Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 2164 W. Leland in Lincoln Square several times in the past year. See our August 2011 chatter here. Originally listed at $799,000 a year ago, it was recently reduced again to $729,900. That is $75,600 under the 2008 purchase price. If you recall, this is considered […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 2140 W. Montrose in Lincoln Square in December 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed at $499,000 and most of you thought it was a deal for the large yard and square footage (even if only 2 of the bedrooms were […]

  This 3-bedroom duplex-up penthouse at 2555 W. Leland in the Rockwell neighborhood of Lincoln Square has been on the market since September 2011. It has been reduced $49,900 since then and is now listed about 18% below the 2005 purchase price at $425,000. The southwest corner unit has 20 foot vaulted ceiling in the […]

This 5-bedroom new construction home at 2030 W. Leland in Lincoln Square was first listed for sale in April 2007. It was on the market, and under contract at least once, until 2010 when it vanished without ever selling. I took the picture in this post in August 2010 before it was boarded up. I […]

This 4-bedroom greystone at 1944 W. Farragut in the Bowmanville neighborhood of Lincoln Square has been on the market since May 2011. The listing indicates it was formerly a two flat that was converted into a single family home. The house has 3 fireplaces, crown molding and a box ceiling in the living and dining […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 2140 W. Montrose in Lincoln Square has been on the market since November 2011. In that time, it has been reduced once by $30,000 to $499,000. Built in 1929, it is on an oversized 37×125 lot. And no- there is NO El in the backyard (like we’ve seen with […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian at 4620 N. Winchester in the Ravenswood/Lincoln Square neighborhood recently came on the market. Built in 1891 on a 25×152 lot, it has a front yard and porch, with a swing. The house has a double parlor and a formal dining room alongside some period details like stained glass windows. The kitchen […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 2027 W. Leland in Lincoln Square has been on the market since April 2011. In that time, it has beenreduced $54,001 to $674,999. The house is on an oversized 37.5×122 lot. It has a front porch and a back porch as well as a rare 3-car garage. The kitchen has […]

Last April, we chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 2164 W. Leland in Lincoln Square and wondered how “hot” the Lincoln Square market was. See our prior chatter here. It was a good chatter about who are knifecatchers, what single family homes in Lincoln Square should cost, and the attributes of the house […]

We last chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom single family home at 4838 N. Seeley in Lincoln Square in February 2011. See our February chatter here. Since that time, it has been reduced $23,000. On the market for the first time in 14 years, the house has professional landscaping as well as a large back deck. […]