Crib Chatter

We last chattered about this 6-bedroom single family home at 1402 W. George in Lakeview in November 2010. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it had recently been reduced and was listed $80,000 under the 2004 purchase price. It sold in May 2011, after 11 months on the market, for $170,000 under the […]

This 1-bedroom in a vintage courtyard building at 1104 W. Montana in Lincoln Park recently came on the market. It is listed as a short sale. But those of you who have been a Crib Chatter regular for a few years might recognize it from our chatter in 2008. Back in May 2008, the listing […]

This 4-bedroom new construction single family home at 3935 N. Paulina on the edge of Lakeview and North Center came on the market in May 2011. The property/lot has an interesting history. A 3-bedroom, 1 bath small frame house was originally on the property. In 2007, it came on the market and was being marketed as […]

We have chattered about the 5-bedroom home at 3945 N. Tripp, also known as the “Race House” in Old Irving Park several times since May 2009. See our October 2010 chatter here. It has been on and off the market since August 2007. Back in October, most of you were in love with the renovation […]

We first chattered about this 3-bedroom at 2910 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview all the way back in December 2008. See the December 2008 chatter here. Even back then, many of you thought the $599,000 list price for the 2000 square foot vintage unit was way too high. Laura and several others believed $400k to […]

This 2-bedroom duplex at 350 W. Belden in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $60,000. It is now listed about $100,000 under its 2007 purchase price. The south facing duplex has both bedrooms on the second floor. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances, […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up at 3822 N. Clark in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Lakeview has more space than many single family homes in the neighborhood. At 2800 square feet, two of the bedrooms are on the main level with the third on the second level along with a family room. The kitchen has granite counter […]

This 2-bedroom at 200 W. Grand in River North has one feature many downtown city dwellers yearn for: private outdoor space. The unit boasts an 1100 square foot private terrace which isn’t simply a slab of concrete as we so often see in these buildings. This terrace has been professionally landscaped, has sprinklers and is […]

We last chattered about this 4000 square feet of raw loft space at 152 W. Huron in River North in November 2010. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed $171,000 under the 2003 purchase price. Many of you thought it was a great deal since you got to design the space […]

This 2-bedroom at 512 N. McClurg in Streeterville just came on the market. However, it sold only a month ago in a foreclosure auction for $80,000 under the 2002 purchase price. It has come back on the market for $174,000 above the foreclosure price paid in May. Has it been renovated (as we’ve seen with other […]