Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this vintage 2-bedroom at 549 W. Belden in Lincoln Park in September 2007. See our prior chatter here. At that time, Crib Chatter was brand new and prices had just started to soften- even in Lincoln Park. Listed for $359,000 in September 2007 it ended up selling in February 2008 for […]

This 2-bedroom triplex up penthouse at 2216 N. Lincoln in Lincoln Park has been on and off the market since August of 2008. The building is an old bakery. It is now an elevator building with 6 units. This penthouse has a private 20×16 roofdeck that overlooks Oz Park. The kitchen has maple cabinets, granite […]

This 2-bedroom at 2029 N. Racine in Lincoln Park has been on the market over two and a half years. It is now a short sale and is listed $25,500 under the 2000 purchase price. At 1600 square feet, it has a separate dining room with pocket doors. It also has 11 foot ceilings and […]

We’ve been chattering about where you can “raise your kids” in the GreenZone in a 3-bedroom for under $500,000. This 3-bedroom townhouse at 2610 N. Orchard in Lincoln Park fits the bill. Built in 1978, the listing says it has a “new kitchen”, complete with stainless steel appliances, and “remodeled” baths. Two bedrooms are on […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom short sale in 2020 N. Lincoln Park West in Lincoln Park in early August 2011. See our prior chatter here. Clio had pointed out the unit in a prior chatter as being a “deal” as it was listed $106,000 under the 2007 purchase price. 3 weeks after we chattered about […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Soda Pop Factory at 1001 W. Altgeld in Lincoln Park has been on the market since August 2011. In that time, it has reduced $41,000 to $359,000. The loft has 12 foot ceilings and exposed brick. The listing says the unit has had a “complete renovation”. The kitchen has 42 inch cabinets, stainless […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse at 744 W. Fullerton in Lincoln Park has been on and off the market since February 2010. It is a short sale and was actually under contract last June but came back on the market in October. There are only 4 pictures of the unit so it’s hard to get a good […]

This brick 3-flat plus coach house at 2327 N. Southport in Lincoln Park has been on the market since June 2011. In that time, it has been under contract once and has been reduced $125,000 to just $520,000. Built in 1886 on a 24×124 lot, the building still has some of its vintage features such […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom Queen Anne at 1935 N. Lincoln in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. Off and on the market for 6 years (!) it had been reduced about $1 million from its original 2005 list price of $2.229 million. It was also listed for $555,000 under […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 2722 N. Wilton in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. The house was listed at just $500,000. What was the catch? The El ran directly behind the house (where there was also 4-car parking.) Built on a 25×75 lot, the 2800 […]