Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3721 N. Racine in Lakeview has been on the market since February 2012. It’s a short sale and has been reduced about $100,000 to $500,000 in that time. Built in 1904 on a smaller than standard lot of 25×58, it has 1-car parking which appears to be a pull-in […]

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 3625 N. Springfield in The Villa neighborhood of Irving Park several times before. See our December 2011 chatter here. Originally listed at $1.2 million, we chattered about whether a house could really sell for over a million in The Villa which is filled with smaller bungalow […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1943 W. Roscoe in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of North Center recently came on the market. It was built in 1999 on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125. It has the features buyers look for including central air and a 2-car garage. Three of the four bedrooms are on […]

We’ve been chattering about this 3-bedroom single family home at 1911 W. Berenice in North Center since November 2011. See our last chatter in May 2011 here. It recently did a drama price reduction of $40,000 and has now been reduced $96,000 to $449,000. In May, some of you thought this had to go under […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian at 4502 N. Kildare in the Mayfair neighborhood of Irving Park just came on the market. Built in 1906 on an extra wide lot of 45×145, it has a 2.5 car garage. Many of its vintage features remain including a wood staircase and stained glass window and a built-in hutch in the […]

A half a million dollars doesn’t get you much in the prime neighborhoods these days (even after the bust) but you can still get a house with a yard like this 3-bedroom cottage at 1738 W. Newport in Lakeview. This is far west Lakeview (does North Center start at Ravenswood?) and is NOT on the […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom greystone at 1944 W. Farragut in Bowmanville in February 2012. See our prior chatter here. Originally listed for $1.349 million in May 2011, you all chimed in as to whether the Bowmanville neighborhood, which is part of Lincoln Square, could command that high of a price. The consensus was: “no” […]

  Unlike most other neighborhoods, there’s actually quite a lot on the market in the Historic Old Edgebrook neighborhood of Forest Glen. This 4-bedroom colonial revival at 6270 N. Louise came on the market in April 2012. Built in 1924, it has many of its original details including a wood burning fireplace, french doors and […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 3902 N. Central Park in the Independence Park neighborhood of Irving Park in November 2011. See our chatter here. Most of you were shocked at the 2006 sale price of $850,000 and thought the sales history clearly showed the Chicago housing bubble in action. Since […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 2240 W. Barry in North Center came on the market in April 2012. It has a rare feature for a city home: 4 car parking. Apparently, the garage is huge and can fit 4 cars (with two being tandem.) The house was built in 1891 on a standard 25×125 […]