Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom vintage greystone unit at 434 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview has been on and off the market since April 2010. In that time, it has been reduced $174,000. The unit is now listed as a “short sale” and is priced about 22%, or $150,000, under the 2005 purchase price. The south facing unit […]

This 3-bedroom unit at 1400 W. Byron in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview has been on and off the market since July 2008. In that time, it has been reduced $49,500. The unit is also now listed for $5,000 under the 2003 purchase price. It appears that the unit is entirely on one floor and […]

We last chattered about this big 2-bedroom loft at 3024 N. Lincoln in Lakeview in September 2010. See our prior chatter here. It recently sold for just $5,000 over the 1999 purchase price. That was $125,000 under the 2005 purchase price. The loft had a lot of authentic loft features including few walls, 17 to […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1019 W. George in Lakeview recently came on the market as a “pre-foreclosure.” At $399,900, it is priced $830,100 under the 2007 purchase price. It is also listed $50,100 under the 1991 purchase price. Yes- it went under contract the day it was listed. Yes- “rehab work required.” The […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom townhouse at 2820 N. Greenview in Lakeview in October 2010. See our prior chatter here. Off and on the market since May 2009, it had been reduced $100,000 in that time. The townhouse finally sold in February 2011 for about 15% under the 2005 purchase price. Though it was […]

This 3-bedroom newer construction duplex down at 3548 N. Reta in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Lakeview has been on the market since October 2010. In that time it has been reduced $50,077. It is now listed about 29% under the 2007 purchase price. It has all the features of more expensive construction from 2006 with […]

Yes, it’s still available and has been reduced again. We’ve chattered about this bank owned newer construction 2-bedroom at 3014 N. Sheffield in Lakeview several times. See our January 2011 chatter here. Since January, it was been reduced another $15,495. The unit is now listed 45% below the $499,000 2006 purchase price. If you recall, […]

There’s been lots of chatter that, of course, sellers are losing money if they bought in the last 5 years but homeowners who bought 10 years or more ago should be fine. This 2 bedroom unit at 1525 W. George last sold in July 2001. At 1200 square feet, it has diagonal hardwood floors in the […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom vintage unit in the courtyard building at 507 W. Aldine in Lakeview several times over the past 3 years. In fact, it seems like I’ve been posting about this property nearly the entire time I’ve been running Crib Chatter. It first came on the market as a regular sale, then […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home at 1722 W. Wellington several times before. See our last chatter in July 2010 here. On and off the market for nearly 2 years, it was recently reduced another $49,000. It is now listed $35,000 under the 2004 purchase price. The house is somewhat unusual in that […]