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Maggot-mashing 101: A guide to renting in the South Loop
There are 1,000s of ads on Craigslist for South Loop apartments, most of them touting the fewer than a dozen major apartment complexes in the South [...]
Rent check: New condos renting for $2,200 and up at The Legacy on Millennium Park
Buyers at The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St, aren't having any luck flipping their new units, but you can't say they haven't tried. Take t [...]
What to expect when renting a condo
If you've never rented a condo before you might be in for a series of rude shocks: unexpected delays, hefty fees, gotcha pet policies – even a visit [...]
Quote of the day: renting as a "stealth stimulus"
People's increasing willingness to abandon their own piece of America illustrates a paradoxical change wrought by the housing bust: Even as it tarnish [...]
Renting Rahm's residence
Woe to the tenant who's late with the rent check at this house. The Tribune reports that Rahm Emanuel has rented out his 2,719 square-foot home in Lak [...]
Buying and renting in Boys Town
"You would think that everybody's priced out of Boys Town, but the neighborhood is still home to a lot of affordable apartments," @properties agent [...]
The most important thing: Renting to own in Rogers Park
A few years ago there was a lot of development here, conversions. Some buildings were fully gutted with new electrical and plumbing, others, with the [...]
Roosevelt Collection – "Now renting"
It's official folks. I just checked the Roosevelt Collection Web site after seeing a comment that a buyer had received his termination letter.
The de [...]
Agent: renting more flexible, cost effective
A Crain's article last week about The Streeter, a high-rise at 345 E Ohio St that sold for nearly $212 million, suggested that amid falling condo sale [...]
Ripped from the headlines: cost of renting vs. owning on the rise in Chicago
Gap between rent and home payments narrows Crain's
New plan for Farwell Building Trib
NJ firm plans condo tower in Hyde Park Crain's
"Endangered" [...]
Chicagoland wages lag cost of renting for many
The media has been obsessed with talk of foreclosures and the travails of homeowners as the housing market cools, but it's no cakewalk for renters eit [...]
New homes from Jacobs make parenting a breeze
If you guessed this photo was of the cloakroom at a local grade school and not part of a new single-family house, you might be forgiven. To cut down o [...]
Renting in New York not as outrageous as Chicago likes to believe
Today being the 5th of the month, the absolute last day we can pay June rent without getting hit with a late fee, we couldn't help but feel the pinch [...]
Joys of Illinois renting, from illegal evictions to security deposit snafus
Nearly one in 11 Illinois renters surveyed (of which, almost half made less than $10,000 per year - thanks Joe) was threatened by a landlord with havi [...]
The highs and lows of renting in Chinatown
When Tina first moved from Hyde Park to Chinatown to live with her sister and save money on rent, she had nothing but positive things to say about the [...]
The highs and lows of renting in Lincoln Park
If Lincoln Park seems to have it all in terms of proximity to the lake and downtown, loads of cool shops and restaurants, and even a free zoo, it also [...]
Renting above Chicago bars: unit open at The Vu
For hardcore club-goers in the rental market, an apartment is available above Deja Vu in Lincoln Park. It's an attractive Victorian building, with t [...]
Renting above a Chicago restaurant: deliciously good or unsavory?
Yo recently noticed a few "For Rent" signs for apartments located above restaurants on Clark Street, like P.S. Bangkok, above.
Living in an apartme [...]
Renting at the high end
Chicago rents don't approach the $100K and up a month that you'll find in Manhattan, or even the $60K that's not uncommon in LA.
To catch up on the l [...]
Video tours of short-term furnished apartments at three Streeterville towers
If you're relocating to Chicago, renting a short-term furnished apartment is a great alternative to a sight-unseen rental or a high-pressure apart [...]