Andersonville

Nina’s Bed and Breakfast Opens in Andersonville

Nina's Bed and Breakfast September 13, 2010

A bed and breakfast in an Andersonville house I helped clients purchase last fall had its open house yesterday. Nina’s Bed and Breakfast, a women’s B&B, is located at 1303 W. Winona just a few blocks from the Andersonville commercial district and the Argyle Red Line Train Stop. Click to continue...

Andersonville house vs. condo sales

Click to see full chart June 20, 2010

Today a couple of my buyers had the inspection for the condo they are buying in Andersonville. When people ask me about the Andersonville real estate market it’s hard to answer them because there are so few sales in any given month. Click to continue...

Edgewater’s 60660 median condo price up 1%

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The median sales price of Edgewater condos in the 60660 zip code rose 1% in the last year compared to the previous year. The median price for Edgewater’s 60640 zip code to the south which includes Andersonville fell 9.4% for the same period. As shown by the dashed line, the median condo sales price for Click to continue...

Andersonville 3 bedroom condo prices

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Yesterday I showed 3 bedroom condos in the Andersonville neighborhood in Edgewater. The highest price any 3 bedroom condo in Andersonville has sold for in the past 6 months is $490,000. It was a 3 bedroom 3 bath duplex unit with a 2 car garage. The highest sale price for a 3 bedroom 2 bath simplex Click to continue...

Andersonville, Chicago now also known for great (lake) pizza!

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The other night I showed a house in Chicago’s popular north side neighborhood, Andersonville. Long known for its diversity, Andersonville is now also known as the home of “The Best Pizza”. Earlier this year GQ Magazine named the Mortadella Pie at Great Lake in Andersonville as #1 among “America’s 25 Best Pizzas.” I find the Click to continue...

Edgewater’s 60660 faring better for 2 bedroom 2 bath condos than 60640

August 21, 2009

Wednesday evening Mary Kaye and I advised a gentleman on what to do to get his 2 bedroom 2 bath Edgewater condo ready for market. Fortunately for him, his condo is in the 60660 zip code (Northern Edgewater as shown below) where median prices have held up better over the past 2 years than in Click to continue...

In search of FHA approved condos in Andersonville and Rogers Park

June 21, 2009

Yesterday I talked with a buyer at Caribou Coffee in Boystown. He’s interested in buying a condo in Andersonville or Rogers Park using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) financing. FHA mortgages allow down payments as low as 3.5%. Unlike houses, not all condos are FHA approved. In Andersonville and Rogers Park most condos aren’t FHA approved. Click to continue...

Andersonville Fun Places

February 28, 2007

The other night while watching the Oscars, I came across a video by Ian Sklarsky on fun places to go in Andersonville (neighborhood in the Edgewater area of Chicago) that I think is quite good. Just to be clear, the video wasn’t part of the Oscars. I was web surfing during the boring parts. Thank Click to continue...

2 Bedroom Condos in Edgewater

March 28, 2006

Today I showed a buyer 2 bedroom condos in the Rogers Park and Edgewater areas of Chicago and in the suburb of Oak Park. I won’t spend much time on the condos in Rogers Park since I wrote about Rogers Park on Friday. There were several nice choices. I was impressed by the sound proofing Click to continue...