Tag: Rentals
Downtown rental count dips as May approaches; inventory down 33% year-over-year
The number of homes listed for rent through the MLS in the 14 downtown ZIP codes grew slightly in late March, but dipped again this week as renter [...]
Rental deal of the day – Lake View alcove studios from $840
Can't decide between Chicago's Lincoln Park and Lake View neighborhoods? The 14-story high-rise at 350 W Oakdale Ave in Lake View is a few short b [...]
JAB Real Estate takes the lead in cleaning up Craigslist
Anyone who’s searched for a Chicago apartment within the past year knows that the apartment locator servicees have trashed Craigslist with many thousa [...]
Rental deal of the day: An updated 2/1 in West Rogers Park, priced at $1,050
Today's rental deal of the day from Chicago Rentals Direct is one of their newest listings: an updated two-bedroom / one-bath at 6104 N Rockwell St in [...]
$1,500 a month for a two-bedroom near Bell School
The Alexander Graham Bell School in St Ben's is one of the city's most desirable grade schools; among boundary-area schools, only Lincoln ranked h [...]
Breaking news – Mondial sold to Waterton
Earlier this afternoon I spoke to a representative of Waterton Residential who confirmed a rumor I’d heard this morning that Waterton had acquired [...]
Construction checkup: Making way for new apartments in Old Town
Last week Curbed's Mark Boyer caught up with JDL Development prez Jim Letchinger, to get the latest on 1233 North Wells, a new 16-story, 250-unit [...]
Rental watch: 2 homes for $2,000
The median price for a downtown home listed for rent on the MLS is holding steady at $2,000 a month. In the past seven days, two condos, both in the S [...]
Don’t like Orchard Village’s prices? Make them an offer
The featured ad at Apartments.com
for Aurora's Orchard Village says "Don't like our prices? Make us an offer."
The analysts tell us that the r [...]
The highest outdoor pool in the Gold Coast
It’s no secret that YoChicago loves video – in part because it’s one of the services we offer to advertisers, but mostly because we think it’s the [...]
One South Halsted presentation scheduled for Wednesday
West Loopers can get the scoop on F&F Realty's One South Halsted proposal during a community meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Alderman Wal [...]
Where are YoChicago readers looking to rent?
It was John Battelle who first tagged the information gathered by Google search as a “database of intentions,” and it seems an apt meme.
Here, [...]
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Rogers Park gets a LEED Silver building
Cleaning out the Yo inbox is like digging in between sofa cushions -- all sorts of goodies can fall beneath the cracks. Take, for example, the announc [...]
Rental watch: Fresh offers in 60654
The number of downtown condos, townhomes, and single-families listed for rent through the MLS has been back up above 1,000 for the past couple of wee [...]
YoChicago’s new at-a-glance list of downtown and Lincoln Park apartments
Chicago’s apartment rental services / locators / finders (bedbugs) work diligently to make you believe that finding an apartment in Chicago is a d [...]
Most-viewed posts in the last 30 days
What Yo readers have been reading the most? According to Google Analytics, the five items that were visited most often during the last 30 days wer [...]
Twenty-five things the rental services won’t tell you
The slick-looking Web sites for apartment rental / locator / finder services tell you that you’ve arrived at Chicago’s premier FREE rental service [...]
Rare Kenilworth rental at $1,000 a month
Have you been longing to ditch your basement apartment in Uptown for an address in tiny, tony Kenilworth but thought you’d never be able to afford [...]
Yelping about heating cost disclosure
All of YoChicago’s rental Guides link to Yelp reviews of buildings and landlords where they’re available, but those reviews aren’t the only useful inf [...]
Apartment rental bedbugs – Yo’s do-not-call list
Note: Consult the 2014 version of our do-not-call list.
New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist ads into believing th [...]