Crib Chatter

  This 3-bedroom at 2500 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park has been on the market nearly 2 years. It is a wraparound corner unit with lake and Lincoln Park views. The building was built in 1974 and has a doorman and an outdoor pool. Yes, the unit has pink carpet. It doesn’t have to stay! […]

This 3-bedroom at 1929 W. Irving Park in North Center has been on the market since October 2011. (It is the vintage building in between the two new construction buildings in the picture above.) It is bank owned and is currently listed for 34% under its 2004 purchase price. According to Case-Shiller, Chicago prices have declined […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom townhouse at 424 E. North Water in Streeterville in July 2010 (the picture above is of the complex- not necessarily this particular unit since it is a gated community with no public access.) See our prior chatter here. Many people don’t realize that there are even townhouses in Streeterville. […]

This 4-bedroom full floor unit at 1555 N. Astor in the Gold Coast recently came on the market for $5.4 million. It has 360 degree views of Lincoln Park, the Lake, the city and downtown. At 6,000 square feet it has updated modern finishes in the kitchen and baths. The building was constructed in 1976 […]

We last chattered about this 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath duplex “rowhouse condo” at 319 W. Webster in Lincoln Park in November 2011. See our prior chatter here. Some of you were torn about the then asking price of $449,000. While the condo had updated luxury finishes, including a Viking stove and Miele dishwasher in the […]

We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom at 919 W. Wisconin in Lincoln Park several times over the last few years. Our last chatter was almost a year ago, in March 2011. Read it here. The property hasn’t been reduced since then. But, if you’ll recall, several lis pendens foreclosures were filed on the property in 2010. Remember, the […]

This 1-bedroom at 1414 N. Wells in Old Town just came on the market. It is listed for $369,000 plus $30,000 for the parking or $399,000. At 1100 square feet, it has 10 foot ceilings. The listing says the kitchen was “completely redone”. It now has maple cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. […]

This 2-bedroom cottage house at 1505 W. Victoria in Edgewater recently came on the market. Built in 1886 on a smaller than standard Chicago lot of 25×115, it does have a 2-car garage. The listing doesn’t list the square footage. But we know that there are two bedrooms upstairs, plus a 9×8 office, and a […]

This 3-flat at 1615 W. Barry in Lakeview has been on and off the market since 2009. In that time it has been reduced $220,000. It was recently dropped to $375,000 and has gone under contract (again)- as the property had been under contract in December 2011. Normally I don’t like to chatter about properties under […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 7017 S. Euclid in the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood of the South Shore has been on and off the market since October 2009. That is 27 months without a buyer. In that time, the house has only had one price reduction, in August of 2011, for about $50,000. Like […]