Tag: Price reductions
Price chop means no profit for Vetro auction buyer
In early 2009 the auction at Vetro, 611 S Wells St, was much anticipated and then much commented on. The expectation was that it would and did set mar [...]
Prices slashed on new Grand Crossing homes
Half a dozen new scattered site homes just east of the Skyway in the Grand Crossing neighborhood have seen their prices slashed about 25%.
The [...]
Price chops of over $800K on ParkView penthouse
In April of last year Unit 4701 at the ParkView Condominium, 505 N McClurg Ct in Streeterville, was listed at $1,681,500. It was reduced to $1.3M [...]
No signs of progress at Marquette Village in Marquette Park
I revisited Marquette Village and a part of the Marquette Park neighborhood yesterday.
The development, which was originally planned for 139 h [...]
Stupid Realtor tricks, pricing games variety
The newly-built home at 2448 W Cullom Ave in the fictional "south Ravenswood Manor" has more than 70 entries, beginning in May of 2006, in its lis [...]
Why a builder bought at Grand Bend in Evanston
After 35 years in the same home in a nearby community Doug and Elsa had a very specific set of requirements for the condo they were looking to pur [...]
One Museum Park West less than one-quarter closed
In March we wondered whether spring would bring a thaw to sales at One Museum Park, and speculated that the west tower was less than 50% sold.
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Reduced prices, upgraded finishes at West Loop’s Van Buren Lofts
If you've been around downtown Chicago recently you've probably seen a black-and-white English bulldog barking about a "bloody great deal" and "de [...]
A bloody great view from a West Loop loft rooftop
A new developer has taken over the remaining units at Van Buren Lofts, 1224 W Van Buren in Chicago's West Loop, slashed prices and sharply upgrade [...]
The price goes down, the price goes up, Lake Forest home doesn’t sell
A Lake Forest home has undergone multiple price ups and downs in its nearly 3-year tenure in the MLS. We first began tracking it as new constructi [...]
$40K price drops at 755 North Paulina
We first wrote about the 12-unit development at 755 North Paulina back in December of 2008 and January of 2009, noting that construction was compl [...]
A Wright home in Glencoe for $550K
The Ravine Bluffs subdivision in Glencoe is home to half a dozen homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It also hosts a Wright-designed bridge and [...]
Free parking and decorating dollars at The Columbian
The Columbian, which touts itself as "the best deal on Michigan Avenue" is advertising free parking and up to $20,000 in "decorating dollars" on i [...]
HomePath – 43% price drop at The Heritage
Unit 2512, a 2-bedroom, 2-bath at The Heritage at Millennium Park, sold new for $650,000 in July of 2008. After a foreclosure and a series of pric [...]
New models, prices drawing location-conscious buyers to Trio
"Seventy-five percent of the people purchasing from us are doing so because they like the walk-to-work, jump-on-an-El or get-right-on-the-expressw [...]
A short walk from downtown Evanston and the Farmers Market
Laura Doherty's voice and banjo accompaniment provide a charming introduction to Evanston's popular Farmers Market, which is open every Saturday f [...]
3 beds, 3 baths, bonus room in the steeple
A 3-bedroom, 3-bath condo in a former church in University Village is being sold "as is," and it looks like you might need a ladder to get to that [...]
The curious case of the Kenwood condo
Unit 1B at 5052 S Woodlawn Ave in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood has been on and off the market for just over a year. A month ago the asking price [...]
An Austin 3-flat and an Oak Park 4-flat
In-house tipster Eric just alerted me to a price drop on a classic Austin 3-flat 916 S Austin Blvd.
The investor-oriented property, which needs [...]
A bloody great deal in the West Loop
"Bloody great deal" is the attention-grabbing headline at the new Web site for the relaunched Van Buren Lofts, 1224 W Van Buren.
One has to ho [...]