We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1515 S. Prairie in the South Loop in November 2009. See our prior chatter here. Listed at $375,000 at that time, most of you thought it was overpriced for a newer construction unit in that location. It was available for sale or for rent. Withdrawn from the market […]
We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1446 W. Henderson in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in January 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it had been on the market 2 1/2 years and was listed $32,000 under the 2005 purchase price at $375,000. Some of you thought it was listed under […]
This 2-bedroom single family home at 3745 N. Seminary in the shadow of Wrigley Field in Lakeview recently came on the market listed at $499,000. While it is marketed as a single family home, it appears to be two units as the listing touts the “english garden level in-law apartment.” It also appears that there […]
We last chattered about this top floor rehabbed 3-bedroom at 3505 N. Janssen in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in August 2010. See our August 2010 chatter here. At that time, it was listed $12,500 above the 2006 purchase price. Most of you thought it was overpriced at $545,000. Dave M guessed a sales price of $440,000 […]
We last chattered about this 5-bedroom vintage bungalow at 2600 W. Wilson in Ravenswood Gardens in February 2011. See our prior chatter here. The house was no “ordinary” bungalow as it was built on an oversized 45×120 lot in 1920. The interior was transformed by the original owner, an electrician and organist for the Balaban & […]
This 3-bedroom at 1915 W. Diversey in Lincoln Park has been on the market since July 2008. In that time it has been reduced $150,000. It is also listed $111,000 under the 2007 purchase price. It appears to be a short sale. This building was completed in 2006/2007. This 1800 square foot unit has upgraded finishes […]
This Fannie Mae owned 2-bedroom at 930 N. Wood in the East Village neighborhood of West Town has been on the market as a foreclosure for 5 months. After being reduced $55,000 in that time- it finally went under contract this week. It is currently listed just $5900 above the 2001 purchase price. At just […]
We have often chattered about the differences between co-ops and condos but after decades as a co-op building, 5000 S. East End in Kenwood has decided to become condos. From Crain’s in January 2011: “The cooperative that owns a 28-story vintage apartment tower in Kenwood borrowed $3 million from Harris Bank as part of a […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom at 448 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park in February 2010. See our prior chatter here. The condo was being marketed as looking like the apartment that Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn’s characters lived in in the movie “The Breakup.” (Although, there was never a “real” apartment used in that […]