Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom duplex down at 848 W. Roscoe in Lakeview several times over the last 9 months. See our April 2011 chatter here. In April, after another price reduction to $559,900, one of you guessed that the unit would sell for just $425,000 ultimately. Some of you scoffed but were looking at […]

This top floor 3-bedroom at 725 W. Sheridan at Lakeview’s northern border came on the market in July 2011. Since that time, it has been reduced $14,900 and is now listed at $325,000. It is a rare condo listing at this price point because it has not only 3 bedrooms but also 3 full baths. It […]

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 3-bedroom fee simple townhouse at 3847 N. Fremont in Lakeview has been on the market since March 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $49,100. The main living/dining/kitchen space is on the second floor, with 2 bedrooms on the third floor and the third bedroom (or family room) on the top floor. The townhouse […]

We last chattered about this rare 4-bedroom townhouse at 1151 W. George in Lakeview in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. Most of you liked this property and thought the price of $699,000 was not too far off the mark. The townhouse recently sold for $660,000, or $12,000 above the 2004 purchase price. Built […]

We last chattered about this 1-bedroom at 546 W. Surf in East Lakeview in July 2011. See our prior chatter here. It had been a bank owned unit that finally sold for $77,400, which was $7500 over the last list price because there were multiple offers. A few weeks ago, it came back on the […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 1010 W. George in Lakeview in January 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed at $3.89 million and I asked, “can you sell a single family home for nearly $4 million in Lakeview?” Apparently the answer is “No.” The house recently sold for […]

We’ve recently been chattering about new construction single family homes but developers have also started (slowly) building new construction condos as well. This 3-unit building at 2842 N. Racine in Lakeview was built in the last 2 years. It is all brick construction. The units appear to have more upscale finishes than you would have found […]

Several of you have shown an interest in this 6-bedroom new construction home at 1542 W. Nelson in Lakeview. On the market since May 2011, it has been reduced $251,000 to $1.999 million. Built on an oversized 35.8×124 lot, it has 4 bedrooms on the second floor, 1 bedroom on the third floor and 1 […]

We last chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom single family home at 1320 W. Grace in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. Back then, the house was listed at $759,000 when it last sold in 2008 for $636,000. Most of you thought it was way overpriced given that it […]