Archive for the 'Wicker Park' Category

We Love 2-Bedroom Duplex Downs With Cornices: 2017 W. Evergreen in Wicker Park

This 2-bedroom duplex down at 2017 W. Evergreen in Wicker Park just came on the market. Both vintage and modern lovers can rejoice. The front of the building was built around 1901. Many of the vintage features are intact. It has 12 foot ceilings on the main floor as well as the original hardwood floors, […]

“Guess The Price” 3-Bedroom House Returns To The Market: 1509 N. Paulina In Wicker Park

Some of you might remember this 3-bedroom contemporary single family home at 1509 N. Paulina in Wicker Park from the contest the agent was holding called “guess the price.” Many of you submitted “guesses” via Crib Chatter. See our November 2011 chatter here. Listed for $775,000 back in May 2011, which was over the 2009 […]

Who Will Be Affected By The “Obamacare Tax” In 2013? 1548 N. Hoyne In Wicker Park

This 2-bedroom at 1548 N. Hoyne in Wicker Park has been on and off the market since 2010. It recently came back on the market again and the listing says: “FULL PRICE ONLY! Sale must close by 12/31/12 why, because next day 3.8% Obamacare tax starts and capital gains tax could go up 13%. If […]

Trying To Sell The 3-Bedroom Duplex Down Less Than 2 Years Later: 1915 W. Crystal In Wicker Park

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1915 W. Crystal in Wicker Park has changed hands two times since 2007 and is now on the market for the third time. It has the layout we’ve seen in many of these units with one bedroom on the main level and two bedrooms and a family room on the lower level. […]

On and Off the Market for 8 Years and Now Bank Owned: A Wicker Park Cottage at 1234 N. Marion

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom brick cottage at 1234 N. Marion in Wicker Park in September 2010. Check out our prior interesting discussion about the mortgages and whether or not this is a teardown here. Some thought tearing it down would be problematic because there is no alley- only the side driveway. Financedoc also posted […]

Why Aren’t We All Rehabbing? A 2-Bedroom At 2119 W. Crystal in Wicker Park

Who says you can’t make money in real estate? This 2-bedroom at 2119 W. Crystal in the Wicker Park neighborhood of West Town came on the market on August 30 and in under 10 days it is already under contract. (Sorry for the bad picture but that massive tree in front blocked it from every […]

2-Bedroom Wicker Park Loft House Reduces Another $20,000: 1275 N. Hermitage

We’ve chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home with loft features at 1275 N. Hermitage in Wicker Park several times. See our May 2012 chatter here. It was listed last fall and then withdrawn. The house then came back on the market in the spring at a slightly higher price. But since that time, it […]

3-Bedroom Rehabbed By An HGTV Designer Reduces $75,000: 1243 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park

Last March, we chattered about a 3-bedroom duplex in a converted synagogue at 1243 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park which had been bought in 2009 and then rehabbed by an HGTV designer. See our prior chatter here. Back in March, some of you thought it was over-rehabbed and would appeal to too small a niche […]

This Wicker Park 2-Bedroom Rowhouse Seems To Have It All: 2010 W. Potomac

Why live with someone above or below you when you can buy a 2-bedroom rowhouse like this one at 2010 W. Potomac in Wicker Park and never hear anyone walking overhead again? The rowhouse was built in 1997 but there are no dimensions given for the lot in the public listing. It has a much sought after […]

Nearly 2 Years Later, This 2-Bedroom at 2029 W. Pierce in Wicker Park Returns To Test The Market Again

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 2029 W. Pierce in Wicker Park nearly 2 years ago. See our August 2010 chatter here. At the time, it was listed $5,000 above the 2005 purchase price. Several of you thought it was too high (surprise, surprise.) But most of the chatter about the property revolved around the […]