This 3-bedroom Victorian at 2633 N. Central Park in Logan Square was in dire straits in November 2010. It was bank owned and the listing called it “not habitable.” It listing said it needed “to be rehabbed and brought back to life.” It had some of its vintage features including trim, original hardwood floors and […]
The biggest story of Chicago’s real estate market in 2011 appears to be the number of single family homes that are being bought, remodeled, and then re-listed at much higher prices such as this 4-bedroom home at 3122 N. Spaulding in Avondale. Built in 1888 on a standard 25×125 lot, the frame house had been […]
We last chattered about this 5-bedroom single family home at 3531 N. Bosworth in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in January 2011. We debated how much profit a seller could make who had been a long-term owner of a property (which we seldom see these days) as the seller of this house had owned it for 15 […]
We last chattered about this 6000 square foot new construction single family home at 2643 N. Magnolia in Lincoln Park a year ago. See our July 2010 chatter here. At that time, it was priced at $3.2 million. Many of you thought it was overpriced compared to what else was also available in Lincoln Park […]
Even though this 2-bedroom cottage at 3908 N. Paulina in Lakeview has been on and off the market for about 2 1/2 years, we actually haven’t chattered about it. Originally listed in February 2009, it has been reduced $117,900. The house has hardwood floors throughout the first level. The bedrooms are split, with one on […]
This 3-bedroom brick bungalow at 4820 N. Tripp in the Mayfair neighborhood of Albany Park has been on the market since January 2011. (sorry about the picture. I need to clean my car windows!) In that time it has been reduced $20,100. It was a foreclosure in 2009 and has since been rehabbed. The bungalow […]
Some of you may remember this property at 1824 W. Cuyler in North Center. Even though we didn’t chatter about it in a post, the then 2-flat was discussed in the comments section several times because it was a property on a standard Chicago lot of 25×120 listed for just $204,900 in what is considered […]
We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 1040 N. Wolcott in the East Village neighborhood of West Town several times over the last year. See our December 2010 chatter here. Since it was first listed in April 2010, the house has been reduced $105,000. Back in December 2010, when it was listed at $719,900, […]
We last chattered about this 5-bedroom vintage greystone at 4436 N. Paulina in Uptown in October 2010. See our prior chatter here. Much of the discussion centered on million dollar houses in Uptown. This house is located north of Montrose, which puts it squarely in west Uptown (as Gary pointed out in October- Ravenswood is […]
I missed the closing in the spring on this 3-bedroom cottage at 4947 W. Pensacola in Portage Park. We chattered about it several times. See our November 2010 chatter here. It was an estate sale. Most of you thought- just from looking at the pictures- that it would need extensive renovation. At least one of you […]