Crib Chatter

It’s not just condo owners who are renting units while they wait out this market, developers are doing the same. This top-floor 2-bedroom unit at 1169 W. Eddy in Lakeview has been on and off the market since 2007 but has never sold. At one point, in 2011, it was rented for $2850 a month. […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1431 W. Oakdale in Lakeview has been on and off the market for 3 years. Since June 2009, it has been reduced $274,000 to $925,000. Built in 1999 on a 24.8×123.8 lot, the listing says it is in the Burley school district. The listing also says it has a […]

  This 2-bedroom in the Cinema Lofts at 1635 W. Belmont in Lakeview just came on the market. It last sold as a short sale in November 2010 for just $315,000. But it has been renovated with a completely new kitchen and two new baths. If you have a Redfin account, you can see the 2010 […]

This 2-bedroom at the Mandel Bros. Lofts at 811 W. Aldine in Lakeview just came on the market. It is a Fannie Mae Homepath property which allows the purchaser to buy it for just 3% down. At 1400 square feet, it has exposed brick walls and timber ceilings. I can’t tell if it’s on one […]

If you’re a buyer you have a choice between not just one distress property but two in 935 W. Dakin, a 6 unit midrise, in Lakeview. Built in 2004, Unit #1W, a 3/3 duplex down, is already a Freddie Mac Homesteps property. From the pictures, the kitchen and baths appear to be intact. The unit has […]

We’ve chattered about many duplex downs over the years like this 3-bedroom at 1050 W. Diversey in Lakeview which just came on the market. This one has many features of a townhouse, however, including a lower level family room with 9 foot ceilings. Two bedrooms and two baths are on the main level with the third on […]

Far west Lakeview and Lincoln Park aren’t the only locations where you can get a 2-bedroom townhouse for under $335,000. This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1157 W. Newport in Southport has been on the market since April 2011. According to the Redfin agent comments, it used to be a 3 bedroom but the two second floor […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom new(er) construction single family home at 3251 N. Lakewood in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in November 2011. See our prior chatter here. The house has an interesting prior sales history. The house was new construction built in 2009 on a standard 25×125 Chicago lot. It was on the […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom in the Mies Van Der Rohe high rise the Commonwealth Plaza at 340 W. Diversey Parkway in Lakeview in February 2012. See our prior chatter here. Many of you liked the unit but thought there was just too much furniture and/or the paint colors were too distracting. But there […]

This 4-bedroom contemporary single family home at 3028 N. Southport in Lakeview recently came on the market. Many of you might already know it as the listing says it is an AIA winner and has been featured in publications. Built in 2009, it’s on an irregular shaped lot but has one car parking (I can’t tell if […]