Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom duplex down at 1122 W. Diversey in Lakeview just came on the market but if it looks familiar that’s because we chattered about it last September. If you recall, this duplex down was purchased in July 2014 and put on the market just 13 months later, “renovated” and listed for 42% more than […]

This 3-bedroom at 1241 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. But if it looks familiar, that’s because it recently sold at the end of May. The new listing says it has been “totally remodeled” but doesn’t say what was done. The unit has dark hardwood floors and a stone […]

This 1-bedroom at 1550 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2014. But it had previously sold just two months before, in September. It has come back on the market as “brand new.” There are new dark hardwood floors. The bathroom has been renovated. There’s also a completely new, […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 820 W. Wolfram in Lakeview just came on the market. The 6-unit complex was built in 1979 and appears to be fee simple (which means the units do NOT pay assessments.) From prior listings in the complex, it appears they are all 3 bedroom, 2 bath units of 1530 square feet. This unit was […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom duplex at 39 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast in early July 2013. See our previous chatter here. But we had chattered about it several times before that, as it was a short sale and then was bank owned before being renovated and coming back on the market this […]

We’ve chattered about this 1-bedroom at 40 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast before. See our May 2011 chatter here. Back then, the unit was listed as a short sale and had carpeting and what looked to be original finishes in the kitchen and bath. It eventually went back to the bank which then sold it […]

This 3-bedroom Victorian at 1836 N. Lincoln Park West in Old Town recently came on the market. Built in 1876 for Charles Wacker on a smaller than average Chicago lot of 28×110, it has a 1-car garage and a brick patio in the backyard. The listing says it has been “restored to perfection” yet many of its […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom duplex up at 39 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast in February 2013. See our prior chatter here. Back then, it was bank owned after being on the market before that as a short sale. It also was a 2-bedroom with a family room and now it is simply […]

We’ve chattered about this 6400 square foot penthouse apartment in the Park Millennium Condos at 6 N. Michigan across from Millennium Park in the Loop several times over the past year. It was owned by the developer and in late December 2012 it finally sold for just $1.9 million. Originally listed for $4.5 million, I asked if […]

We chattered about this Fannie Mae-owned 3-bedroom townhouse at 642 N. Armour in West Town several times last year. See our November 2012 chatter here. Back then, it was listed for $309,000 but most of you thought, given its condition and the neighborhood, that it would sell in the low $200,000s. Most of you thought […]