Crib Chatter

This top floor 3-bedroom unit at 1118 W. Fulton in heart of the Fulton Market District in the West Loop has been on the market since April 2011. Now listed as a short sale, it has been reduced $169,000 in that time. The 3000 square foot unit has a second floor loft and 3 outdoor […]

We’ve chattered about the popular Helmut Jahn designed 600 N. Fairbanks in Streeterville many times over the years. Late last week, a 1-bedroom unit came on the market as a short sale for $265,000. It went under contract instantly. The unit, #1906, last sold in March 2008 for $377,000. Parking was not included in either […]

We last chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom at 3500 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview in April 2011. See our prior chatter here. Priced in April at $249,000 in a short sale, most of you thought it would sell pretty quickly and that it was a deal even with the larger assessments. The unit is […]

This 2-bedroom in this courtyard building at 4514 N. Ashland in Uptown has been on and off the market since May 2007. It is now a short sale and is listed for $143,100 under the 2005 purchase price. The building was converted into condos in 2003. The unit has exposed brick walls. It has central […]

If there was a “Crib Chatter Hall of Fame”, then this 5-bedroom single family home at 1738 N. Winchester in Bucktown would probably be in it for its sheer uniqueness. We last chattered about this house a year ago when it was on the market as a short sale for $1,699,900. See our prior chatter […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom which was a short sale at 2120 N. Lincoln Park West in Lincoln Park in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, several of you were in love with this building, calling it your “dream building.” Some of you also thought this would sell quickly given its […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom in Contemporaine at 201 W. Grand in River North in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was a short sale and was listed at $899,000 or $181,000 under the 2005 price. In that time, it has been reduced another $149,000 and is now listed […]

There aren’t many townhouses in the East Village/Ukranian Village neighborhood of West Town. This 3-bedroom at 1101 N. Wolcott has been on and off the market since July 2010. Originally listed at $640,000, it has since been reduced to $525,000 and is now listed as a “short sale.” It is a southwest corner unit which means […]

This 3-bedroom vintage Victorian at 1736 W. Berwyn in Andersonville just came on the market (so I don’t yet have a picture). It is listed as a short sale for $106,000 under the 2006 purchase price of $605,000- at $499,000. Built in 1891 on a 26×124 lot, it has some of its vintage features intact […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home and coach house at 1863 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. Listed as a short sale after having been on the market for 2 years, the house recently sold for $30,000 above the last list price of $1.85 million […]