Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this rehabbed 3-bedroom bungalow at 4437 N. Christiana in Albany Park in July 2012. See our July chatter here. Back in July, most of you liked the rehab but weren’t sold on the Albany Park location. If you remember, it last sold in January 2012 in an estate sale for just $140,000. […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1321 N. Bosworth in West Town came on the market in late August 2012. It was last bank owned and sold in June 2012. The prior listing when it was bank owned said: “This may be your project! Wicker Park -Bucktown area, spectacular duplex down! In need of some repairs […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom triplex penthouse in the Franklin Lofts at 720 S. Dearborn in June 2011. See our 2011 chatter here. Back in 2011, many of you complained about the pictures which you said seemed to be more about the furniture and flowers in the rooms than the actual property itself. They’re back! It’s […]

We chattered about this 2-bedroom loft at 1528 S. Wabash in the South Loop numerous times over the years as it went from a normal sale, to a short sale, to bank owned and then, this summer, to a flip. See our June 2012 chatter here. From the before and after pictures, it appeared that […]

If you want to live on Alta Vista Terrace, the landmarked street with 40 London-style rowhouses in Lakeview, now is your chance. There is a record five rowhouses on the market (at least that’s a record since I’ve been following real estate over the last five years.) This 4-bedroom rowhouse at 3809 N. Alta Vista […]

Who says you can’t make money in real estate? This 2-bedroom at 2119 W. Crystal in the Wicker Park neighborhood of West Town came on the market on August 30 and in under 10 days it is already under contract. (Sorry for the bad picture but that massive tree in front blocked it from every […]

This 3-bedroom at 215 W. Huron in River North came on the market in May 2012. There’s something cool about this area which is known as the River North Gallery District. This full floor unit has north, east and south views. The building has 5 units but it does have an elevator and the unit […]

This 2-bedroom in the Clinton Street Lofts at 226 N. Clinton on the Near West Side recently came on the market. (Sorry about the picture. It is a couple of years old and I just noticed that it’s not the greatest one I’ve ever taken.) It is bank owned. The loft has numerous walls of […]

New construction three unit buildings are hot again. This building at 1348 W. Diversey in Lakeview just came on the market. The units are priced as follows: Unit #1: 3 bedrooms/2.5 baths, duplex down listed for $679,900 Unit #2: 2 bedrooms/2 baths, listed for $419,900 Unit #3: 2 bedrooms/2 baths, listed for $489,900 The finishes are modern […]

This 2-bedroom at 644 W. Arlington in Lincoln Park recently came on the market. The building was constructed in 1974 and has some unique 2-story top floor duplexes. This unit has a 2-story living room with exposed brick walls and a timber ceiling. One bedroom is on the main floor and one on the second […]