A time to be grateful, give thanks and share
At YoChicago we humbly and gratefully give thanks for the abundance we enjoy, and the liberty that enables us to enjoy it to the fullest.
We wi [...]
MLS-listed downtown rental listings down sharply year-over-year
A broker-tipster emailed us yesterday expressing skepticism about published apartment vacancy rates and stating that "the MLS rental inventory is [...]
Aerial views of new apartment construction
YoChicago took to the air last Wednesday with a goal of shooting a view of the new high-rise apartment projects underway in downtown Chicago. Our [...]
Chicago apartment deals
The grid below has links to building websites, near real-time rent and availability info, and summary descriptions of special offers to which addi [...]
YoChicago was airborne yesterday
Every so often we charter a helicopter and fly around the city taking shots of new construction, the skyline and whatever else grabs our attention [...]
MLS-listed north lakefront rentals, ups and downs
The number of homes, apartments and condos currently listed for rent in the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) stands at 729 in ZIP Codes 6061 [...]
Help wanted – Apartment customer service manager
This is something new for YoChicago – a help wanted posting from Planned Property Management, one of our advertisers.
We've been hearing a number [...]
For YoChicago, 2014 was a very good year
We've just finished crunching the numbers from our server logs for 2014.
We're pleased to report that YoChicago reached more than 753,000 uniq [...]
Chicago-area home prices up 3.8% year-over-year
According to the recently-released CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) report, home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 5.5 perc [...]
A holiday video card from Planned Property
Planned Property owns and manages 30 apartment buildings in prime River North, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park and Lakeview East locations.
Join us i [...]
Chicago’s foreclosure rate 4th highest among top 20 metro areas
RealtyTrac just released its US Foreclosure Market Report for November 2014, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions [...]
Chicago ranks 10th among large metro areas in home price appreciation
RealtyTrac just released its October 2014 Residential & Foreclosure Sales Report. According to the report:
… the median sales price of U.S. s [...]
YoChicago’s October, 2014 audience reach
According to our server logs, YoChicago reached nearly 94,700 unique visitors in October. That's a 10% decline from the more than 104,000 visitors we [...]
Chicago-area home prices continue to rise year-over-year
Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 5.6 percent in September 2014 compared to September 2013, according to the just-rele [...]
Available MLS-listed North Lakefront rentals on the rise
There were 946 homes, apartments and condos listed for rent in the local MLS yesterday in the six North Lakefront Zip Codes that we track: 60614, [...]
Where Chicago’s 25- to 34-year olds cluster
According to 2010 US Census data, 25- to 34-year olds accounted for 13.4% of the nation's population and 17.97% of the City of Chicago's. That tra [...]
Staying up to date on Chicago real estate
We began publishing reviews of Chicago's apartment buildings just about a year ago. The blistering pace of development since that time has resulte [...]
Chicago-area foreclosure rate continues to decline
Foreclosure rates in the Chicago area decreased for the month of August over the same period last year, according to newly released data from Core [...]
Have free rent offers slowed the for sale market?
More than a dozen real estate brokers have told me that the for-sale market slowed perceptibly and dramatically beginning several months ago. Non [...]
Millennials are not opting for cities
As he often does, Joel Kotkin looks past wishful thinking to the numbers:
It’s an idea echoed everywhere from “Friends” to “Girls”: Young pe [...]