Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom at The Waterford at 4170 N. Marine Drive in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown has been on the market since July 2011. It’s biggest selling point is as the listing states: “Views, Views, Views”. It has both south and east views which includes the lake, the park and some city views. The […]

The Claude Seymour House, a 6-bedroom historic mansion at 817 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown returned to the market recently after briefly being listed last March. Originally listed for just 2 weeks in March 2011 at $5.195 million, it came back on the market reduced to $4.995 million. The Elite Street […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 917 W. Belle Plaine in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown in March 2011. See our March 2011 chatter here. 7 months later, the unit is still available and has been reduced $30,000. It is now priced just $1,000 above the 2004 purchase price. Back in March, many […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom at 707 W. Junior Terrace in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown in July 2011. See our prior chatter here. The unit is a short sale and has been reduced $50,000 since July. If you recall, the midrise building was built in 1927 and has 14 units. Like many […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 4315 N. Hazel in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown has been on the market since February 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $215,000. It is now listed $100,000 under the 2006 purchase price of $850,000. The house is just north of the Hutchinson Historic District but […]

This 2-bedroom in this courtyard building at 4514 N. Ashland in Uptown has been on and off the market since May 2007. It is now a short sale and is listed for $143,100 under the 2005 purchase price. The building was converted into condos in 2003. The unit has exposed brick walls. It has central […]

This 4-bedroom duplex up at 4530 N. Magnolia in Uptown recently came on the market. It is listed 22% under the 2007 purchase price. At 2500 square feet, it is bigger than many city single family homes. Two of the bedrooms are on the main floor with 2 on the top floor along with a […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 857 W. Ainslie in the Margate Park neighborhood of Uptown has been on and off the market since June 2009. It is now listed as a short sale at $141,000 under the 2007 purchase price at just $229,000. Margate Park is commonly thought of as the area of Uptown north […]

This 3-bedroom at 647 W. Buena in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown has been on the market since October 2010. Built in 1910, the top floor unit has a dining room and a sun room. The listing says the third bedroom was opened up but could be restored. The unit has hardwood floors throughout. The kitchen […]

This 3-bedroom at 707 W. Junior Terrace in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown just came on the market. It is a short sale and listed $90,000 under the 2006 purchase price. The midrise building was built in 1927 and has 14 units. Like many vintage buildings of this era, the unit has big room […]