It is a Freddie Mac Homesteps property. The listing says “property needs repairs.” Built in 1900, it is on a smaller than standard 25×104 lot. It doesn’t have a garage but the listing says there […]

This 2-bedroom on the 48th floor in the Water Tower Residences at 180 E. Pearson in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. It is bank owned. Listed at $570,000, it is the cheapest unit on the market in the building. The listing says it is in “original condition” (the building was built in 1975) and […]

  This 2-bedroom at 1250 S. Indiana in the South Loop recently came on the market priced at $228,000. It is being sold “as is”. The unit is also available under the “first look initiative until 4/12/2012.” It is a southeast corner unit on the 10th floor with, the listing says, some lake views. There are […]

We’ve chattered about this vintage 2-bedroom at 1024 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park several times over the past year. The last time we chattered about it, in December 2011, it had been re-listed as a bank owned unit for not much more than the 1998 price at $389,000. See our prior chatter here. But it […]

This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1003 W. Dickens in Lincoln Park just came on the market priced about 18% below the 2004 purchase price. The listing calls it a “rare find”  because it is bank owned (and in Lincoln Park). From the pictures, it appears the kitchen and baths are intact. The kitchen has white cabinets, […]

  This bank owned 1-bedroom in Marina Towers at 300 N. State in River North has been on the market since January 13, 2012. In that time, it has been reduced $18,100 to $168,900. There are only a few pictures of the interior of the unit. It appears to have carpeting. The unit has northeast […]

  We last chattered about this 2-bedroom duplex up at 2211 N. Clybourn in Lincoln Park in November 2010. See our prior chatter here. Back then, it was a short sale but it never sold. Thanks to Bob for pointing out that it had recently come back on the market- only as a bank owned […]

Forget the 3-bedroom condo. Buy this bank owned 3-bedroom single family house at 1115 W. Roscoe in Lakeview for just $349,900  instead. What’s the catch? It’s on a very small 22×50 lot, with no backyard. It DOES have a 1-car garage (which you can see on the alley in the picture below.) The house has hardwood floors […]