Crib Chatter

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 It was listed last fall and then withdrawn.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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

First off, the picture sucks (I know!). I didn’t realize how bad it was until hours later but by then I was in another neighborhood so we’re stuck with it for now. But if you’re looking for unique, this original Chicago firehouse at 1357 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park is it. The 2-flat has exposed brick and timber […]