Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom single family home at 4142 N. Maplewood in North Center has been on the market since March 2009. Last purchased in 1996, the listing says it “requires bank approval.” I couldn’t find an original listing price but at one point it was listed at just $540,000 (per this virtual tour with music.) But in […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 4117 N. Western in North Center in April 2011. See our prior chatter here. Back then, the house was bank owned and was going to auction with an opening bid of $149,000. It was a cash only transaction. From the pictures in the prior listing, […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 4156 N. Rockwell in North Center is one of the rare homes that is directly on the Chicago River. The house is one of a handful on this block of Rockwell that was built in 2003. It  is on a corner lot measuring 29×141. If serenity and nature is what […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 3134 N. Oakley in North Center in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. If you remember, this house had been bank owned earlier this year and sold in July for $285,000. Just weeks later it returned to the market listed for $134,000 more than the previous sale at […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 2030 W. Fletcher in North Center in April 2011. (Sorry for the bad pic- as I was rushing by and hadn’t noticed how bad it was until I got home! My fault.) See our prior chatter here. At the time, it has just reduced its […]

You all have been chattering about this 3-bedroom single family home at 3134 N. Oakley in North Center in some of the comments of other threads. It was previously a bank owned home that sold in late June or early July for $285,000. Just weeks later it returned to the market listed for $134,000 more […]

We last chattered about this 3-flat at 1929 W. Berteau in North Center in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At the time, the chatter was mainly about how much money developers were willing to pay for a lot in the Coonley school district as most didn’t believe an investor would buy the property or that […]

This 3-bedroom at 2150 W. Addison in North Center is a rare duplex condo that is duplex up (and NOT duplex down.) At 3000 square feet, it has more square footage than many nearby single family homes in this price range. It has Brazilian hardwood floors throughout with a first floor living room and family room. The […]

This 3-bedroom newer construction single family home at 2035 W. Hutchinson in North Center has been on and off the market since October 2008. The bank took possession in May 2010 but hasn’t been in a hurry to sell it as the price was only cut once in those 15 months. But a few days ago, […]

This bank owned 3-bedroom at 3301 N. Oakley in North Center has been on and off the market since at least February 2010. At one point, it was listed for $155,000 before being withdrawn. It recently came back on the market for just $49,900. The building has 3 units and was converted into condos in […]