Crib Chatter

Remember the greystone 2-flat that was next to the Enterprise Rental Car at 2910 N. Sheffield in Lakeview? It sold in 2011 for $490,000, was torn down, and is now a 4-story 3 flat with 2 duplex units. See our prior chatter about the greystone here. Here’s a picture of the old greystone. You can see the […]

Several of you have e-mailed me about this 5 bedroom duplex down at 416 W.  Briar in East Lakeview. Built in 1918, the four unit building is on an oversized 50×125 lot. It has 4200 square feet in total space with 3200 square feet on the first floor and a 1000 square feet on the […]

This 3-flat at 825 W. Newport in Lakeview recently came on the market. A lis pendens foreclosure was filed on it in April 2011. I can’t tell from the public record if it’s already bank owned but the listing says “offer now digitally accepted” and has the type of pictures associated with a bank owned property (the […]

We chattered about this new construction 3-unit building at 1022 W. Diversey in Lakeview several times in 2012. See our January 2012 chatter here. The top floor 2-bedroom penthouse sold within 4 months as did the second floor 2-bedroom. Unit #3 sold in April 2012 for $535,000 Unit #2 sold in April 2012 for $435,000 […]

We’ve seen a few Lakeview houses sell in the past year for over $3 million (most notoriously the house bought by the new Cubs GM in Southport) but there haven’t been many on the market over $3 million in East Lakeview like this new construction house at 550 W. Oakdale. The 7000 square foot house […]

We’ve been following this vintage 3-bedroom at 504 W. Barry in East Lakeview for over a year. See our February 2012 chatter here. Back in February when it was priced at $699,900, many of you liked the unit but thought it was overpriced (surprise!) and would sell in the low $600,000s due to the assessment […]

We last chattered about this top floor 3-bedroom duplex up at 1348 W. Addison in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in December 2011. See our prior chatter here. But it has been on the market for a year now with no takers. Back in December, many of you thought it was a cool place for […]

This 3-flat at 1832 W. Addison in Lakeview came on the market in June 2012. It is located just four buildings to the west of the Addison Brown line stop. The 3 units have the following: Unit #1: 2/1, rented for $800 a month Unit #2: 2/1, rented for $1200 a month Unit #3: 4/2 […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1658 W. Belmont in Lakeview several times over the last 2 years. See our October 2011 chatter here. Last fall, when it was listed at $289,999, many of you believed it would sell around $250,000. It has recently been reduced to $275,000. If you recall, the vintage building appears […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 3656 N. Bosworth in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview recently came on the market. It is a rare vintage unit which also has all the modern amenities of central air, washer/dryer in the unit and garage parking. The unit has built-ins in the dining room and vintage trim. The kitchen […]