Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1218 N. Astor in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market for just over 2 years. Built in 1900 on a 25x109x25x113 lot, it is located on prestigious Astor Street yet is just steps from the restaurants of Rush Street. It has a modern eat-in kitchen […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1620 N. LaSalle in Lincoln Park has been on the market since March 2011. From the pictures, it is clear that the house is currently being used as offices as there are cubicles in the living room. Built in 1883, the listing says the house is on a RM-5 […]

This contemporary 4-bedroom single family home at 1819 W. Race in West Town has been on the market since June 2011. Built in 2006 on a smaller than standard 48×90 lot, it makes up for the small lot with a 2000 square foot roof top deck with a hot tub and skyline views. The house […]

We chattered about this 3-bedroom brick Victorian at 3656 N. Tripp in Old Irving Park several times over the last 2 years. See our last chatter, in October of 2010, here. Originally listed in June 2009 for $499,000, the house was reduced numerous times before it finally found a buyer in August 2011 at $375,000. Built […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 200 W. Grand in River North with its own private 1100 square foot terrace in June 2011. See our prior chatter here. It’s still available and has been reduced $20,000. In June, many of you thought it was simply overpriced- terrace or not. If you recall, the terrace […]

This 2-bedroom at 1122 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast has been on the market since June 2011. In that time it has been reduced $50,000. It is now listed $26,000 under the 2007 purchase price. The 6th floor corner unit has plenty of outdoor space in the form of a 12×36 private terrace that runs […]

This 2-flat greystone at 4032 N. Ashland in Lakeview has been on the market since April 2011. It has an upgraded duplex-down owners unit and an upstairs rental unit with the following features: Unit #1: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths duplex down with master suite in the lower level. Also has central air and gas fireplace. […]

This 2-bedroom 3-story townhouse at 2729 N. Racine in Lincoln Park has been on the market for 12 months. It is part of a 2-unit building so it only has one common wall. The bedrooms are split, with one in the lower level and one on the second floor. The listing says it was rehabbed […]

We chattered about this 2-bedroom at 431 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview in June 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed $155,000 under the 2009 purchase price. Some of you wondered how the seller could have paid that price after Lehman Brothers. Others thought that the list price of $299,000 […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 2334 W. Diversey in Logan Square in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. It had been a 3-bedroom short sale that sold for $138,000 and then was gut rehabbed into 5-bedroom “new” single family house listed at $849,000. Most of you mocked the price […]