Crib Chatter

We recently chattered about this cute vintage house with the retro kitchen at 3652 N. Hermitage in Lakeview. See our prior chatter and pictures here. It sold quickly at the newly reduced price. Here’s it’s history again: 3652 N. Hermitage: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 car garage, no square footage listed Sold in November 2002 […]

This 4-bedroom brick tudor at 6902 N. Owen in Edison Park looks picture perfect in the pictures. The listing says it has been totally renovated with “custom kitchen cabinets,  granite counters, GE Stainless appliances, and stone and slate baths.” It has a fenced-in backyard with a 2-car garage. The house has also been reduced by […]

2663 N. Ashland is an 8-unit new construction building in Lincoln Park with higher-end finishes that came on the market in spring of 2008. Public records show that 5 out of the 8 sold in 2008. This 4-bedroom duplex unit sold last August and is now back on the market and the listing says it’s “barely […]

The developer of this 8-unit new construction building at 2936 N. Lincoln in Lakeview has sold 4 out of the 8 units in 3 years. 2 sold in 2007 and 2 sold in 2008. The last sale was in July 2008. To move units, the developer recently cut prices by $50,000 on all remaining units calling it […]

It only took 3 months for the first resale to appear in the 58-unit new construction high rise at 110 W. Superior in River North. This is the building with the blue windows. This 1350 square foot 2-bedroom recently came on the market for $137,000 more than the March 2009 purchase price. The listing says […]

The expensive luxury penthouse condo isn’t limited to only the downtown Chicago market. This 3-bedroom, 6000 square foot penthouse at 1715 W. Ohio in West Town,  near the Ukranian Village neighborhood, just came on the market priced at nearly $2 million. The listing says it has a high-speed elevator to whisk you directly to your […]

You can live in the middle of all the Southport action by living right on Southport in this 3-bedroom duplex up at 3250 N. Southport in Lakeview. This condo building only has 2 units and each has a private entrance. The top floor duplex has four decks, 2 garage parking spaces and a full-sized family room. Igor […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom brick loft at 1528 S. Wabash in the South Loop in February. See our prior chatter and pictures here. It is still on the market and has now been reduced by $38,000. This is a rare loft in that the walls to the bedrooms actually go to the ceiling, […]

Want to live in Southport but are priced out of the single family home market and need more space than the 2/1 condos that are available? This townhouse at 3401 N. Janssen may be the solution. It was extensively updated since the 2007 purchase with new Brazilian cherry floors in the living room, dining room, […]

We last chattered about this vintage 3-bedroom in 3400 N. Lake Shore Drive in October 2008. See our prior chatter and pictures here. Originally part of the lobby, the unit has 13-foot high ceilings, extensive woodwork, including a gorgeous fireplace, in-unit washer/dryer and deeded parking. It has also been reduced by $67,000 since October 2008. […]