Tag: Price reductions
$5 million – now that’s a price reduction
A Winnetka manse that I wrote about just yesterday, when it was on the market for $28 million, was reduced today to $23 million. It originally cam [...]
Stupid Realtor tricks: 23 $1,000 reductions in 42 days for a Graceland West Victorian
OK, everybody in class stare at the single-family at 4023 N Paulina St. It obviously wants our attention, so we'll give it some.
In May this 6,400 [...]
Rent or buy a Pumpkin’s pad
Today is the greatest...time to buy! Despite all his rage, Billy Corgan's home is still...oh, forget it.
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman has been tr [...]
Choice cuts: $6,000 to $310,000 off original prices at Walton on the Park
Hat tip to CribChatter for discovering a new round of price cuts at Walton on the Park, 2 W Delaware Pl.
The new prices, rolled out yesterday, are an [...]
Choice cuts: New reductions for six Wrightwood Crossing condos
Speaking of new construction in Lincoln Park and Eric Rojas, Eric just caught wind of new pricing at Wrightwood Crossing, the new 19-unit building a [...]
Mondial on the move
In the four months since @properties took over the marketing of Mondial, 910 W Huron St in River West, and cut prices on select condos by 10 to 30 per [...]
Quick cuts: $50,000 off in under two weeks at an upgraded Edgewater single-family
The single-family home at 1758 W Thorndale Ave in Edgewater went on the market for the first time in October 2009. Just nine months later, in July 2 [...]
Selling short: 34% off '04 sale price at Prairie District Tower in the South Loop
The property history for Prairie District Tower's unit 610 tells a tale of stops and starts. First it sold in 2004 for $380,000. In August 2009 it wen [...]
Chopping block: 36% off over 41 days at a Paramount loft
A one-bedroom loft at Paramount Lofts, 1645 W Ogden Ave on the Near West Side, has dropped in price from $169,000 to $109,000 since going on the mar [...]
Baer Lofts returning at lower prices
The unsold units at Baer Lofts in Bucktown have started creeping back onto the market -- a couple showed up on the MLS in June, another in July, and n [...]
Chopping block: $100,000 trimmed over 18 months at 3300 North Lake Shore condo
Unit 5C at 3300 North Lake Shore has been on the market since April 1, 2009. In the year and a half since, Realtor Mike Liska has adjusted the hom [...]
Chopping block: 25 percent off a vintage greystone in Hyde Park
This five-bedroom / four-bath greystone at 5116 S Woodlawn Ave in Hyde Park dropped to $899,000 last week, representing an overall price cut of alm [...]
Get "free equity" on a 757 Orleans purchase
"FREE EQUITY up to $6,000, only at 757 Orleans." Those bold, red words scream across the across a full-page ad in today's RedEye and an e-blast sitt [...]
@properties slashing prices at rebranded 770 Lofts in Greektown
Today Crain's dished on @properties' aggressive new sales campaign at 770 Lofts, the adapted-use development at 770 W Gladys Ave in Greektown once p [...]
Huge discounts for restored two- and three-bedroom condos at 433 Briar in Lake View
Seventeen fully restored two- and three-bedroom condos at 433 W Briar Pl in Lake View have returned to market at 32 percent below their old list price [...]
The king of the $1 reduction?
The weekend's almost here, and Realtors once again are vying for buyers' attention. After spending the morning searching for more stupid Realtor trick [...]
Optima offers 20-percent cuts on 20 units
Bob Russell/Rosenthal has lifted his fair share of news from YoChicago over the years, so I don't feel too bad about stealing one story from him in re [...]
The no-percent reduction: Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and five dollars off at Riverbend
Hey there, industrious Dream Town Realtor with the "dedication, knowledge, and willingness to go the extra mile" for clients -- is that 3,700 square [...]
Taking an axe to Lincoln Park prices: new reductions on one- to four-bedroom homes
Here are examples of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes in Lincoln Park that have recently seen significant* price reductions in the past w [...]
The annals of inconsequential price cuts: more examples of stupid Realtor tricks
This weekend Joe Z. pointed out the pettiness of minuscule price cuts, which have no purpose except to bump homes up to the top of a search for newly [...]