Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 5252 N. Magnolia in the Lakewood Balmoral historic district in Andersonville came on the market in August 2011. Built in 1898 on a 25×123 lot, the listing says it was “gutted” 5 years ago. The rowhouse has cherry hardwood floors and custom cabinets in the living room. The kitchen has […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 917 W. Belle Plaine in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown in March 2011. See our March 2011 chatter here. 7 months later, the unit is still available and has been reduced $30,000. It is now priced just $1,000 above the 2004 purchase price. Back in March, many […]

This 2-bedroom duplex-up at 1020 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park just came on the market. Both bedrooms are on the second floor. The unit also has a small office and a private roof top deck on the third level. It has in-unit washer/dryer, central air and a heated garage. The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom at 707 W. Junior Terrace in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown in July 2011. See our prior chatter here. The unit is a short sale and has been reduced $50,000 since July. If you recall, the midrise building was built in 1927 and has 14 units. Like many […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 2124 W. Division in West Town has been on the market since August 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $90,000. It is bank owned and now listed at $259,900. From the pictures, it appears that at least part of the kitchen is intact and there are some appliances (the […]

We’ve been chattering about 3-bedroom Lincoln Park units a lot recently. This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1049 W. Montana in Lincoln Park has been on the market since June 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $40,000 to $399,000. It has all the features buyers look for including central air, parking and in-unit washer/dryer […]

This 2 bedroom in the One Place Condos at 1 E. 8th in the South Loop has been listed since May 2011. In that time it has been reduced $9,000. This 91-unit building was new construction in 2007/2008. This unit has a balcony that overlooks State Street. While the unit is a 2/2, it is just […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Union Square Lofts at 333 W. Hubbard in River North has been on the market since August 2011. It is bank owned and has been reduced $9100 in that time. It is in the concrete portion of the building, so it has concrete ceilings and some exposed brick along the […]

This 5-bedroom American 4-Square at 1530 W. Touhy in Rogers Park just came on the market. It is bank owned. Built in 1916 on an oversized 50×164 lot, 3 bedrooms are on the second floor and 2 are on the third. It also has an unfinished basement and a 2 car garage. Unfortunately, the listing […]

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash several times over the past 6 months. See our July 2011 chatter here. In July, with the house listed at $675,000, the “possessed” homedelete thought this would never sell under $600,000. But he was wrong, as this house has been reduced further to […]