Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom on the 6th floor in 2626 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park came on the market in May 2018. The building was constructed in 1969 and has 491 units and an attached parking garage. The unit is a corner unit with east, south and west views. The listing calls it a “luxury renovation.” The […]

This 2-bedroom coach house at 337 W. Armitage in East Lincoln Park just came on the market (this is the back alley entrance). If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it numerous times between 2011 and 2013. You can see our chatter here. Last time, most of you liked the property but felt […]

This 2-bedroom in 707 W. Junior Terrace in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in September 2018. This building was constructed in 1927 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has 16 units (although some listings say it has just 14.) This is a half floor unit with […]

We chattered about this 3-bedroom fee simple townhouse with indoor/outdoor living at 820 W. Wolfram in Lakeview several times over the last 4 years. It came on the market completely renovated in 2014. The 2014 chatter is here. Then, it returned to the market in April 2018 asking more than the 2014 sales price. We […]

This 1-bedroom on the 42nd floor in The Legacy at 60 E. Monroe near Millennial Park in the Loop came on the market in June 2018. The Legacy was built in 2009 and has 355 units and a parking garage. It’s a full service building which has both city and Millennial Park/lake views. This unit […]

This 2-bedroom vintage duplex up at 1408 W. Belden in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2018. Although the listing says this building was built in 1900, we last chattered about this unit in 2011 and, at that time, the listing says it was built in 1881. See our chatter here. The building […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 2343 N. Greenview in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2018. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it the last time it was on the market in 2015. See our December 2015 chatter here. If you recall, the listing said it was an “architect designed […]

We’ve been chattering about the possibility of 5% average mortgage rates for years here on Crib Chatter. Every time the rates have gotten close, they have retreated…until now. For the first time since 2011, 30-year average mortgage rates have hit 5%. Just a reminder, but in August, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 4.55% […]

This top-floor 2-bedroom corner loft in the Bucktown Gardens at 1701 N. Damen in Bucktown came on the market in May 2018. Bucktown Gardens is an authentic loft building with 26 units and parking. This is a duplex up loft with exposed brick and timber ceilings. The kitchen has dark cabinets, stainless steel appliances and […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft in the Singer Lofts at 1019 W. Jackson in the West Loop came on the market in June 2018. The Singer Lofts is an authentic loft conversion. Built in 1912, it has 22 units and garage parking. The loft has 15 foot ceilings (are those concrete? I can’t tell from […]