Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom townhouse at 832 W. Wolfram in Lakeview last year. See our March 2013 chatter here. The old listing said it was a townhouse but didn’t mention any assessments at all. This listing says it is “fee simple.” As you can see from the picture, it is the unit behind […]

We’ve chattered off and on about various units in this 4-unit greystone at 562 W. Arlington in East Lincoln Park over the years. See our chatter on Unit #2 in 2009 here. The 2-bedroom top floor penthouse recently returned to the market. It has been listed on and off beginning in 2009. This building was […]

This 2-bedroom in 1414 N. Wells in Old Town just came on the market. We’ve chattered about Old Town a lot over the years because some of the developments held their value even during the bust as Old Town remained a top destination in the city. This 1700-square foot unit has cherry cabinets, granite counter tops […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 2722 N. Wilton in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time it was one of the few Lincoln Park single family homes to be on the market for $500,000 or less. The catch? The brown, purple, red line El […]

This 2-bedroom farmhouse at 2734 N. Marshfield in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2013. See our prior chatter here. If you recall, the farmhouse was built in 1870 but has been transformed into a contemporary loft-like space inside with a floating staircase. It has floor to ceiling windows in the back of […]

This 2-bedroom vintage cottage at 3041 N. Honore in North Center just came on the market. If it looks familiar, it’s because we last chattered about it in 2010. See our August 2010 chatter here. When it sold that August, there was an interesting discussion in the comments about the overall market conditions and FHA […]

We’ve chattered about this full floor 5-bedroom at 2344 N. Lincoln Park West several times over the last 2 years. See our May 2013 chatter here. It’s still available and has returned to the market. Built in 1916, it commands the entire floor of a 6-unit building with 4 exposures, including Lincoln Park and the […]

We last chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom at 2337 N. Commonwealth in East Lincoln Park in April 2013. See our prior chatter here. If you recall, this is a top floor unit in an elevator building. It has the original hardwood floors and plaster moldings. The kitchen has cherry cabinets and stainless steel appliances with […]

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom vintage unit at 1304 W. Cornelia in Southport several times over the last few years. It was first listed in 2011, just 14 months after its previous sale, but was withdrawn without a sale. It then came back on the market in 2012 at a reduced price but again failed […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1738 W. Newport in Lakeview came on the market in early February 2014. If it looks familiar, it’s because we chattered about it the last time it was on the market which was less than 2 years ago, in June 2012. See our previous chatter on it here. The […]