Archive for the 'Southport' Category
This 6-bedroom single family home at 3531 N. Janssen in Southport came on the market in May 2015. This is a custom new construction home on an oversized Chicago lot measuring 37.5 x 125. It has the layout most buyers prefer, with 4 out of the 6 bedrooms, including the master suite, on the second […]
May 17th, 2017 | Posted in Southport | 28 Comments
This 5-bedroom single family home at 1217 N. Cornelia in Southport came on the market in February 2017. Built in 1906 on a 30×125 lot, it was formerly a 2-flat that was completely renovated into a single family home, including with new water and sewer. It has the layout that buyers like, with 4 out […]
May 16th, 2017 | Posted in Rehabs, Southport | 51 Comments
This 2-flat at 1205 W. Cornelia in Southport just came on the market. Built in 1914 on an oversized 30×126 lot, the brick building has a 2-car brick garage. There are 3 units in the building. Unit #1: 2 bedroom, 1 bath “owners unit” on the first floor Unit #2: 2 bedroom, 1 bath on the second […]
May 15th, 2017 | Posted in 2-Flat, Southport | 19 Comments
This 3-bedroom brick single family home at 3408 N. Bosworth in Southport just came on the market. But long time readers will recognize it because we’ve chattered about it 4 times since it first came on the market in 2010. See the October 2010 chatter here where we had a spirited discussion about how close, […]
January 5th, 2017 | Posted in Single family homes, Southport | 27 Comments
This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1125 W. Newport in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in October 2016. This townhouse association was built in 1995 and has 25 units. The townhouse is 3-levels with direct access to a one-car garage. At 1300 square feet, the living/dining and kitchen are on the second floor, […]
December 1st, 2016 | Posted in Southport, Townhouses | 37 Comments
This top floor 1-bedroom loft at 1122 W. Newport in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview just came on the market. This is a 23 unit industrial building just a few blocks west of Wrigley Field. It is an authentic loft with exposed brick walls, 14 foot timber ceilings and big industrial windows. This is a corner […]
November 17th, 2016 | Posted in Lakeview, Southport | 26 Comments
This is one of the hottest housing markets that Chicago has ever seen…in the Green Zone. The entire city isn’t as hot as it was in 2005-2007, but in certain Green Zone neighborhoods, the price is well past peak with multiple offers, bidding wars, buying sight unseen and other nonsense association with super hot housing […]
June 8th, 2016 | Posted in Market Conditions, Roscoe Village, Southport | 73 Comments
This 3-bedroom penthouse at 1550 W. Cornelia in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in early September 2014. If it looks familiar, that’s because the unit was last on the market in the summer of 2013 and actually just sold a year ago, in September 2013. This building was built in 2007. […]
October 2nd, 2014 | Posted in Southport | 13 Comments
We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom vintage unit at 1304 W. Cornelia in Southport several times over the last few years. It was first listed in 2011, just 14 months after its previous sale, but was withdrawn without a sale. It then came back on the market in 2012 at a reduced price but again failed […]
March 7th, 2014 | Posted in Condos, Southport | 5 Comments
We last chattered about this 6-bedroom Queen Anne at 3500 N. Janssen in Southport in May 2013, when the housing market was on fire. See our May 2013 chatter here. But not every property participated in the buying frenzy as this house is still available this fall. Last time we chattered about it, most of you loved […]
September 23rd, 2013 | Posted in Single family homes, Southport | 4 Comments