Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom brick single family home at 2058 N. Leavitt in Bucktown has been on the market since July 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $50,000 to $549,000. Built in 1887 on a smaller than standard 24×100 lot, two of the bedrooms are on the second floor with the third in the lower […]

This large 1-bedroom at 50 E. Bellevue in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. Though the building was constructed in 1979, the unit has been renovated and has “all new everything” in the sleek and modern style. The kitchen has white European style cabinets and hidden appliances. Anyone know what those floors are? […]

  We last chattered about this 3-bedroom full floor vintage unit at 707 W. Junior Terrace in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown in October 2011. See our prior chatter here. It’s a short sale and has been reduced $330,000 from its original 2009 list price. Back in October, some of you thought this would […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom duplex down at 334 W. Menomonee in Old Town in October 2008 when it came on the market shortly after having been purchased. See our prior chatter here. Given what was going on at the time (Lehman Brothers had just collapsed), it was a spirited discussion about people’s real […]

  We last chattered about this 2-bedroom duplex up at 2211 N. Clybourn in Lincoln Park in November 2010. See our prior chatter here. Back then, it was a short sale but it never sold. Thanks to Bob for pointing out that it had recently come back on the market- only as a bank owned […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in Avenue East at 160 E. Illinois in Streeterville has been on and off the market since 2010. But in the last 9 months, it has been reduced $449,100 to $1,349,900. The listing says it is still developer owned. It is a south east corner unit with an east facing terrace. The […]

In the last 9 years, this 2-bedroom garden unit at 2124 N. Hudson has sold 3 times and is currently on the market for the fourth time. It is a short sale and is under contract. Normally I don’t like to chatter about properties under contract but this one has such an interesting sales history, […]

This 2-flat at 1828 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park just came on the market priced at only $250,000. It’s so new I don’t even have a picture yet but Clio wanted to know: How many offers will it get? What will it sell for? The listing calls it an “investor’s dream.” Built in 1890 on a […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up in the converted church at 1021 W. Barry in Lakeview has been on the market for 11 months. In that time, it has been reduced $139,100. Unlike some of the converted church units we’ve chattered about over the years, this church unit actually has some of its original church features intact […]

This 3-bedroom duplex in a converted church at 1243 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park just came on the market. We’ve chattered about a lot of church units in the past. It has exposed brick, bamboo floors and skylights. The listing says it has a chef’s kitchen with granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. The […]