Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1926 W. Potomac in Wicker Park came on the market a year ago- in July 2010. It has been reduced $20,000 in that time. It is now listed $100,100 under the 2006 purchase price. Built in 1990, the house has 2564 square feet on a 24×132 lot. All 3 bedrooms […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom vintage colonial at 2100 W. Pratt Boulevard in West Ridge in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the house was listed for $2.45 million. Most of you were skeptical that it would sell anywhere near that. The more common “guess” was around $1.7 million. The […]

This 2-bedroom single family home at 3745 N. Seminary in the shadow of Wrigley Field in Lakeview recently came on the market listed at $499,000. While it is marketed as a single family home, it appears to be two units as the listing touts the “english garden level in-law apartment.” It also appears that there […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom vintage bungalow at 2600 W. Wilson in Ravenswood Gardens in February 2011. See our prior chatter here. The house was no “ordinary” bungalow as it was built on an oversized 45×120 lot in 1920. The interior was transformed by the original owner, an electrician and organist for the Balaban & […]

For those of you who are contemporary lovers, this Studio Dwell designed 4-bedroom single family home at 915 N. Wolcott in the East Village neighborhood of West Town has been on the market since April 2011. It has been reduced $200,000 in that time. At 4700 square feet, it has the modern aesthetic found in […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home with a coach house at 2245 N. Greenview in Lincoln Park in November 2010. See our November 2010 chatter here. Since that time, it has been reduced another $100,000 and is now listed at $1.195 million. If you recall, the house was built in 1989 on […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 2331 N. Spaulding in Logan Square recently came on the market. While the house is only 1000 square feet, it is built on an oversized 25×142 lot and has a 2-car garage. The house has hardwood floors throughout and the listing says the bathroom has been newly remodeled. The kitchen has […]

We last chattered about this vintage 4-bedroom greystone at 932 W. Wolfram in Lakeview in April 2011. See our April 2011 chatter here. At that time, it had been listed on and off for over 2 years and had been reduced $340,000. It was listed $75,000 under the 2006 purchase price. The house finally recently sold […]

This 3-bedroom Shepherd’s Cottage at 2233 W. Homer in Bucktown just came on the market. Built in 1878, the brick single family home is part of a group of Shepherd’s Cottages on this street. While the house has some of its vintage features it also sports a newer kitchen and baths. The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter […]

This 3-bedroom Georgian at 5824 N. Drake in the Peterson Park neighborhood of North Park has been on the market since December 2010. It is bank owned. Built in 1941 on a 30×125 lot, the condition of the property doesn’t sound so great from the listing: “Condition requires cash or 20% D. P. Conventional offers […]