Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom corner unit at 841 W. Monroe in the West Loop near Greektown has been on and off the market for the last 3 years. In that time period, it has been reduced $79,000. Obviously, a lot of the properties on the market this time of the year are on the market for a […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up penthouse at 603 N. Paulina in West Town has been on and off the market for the last 3 1/2 years. It is now a short sale. The living room has 24-foot ceilings. The unit has 2 balconies with southeast city views and roof rights. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, granite […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1803 W. Thomas in the East Village neighborhood of West Town recently came on the market. It last sold less than 2 years ago, in January 2010. It is a rare 3 bedroom that also has 3 baths (which have heated floors). 2 of the bedrooms are on the main […]

We last chattered about this 6-bedroom bank owned greystone at 1111 N. Hoyne in the Ukranian Village neighborhood of West Town in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. If you recall, the greystone was originally built in 1905, but none of its interior vintage features remain. The house now spans 3 lots measuring 75×105 and […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 2124 W. Division in West Town has been on the market since August 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $90,000. It is bank owned and now listed at $259,900. From the pictures, it appears that at least part of the kitchen is intact and there are some appliances (the […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1807 W. Huron in West Town recently came on the market. Built in 1890 on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125, it may be old on the outside but it doesn’t have many of its vintage features intact on the inside. The listing says the living area has been “opened […]

We’ve chattered about various units, including foreclosures, in this converted church at 1658 W. Superior in West Town over the years. This conversion kept many of the church’s original features, including the glorious stained glass windows, the bow trusses and the exposed brick. This 2-bedroom duplex has been on the market since June 2010. It has a […]

This contemporary 4-bedroom single family home at 1819 W. Race in West Town has been on the market since June 2011. Built in 2006 on a smaller than standard 48×90 lot, it makes up for the small lot with a 2000 square foot roof top deck with a hot tub and skyline views. The house […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom newer construction penthouse at 2145 W. Division in West Town in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, many of you liked the unit but thought it was overpriced at $699,000 and that it wouldn’t sell for more than $625,000. It has since been reduced to […]

We last chattered about this contemporary Studio Dwell designed 4-bedroom single family home at 915 N. Wolcott in the East Village in June 2011. See our prior chatter here. Most of you loved this house. But we still debated about whether this home would sell for under its 2005 price of $1.38 million (and whether a […]