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 the following in 2011:
“Spent $150 for a full FHA inspection. The home is riddled with termites and crumbling. Minimum $200k to save and rehab. The seller will take $300k if you’re up for it.”
The bank has now taken it back, nearly 3 years after the lis pendens foreclosure was filed.
It was listed as a short sale for $339,000 in June 2011.
It just came back on the market (same realtor as the prior listings) for $359,500.
It is a Fannie Mae Homepath property. A HomePath Renovation Mortgage is available. There is also a 15 day first look for owner occupants- so you can’t complain that the developers/rehabbers are getting them all.
You only need 3% down.
There are now interior pictures.
If you recall, the house was built in 1890 and is on a 33.3×110 lot.
There is no central air but there is a side drive with some parking.
3 out of the 4 bedrooms are on the second floor and the fourth is on the main floor.
Back in 2010 and 2011, some of you thought it had to sell for under $200,000 to make any rehab a viable option.
What do you all think of the price now?
Will this house finally sell in 2012?
Kirby Pearson at Pearson Realty Group still has the listing. See the pictures here (finally with interior pics).
1234 N. Marion Ct.: 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 1 car parking on side drive, 1992 square feet
- Sold before 1985
- Originally listed in October 2005 for $749,900
- Reduced several times
- Lis pendens foreclosure filed in August 2009
- Reduced in March 2010 to $399,999
- Reduced
- Was listed in September 2010 at $375,000
- Reduced
- Was listed in June 2011 for $339,000
- Bank owned in July 2012
- Re-listed as a Fannie Mae Homepath property at $359,500
- Taxes now $9221 (they were $7241 in September 2010)
- No central air
- Bedroom #1: 13×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 15×8 (main floor)
- Bedroom #3: 17×15 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 10×10 (second floor)
With as hot as that stretch of division ave has become, this will be a good investment for someone. The price probably needs to come down not up for that to happen however.
Was discussing this one with a client the other day. It’s priced at land value. The house is not architecturally interesting enough to rehab. If you can put the garage far enough in the front then you can take advantage of the extra lot square footage.
I want to say that this house was on HGTV for a renovation, but the buyers didn’t pick it…
I don’t think this will be an owner occupied home, it looks all moldy and messed up, not sure how it passed the homepath stuff.
This is only worth lot value
What I like about this home is that it’s move-in condition. Looks perfect inside, with nothing to be done. I’m very surprised it didn’t sell at $750K, but I’ll bid $400K now just to be sure no one outbids me.
“I want to say that this house was on HGTV for a renovation, but the buyers didn’t pick it…”
Yes. This was mentioned in the 2010 thread.
toured it on Tues. this address needs more than love and money to save. it needs a bulldozer.
Toured this house over the weekend. No question it is a bulldozer property or major gut rehab. Nothing inside is worth saving. A major downside of lots on N Marion is there is no back street / alley access for a garage. The side alley on this property is so small it is questionable whether you could even open your car doors once in the alley. Leaky roof would need replacement, all wood framing replaced, uneven floor joists need to be scrapped. Basement headroom too low for basement to be of use. Would need to be priced under $200k to be investment worthy.
agreed, regarding the no alleyway issue – also the property backs up directly against a dodgy stretch of Wolcott with a fair share of crime.
Closed for $385k. Went for over the list of $355k. Curious to see what the owners will do with it.
Thanks for the update B. I’ll be interested to see what happens as well.
torn down and replaced with a Rodkin-featured property:
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/it-hits-market/glass-act-wicker-park
It was sold as a tear down, right?
Someone in another post on it said it had been scraped sometime in ’13.
Looks awesome.
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1234-N-Marion-Ct-60622/home/14108534