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Investors cheer as rental market tightens
Good news for condo investors, bad news for renters: Condo investors are poised to do well by renting out their units as the rental market tightens in [...]
East meets West Ridge
West Rogers Park remains port of entry, but rising prices make docking more difficult
Leah Averick couldn't imagine living anywhere but her home of [...]
Apartment toolbox: reasons for renters insurance
For most, the path to being all grown up eventually includes buying a home. But the giant step between renting and owning is crowded with little baby [...]
Right bank doesn't know what left is doing at new apartment tower
It's your own little slice of Paris right here in Chicago. Just in time for the rental market rebound, Fifield Companies is wrapping up constructi [...]
Nearly 75% of South Side subsidized units in jeapordy
At the same time that public housing is being dismantled and the cost of renting and buying is on the rise, nearly 75 percent of the 12,400 low-income [...]
The first-time buyer: the Peter Pan complex
A little over a year ago I decided it was time to start the mental preparation necessary for buying my first home. I use the term 'mental preparation' [...]
The first-time buyer: signing the contract (well, round one, anyway)
I've just signed the offer to purchase my first home and now I'm staring blankly at my computer screen, feeling like I'm standing at a precipice, and [...]
Tales from the rental front: leaving the roommates behind
When Lisa shifted from always living with roommates to renting an apartment on her own, she discovered the ups and downs of having the space all to he [...]
Why own when you can rent?
Brokers have had an extremely effective sales pitch for first-time buyers for more than a decade now, as interest rates have remained at historic lows [...]
Bronzeville's Hansberry Square breaks new ground
This morning, Yo attended the ground-breaking ceremony for Hansberry Square, a 238-unit phase of Legends South, Bronzeville's massive new mixed-incom [...]
Chicago rent barometer: apartments for under $2,000
Looking for a Chicago apartment for less than $2,000 a month? If you're willing to sign a two-year lease you might be tempted by the one-bedroom at 10 [...]
Suite dreams
Buyers have high hopes, little experience with new housing hybrid
Businessman Steve Snyder bought two hotel condos at the Solis Chicago Condominium [...]
South Side resurgence
New housing stirs hope and some fears in Woodlawn, Washington Park
New condo developments vie for buyers' attention on three of the four corners at [...]
Chicago rent barometer: apartments for under $1,000
If you want to live someplace like the Gold Coast, that $1,000 isn't going to get you much. The Homestead Group is renting studios on the corner of La [...]
Chicago rent barometer: apartments for under $600
What exactly can $600 rent you these days? For those willing to put their bed and table in the same room and live in a studio, the choice of neighbo [...]
East vs. West: the $700 apartment
What does $700 get you in a Chicago apartment? On craigslist, it gets you this one-bedroom at 1414 N Lawler Ave (above) in the heart of North Austin [...]
Help these kids find an apartment
They're looking to move into a 3-bedroom in Lincoln Park or DePaul. More info at Twentysometings - Back from college, a YoChicago first-person jour [...]
What can you rent for around $600 in Chicago?
This week, Yo found an apartment building (shown below) in Uptown with studios renting from $496 to $616 a month.
Studios in this Edgewater buildi [...]
Chicago's biggest condo conversion boom since '70s offers better variety, product
On a typical day at the sales office for The Park Millennium, a condo conversion project on the New East Side, a guide takes four or five potential bu [...]
The ins and outs of online apartment hunting
Can anyone even remember how we made decisions on hotels, airline tickets, or restaurants without comparing prices and reviews online? Apartment hunti [...]