Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this building at 1402 W. Byron in Southport in the past. Previously, we discussed a 3-bedroom first floor unit that was partially a garden unit. It was on and off the market for 3 years. See our previous chatter here. Now, this second floor 3-bedroom recently came on the market but the […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home at 1438 W. Henderson in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in September 2012. See our previous chatter here. The listing calls it a “doll house” as it’s only 1550 square feet. In September, many of you thought the price of $625,000 was crazy for a 2-bedroom […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 3506 N. Greenview in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in October 2012. This building was converted into condo units during the boom. It has exposed brick and an open floorplan on the main level. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. […]

We chattered about this 3 bedroom at 1348 W. Addison in Southport several times over the last year. See our August 2012 chatter here. In August, we speculated as to who the target buyer might be with a bachelor being at the top of the list. We also debated how much you’d have to earn […]

This 2-bedroom single family home at 1438 W. Henderson in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview is a rare SFH in Southport in that it is listed under $700,000. It is also listed as a 2/2 but the Redfin agent who saw the house in June commented that it has 1 full bath on the second level, […]

This top floor 3-bedroom unit at 3934 N. Janssen in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview just came on the market. The building was built in 2002. The building next to it that you can see in the picture above looks like townhouses. It has 2500 square feet on one level which includes a family room. The […]

This 6-unit building at 1204 W. Cornelia in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview is still under construction but the units have started coming on the market. According to several of the listings, 2 of the units, including at least one of the 4-bedroom first floor duplex down units priced at $789,000, are already under contract. […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 3656 N. Bosworth in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview recently came on the market. It is a rare vintage unit which also has all the modern amenities of central air, washer/dryer in the unit and garage parking. The unit has built-ins in the dining room and vintage trim. The kitchen […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 1304 W. Cornelia in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in September 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was on the market just 14 months after the prior sale and was trying to get a $25,000 premium over the $350,000 purchase price. Many of you […]

Far west Lakeview and Lincoln Park aren’t the only locations where you can get a 2-bedroom townhouse for under $335,000. This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1157 W. Newport in Southport has been on the market since April 2011. According to the Redfin agent comments, it used to be a 3 bedroom but the two second floor […]