Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home on a double lot at 3625 N. Springfield in the historic Villa neighborhood of Irving Park several times. See our June 2012 chatter here. Last June, after it had reduced to $899,900, some of you thought it should list anywhere from $750,000 to the lower $800,000s in order […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3929 N. Tripp in Old Irving Park has been on the market for 2 years. It is a short sale. This was new construction. The listing says it was built in 2005. There are no interior pictures of the house. The listing says there is a full basement and […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home at 6924 N. Tonty in the Wildwood neighborhood of Forest Glen in May 2012. See our prior chatter here. We had a lively discussion on whether this part of the city is really “the city”. As far as the house goes, several of you had been in […]

If you’re looking for a single family home in the historic Lakewood Balmoral district in Andersonville, you’re not in much luck right now. This 5-bedroom home at 5457 N. Wayne is one of just 2 houses currently available. Built on a 29×123 corner lot, it has features that buyers look for including four of the […]

We’ve seen a few Lakeview houses sell in the past year for over $3 million (most notoriously the house bought by the new Cubs GM in Southport) but there haven’t been many on the market over $3 million in East Lakeview like this new construction house at 550 W. Oakdale. The 7000 square foot house […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 4133 N. Kilbourn in the Irving Park neighborhood recently came on the market. Built in 1924 on a 25×126 lot, it has things buyers look for including central air and a 2-car garage. It also has some unique features such as arched doorways on the main level. The kitchen […]

Thanks to those who pointed out that this 5-bedroom tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash had finally sold. I had been tracking it for awhile but it was taking forever to close so it slipped from my “watch” list. (It took 7 months to finally close.) We’ve chattered about this house several times over the […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1431 W. Oakdale in Lakeview has been on and off the market for 3 years. Since June 2009, it has been reduced $274,000 to $925,000. Built in 1999 on a 24.8×123.8 lot, the listing says it is in the Burley school district. The listing also says it has a […]

I normally don’t like to chatter about properties that have already gone under contract, but in some cases, to get a gauge of the market, I’ll do so. This 4-bedroom vintage bungalow at 2680 W. Eastwood in the Ravenswood Gardens neighborhood of Lincoln Square (near the Rockwell Crossing El stop) came on the market just […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 9046 S. Hamilton in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of  Beverly came on the market in June 2012. Yes, it’s actually called “Beverly Hills” and the neighborhood has lovely signs telling you so. Built in 1924 on an oversized lot of 52×133, the listing calls the architecture style “English”. It […]