Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom unit at 1300 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since March 2008. In that time, the price has been reduced $455,000. It is currently listed $215,000 under the 2006 purchase price. The building was built in 1963 and has dead on lake and city […]

Location, Location, Location. This 3-bedroom duplex up at 419 W. Grant in Lincoln Park is located just a block or so from Lincoln Park, the Zoo and all that Chicago’s lakefront has to offer. It also has the amenities that most homebuyers are looking for with central air, in-unit washer/dryer and deeded parking. The complex, the […]

This 2-bedroom unit in the highrise at 1111 S. Wabash in the South Loop has been on the market since December 2010. It is bank owned. It has been reduced $15,000 in that time and is now listed for $86,100 under the 2004 purchase price. The unit has 2 bedrooms and a den in 1320 square feet. […]

This 3-bedroom unit at 2762 N. Lincoln in Lincoln Park has been on the market since October 2010. It is currently listed for $31,000 under the 2008 purchase price. The unit has 1675 square feet on one level with an east facing balcony. It has hardwood floors throughout the main living area. The kitchen has […]

This 5-bedroom vintage greystone at 4401 S. Berekely has been through quite the transformation in the last year. The house, built in 1893 with a limestone exterior, had been on the market since December 2006. Originally listed in 2006 for $479,000 it finally sold in April 2010 for $150,000. From the one picture in the […]

We first chattered about this small multi-unit building at 3505 N. Janssen in Southport in August 2010. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the top floor unit, Unit #4, was on the market and was asking $12,500 more than its 2006 purchase price. It never sold and was withdrawn from the market. Now, Unit #3 […]

According to Wikipedia, John Van Osdel was considered to be among the first Chicago architects, was a peer of Louis Sullivan, among others, and designed many famous buildings including the Palmer House. The listing for this 6-bedroom greystone mansion at 2430 N. Orchard in Lincoln Park says it was designed by Van Osdel. If so, it […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom Dutch Colonial at 1721 W. 104th in Beverly in December 2010. See our prior chatter and pictures here. On the market since September 2010, those of you who commented about the property thought it was priced too richly for the neighborhood (after all, what cop making $50,000 could afford […]

This 3-bedroom in The Regent, a smaller mid-rise building at 190 E. Walton in the Gold Coast, has been on the market since October 2010 and has been reduced once. It is bank owned. The 3000 square foot unit has hardwood floors throughout and custom built-ins. The kitchen has granite counter tops and a stainless steel […]

We have chattered about this 2-bedroom vintage unit at 2861 N. Burling in Lakeview several times over the past 11 months. See our September 2010 chatter here. It was removed from the market but has now been relisted and has been reduced another $25,000. It is now listed at $299,900. Last September, some of you thought […]