With fall semester right around the corner, Northwestern students are finalizing plans for housing. With rents rising and condo prices at their lowest in years, students and their parents are finding that after all the figures are done, buying could be the right choice. This article in the Chicago Tribune looks at buying vs renting in university neighborhoods in the city and Evanston.

Just a few blocks from the Evanston campus, Grand Bend at Green Bay condominiums has right-priced 1-bedrooms from the $170s and 2-bedroom condos starting in the $250s. A sound investment – as your student’s investment will be in a Northwestern University education.

Watch this video where Andy Kiener of Grand Bend at Green Bay visits the campus and lakefront.