Crib Chatter

We’ve chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 2035 W. Hutchinson in North Center several times over the past few years as it went back to the bank in 2010 and then came back on the market. See our August 2011 chatter here. It was built during the Great Recession and never found an […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1738 N. Winchester in Bucktown was unofficially placed in the Crib Chatter Hall of Fame last year. See our September 2011 chatter here. Not only did it have one of the best listing descriptions in the history of Crib Chatter ( “IF YOU ARE READY TO ACT BUYER, BUCKLE UP […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home at 1275 N. Hermitage in Wicker Park in October 2011. See our prior chatter here. Some of you were concerned that the El was just a little too close for comfort. Others of you were obsessed by a picture of a naked man in one of […]

It’s common wisdom that those who bought property during the boom and are now trying to sell it are usually in for financial pain when doing so. But what about those who bought after the bust? (and I’m not talking about flippers/renovators who bought beaten down properties.) This 4-bedroom English Tudor at 6121 N. Forest […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 4332 N. Bell in North Center (as it’s just south of Montrose) just came on the market. I don’t have a picture of it yet but I thought I’d better cover it since it might get snapped up by a developer quickly. It is bank owned. It is listed […]

    I get lots of requests for houses in Historic Old Edgebrook, the quirky, and exclusive, neighborhood next to a golf course and forest preserve in Edgebrook. There is plenty of choice right now including this 4-bedroom colonial at 6312 N. Louise which just came on the market. Built in 1963, it has 2840 square feet […]

I know many of you are big Wildwood fans. This 4-bedroom house at 6924 N. Tonty in the Wildwood neighborhood of Forest Glen first came on the market in May 2010. In those 2 years, it has been reduced $191,900. The house was built in 1940 and is on an oversized lot of 45×151. For […]

This 4-bedroom vintage bungalow at 4050 N. Mango just came on the market in Portage Park. Built in 1921 on an oversized 33×125 lot, it is just 2 blocks from the park. It is an estate sale and being sold as is. The listing says there are hardwood floors under the carpets on the main […]

This 2-bedroom vintage cottage at 2421 N. New England in Montclare just came on the market. It is bank owned. The listing says it is “eligible under Freddie Mac First Look Initiative until 5/25/2012.” Built in 1916, it is just 835 square feet. There is no lot size listed but it has a big enough […]

  We last chattered about this 2-bedroom single family home at 1308 W. Addison in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in June 2009 when it was listed at $499,000. It sold just a few months later, in August 2009, for $470,000. See our prior chatter here. Most of you thought someone would be crazy to buy […]