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Originally Posted by Kenmore
the thing with buying in chicago in january, especially lately...there's just not a lot of quality inventory, especially when a decent family sized property in a decent school district already starts at 400k+
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true. inventory was very low when we bought last winter, but we found a great property that's working great for our family, and because there were almost no other buyers in the market at the time, and because the property had been on market since july, we got it for $20,000 under list (and list was pretty effing reasonable, nothing outrageous or anything).
the catch: the brown line runs right down our alley, and some buyers simply won't even begin to entertain the notion of living
that close to the el. as a train nerd, i was ecstatic, but yes, the el is noisy and that fact will depress our home value if we ever go to sell it. since we're planning on long-hauling it here in lincoln square as we raise our kids over the next couple of decades, resale was a minor concern.