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How long do you have to live in a property to cover your costs? Many sellers are finding out it’s more than just a year, or two, or in some cases, even three. 2545 N. Clark is a 2006 and 2007 conversion of a small courtyard building in the heart of Lincoln Park. A one […]

I haven’t chattered about 340 On the Park, at 340 E. Randolph, in Lakeshore East for awhile. Current stats on the building (out of 344 units): 18 for sale 10 for rent Thanks to the tipster who sent me the sales information about this building.  It’s massive and hard to track. Stats on flips and […]

2123 N. Kenmore sits only a few blocks north of the Armitage brown  line stop in the DePaul area. It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath vintage unit with laundry. BUT: it doesn’t include parking. Does parking really matter in re-sale? Unit #2: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, wood burning fireplace Sold in June 2006 for […]

If anyone can figure out what is going on at 928 W. Eastwood in Uptown (not far from the Wilson Red Line stop), please inform us. There are four units out of eight in the building are currently on the market. The building was originally bought in February 2005 for $1.225 million. It looks like a […]

In case you haven’t noticed, the $300,000 one bedroom unit has become pretty standard in Lincoln Park, River North, and even some parts of the Loop and South Loop. Such is the case in 653 N. Kingsbury, Kingsbury on the Park, in River North. The building was completed in 2002-2003 on the far west side of River […]

The Neopolitan, at 1212 N. Wells, in Old Town was built in 2000 when there wasn’t much to do at the south end of Wells Street. Now, Old Town Brassiere and other restaurants have extended the Wells Street nightlife to Division. Two two bedroom units are listed in 1212 N. Wells. Unit #306 has been on the […]

Erie on the Park, at 510 W. Erie, is the Lucien Lagrange high-rise completed in 2002 on the far west side of River North. In the last six years, the park along the river has been completed and recently, a dog park was built directly west of 510 W. Erie. Thanks to the tipster who sent me information regarding […]

  Thanks to some of you astute readers who are clearly watching 600 N. Fairbanks in Streeterville very closely. Several of you noticed that our often chattered about three bedroom, Unit #1301, has had another price reduction. Here is the history: Unit #1301: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1746 square feet Sold in November 2007 for […]

Have you ever heard of Galewood? It’s a lovely part of Chicago on the far, far west side. Actually- it is just north of Oak Park (north of North Avenue on Oak Park Avenue.) Many of the homes were built in the 1930s and 1940s. From the Oak Park Board of Realtors: Architecture: Galewood and neighboring […]

1717 S. Prairie is a 23 story, 171-unit building near the Prairie Historic District in the South Loop. It was built in 2004. Recently, a foreclosure popped up in the building. Unit #2201: (no details but #1801 is a 2/2 with about 1475 square feet) Sold in July 2006 for $667,000 Foreclosure auction price of $565,352 […]