Crib Chatter

  I’m not sure if this 5-bedroom single family home at 3300 S. Normal in Bridgeport is on or off the market. It looks like it might have been withdrawn yesterday. But it has been on and off the market since January 2008 so I’m still going to post about it. Built in 2006 on […]

This 4-bedroom contemporary single family home at 3028 N. Southport in Lakeview recently came on the market. Many of you might already know it as the listing says it is an AIA winner and has been featured in publications. Built in 2009, it’s on an irregular shaped lot but has one car parking (I can’t tell if […]

This 3-bedroom bungalow at 4437 N. Christiana in Albany Park came back on the market in June 2012, just 6 months after its last sale. It sold in January 2012 in an estate sale for just $140,000. The rehabber kept some of its original features like the fireplace and built-ins as well as stained glass which […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom Victorian single family home at 4446 N. Damen in Lincoln Square in February 2011. See our prior chatter here. It last sold “as-is” in October 2009 and the listing said it needed rehab. It came back on the market briefly in November 2010 and then came back for good […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 2054 N. Humboldt Boulevard in Logan Square recently came on the market. Built in 1912 it is on a larger than standard Chicago lot of 40×164. The lot is so big it has a rare side driveway from the street that leads to a 2-car brick garage. The house […]

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 […]