Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom single family home at 5455 S. Ridgewood Court in Hyde Park came on the market in May 2011. The listing says it was built in 1865. Wouldn’t that make it one of Chicago’s oldest houses? Built on an oversized 50×76 lot, it also has a rare side driveway with a 1-car garage. Other […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom Victorian worker’s cottage at 1848 W. Cortland in Bucktown in May 2011. See our May chatter here. While that was a rousing discussion about yuppies and CPS, with the Groove amazed that anyone would pay $500,000 for an older frame house in Bucktown, at least one of you got it […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom “Wicker Park Historic Landmark Greystone” at 2155 W. Caton in  Bucktown in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the “rarely available” house was listed at $1.15 million, or well over the 2009 purchase price of $881,500. Many of you thought, given the pictures and nearby […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom vintage tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in Sauganash in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the house was listed at $725,000 and most of you thought that was way too high even for a neighborhood where home prices are in no way “low”. It has […]

We last chattered about this new construction 5-bedroom single family home at 3251 N. Lakewood in Lakeview in December 2010. See our prior chatter here. In December, many of you loved Jennifer Ames’ pictures of the property but thought it was overpriced above $2 million. Since that last chatter, it has been reduced another $130,000 […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 3352 N. Marshfield in Lakeview in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the house was listed at $499,000 and most of you were shocked by the price. The house was reduced $30,000 in May, but, so far, there haven’t been any […]

We last chattered about this rehabbed 4-bedroom bungalow at 4701 N. Whipple in Albany Park in April 2011. See our prior chatter here. The house was a prior foreclosure. Most of you were uninspired by the rehab and the $350,000 list price. Homedelete commented: “no one in the history of this property has ever paid […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 6136 N. Lenox in Edgebrook in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. It was a short sale and was listed at $430,000. Since that time, it has been reduced another $50,000 to $380,000 and the listing says you can “close fast” as the […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom Victorian single family home at 2522 N. Rockwell in Logan Square in April 2011. See our prior chatter here. It became a heated discussion as to prices people would be willing to pay for a single family home in Logan Square versus a “nicer” neighborhood in the city. Some of you thought this […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 4230 N. Marine Drive in Uptown has been on the market for 2 years. In that time, it has been reduced $1.295 million. Built in 1930, the Georgian 2-story house is on an oversized corner lot that measures 75×109. The house is one of the rare properties that faces […]