Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom duplex down loft in the Map Factory Lofts at 5235 N. Ravenswood in Andersonville has been on the market since June 2011. It’s a short sale and has been reduced from $229,000 to $199,000. That is $94,000 under the 2008 price. Built in 1887, the loft has all the features loft lovers look for including high timber […]

This 4-bedroom penthouse at 530 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville has been on the market since June 2010. At 3400 square feet, it is just slightly bigger than the 4-bedroom vintage unit we recently chattered about in 3500 N. Lake Shore Drive. See our prior chatter on the vintage unit here. Everyone was appalled […]

This brick 3-flat plus coach house at 2327 N. Southport in Lincoln Park has been on the market since June 2011. In that time, it has been under contract once and has been reduced $125,000 to just $520,000. Built in 1886 on a 24×124 lot, the building still has some of its vintage features such […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom vintage co-op at 3500 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview in May 2009. See our prior chatter here. It sold for just $293,000 in 2008. In May 2009, the unit had just come back on the market after a major rehab and was listed for $849,900. You can see […]

This 2-bedroom cottage at 3911 N. Hermitage in Lakeview was listed in October 2011 and went under contract before I had a chance to even do a post about it (within a month of the listing.) Listed at just $339,000, it’s in the highly coveted Blaine school district. It seems like a no brainer at the […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom Queen Anne at 1935 N. Lincoln in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. Off and on the market for 6 years (!) it had been reduced about $1 million from its original 2005 list price of $2.229 million. It was also listed for $555,000 under […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 2722 N. Wilton in Lincoln Park in August 2011. See our prior chatter here. The house was listed at just $500,000. What was the catch? The El ran directly behind the house (where there was also 4-car parking.) Built on a 25×75 lot, the 2800 […]

We chattered about this 3-bedroom short sale at 434 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview several times. See our April 2011 chatter here. Many of you might remember this unit because the kitchen had pale green cabinets. But the unit had many of its vintage features intact including a beamed ceiling in the dining room and […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3902 N. Central Park in the Independence Park neighborhood of Irving Park has been on the market over 2 years. It has been reduced $200,000 in that time and is now listed about 23% under the 2006 purchase price. The house was built in 1914 and is on a […]

Several of you were chattering about this 2-bedroom duplex “rowhouse condo” at 319 W. Webster in Lincoln Park on another thread. It is just half a block from Lincoln Park, “steps” to the zoo, and near the restaurants and amenities on Clark. The 2 bedrooms are on the main level with the living areas on the upper […]