Chicago Rent Bumps

Deep dish pizza, amazing summers, luxury buildings for cheap, super HAWT big 10 girls, nightlife that is like almost 70% as good as a tier 1 city, Chicago is paradise

Damn dude, where the hell are you living so I can stay clear haha. I just resigned in the South Loop, luxury high-rise, yadda yadda, and it was only about 10%. Still remember the crazy fucking deal I was able to get when I moved from NYC in March 2020…

Also experiencing a 30% rent bump for low quality product. Lived here for a year due to cheap rent…not so cheap anymore.

Probably the most tuned into the market currently.

I live in Chicago (west loop) and have been actively looking at commercial and residential.

Over the last 5 weeks there’s been a crazy bump of 30-50% pricing increase as well as the missing phantom bonus of free month(s) rent.

Average pricing being $1,700 (low) to $2,300ish (average) in areas like Logan and wicker park for those who want numbers, they’re not even rehabbed, and if they are it’s tacky.

After actively looking and collecting data points, there’s a shortage in the supply chain here especially for mid-range pricing and 1-2 bedrooms. I’m thinking this is due to people moving from lower tier cities in the Midwest to here.

There’s “some” value to be gained I’ve noticed in studios if you can go small ($1,000) and 3+ bedrooms if you got the budget and get crafty ($2,900+) if it helps anyone.

For commentary though, with prices being now LA almost, why would you stay here?

What were one-bedrooms before COVID, during COVID, and now?

Let’s go Brandon

Lakeshore East, area around Grant Park, South Loop all seeing 25-40% increase in rent for managed apartment buildings. Haven’t heard much about condos, but don’t see much complaining there so guessing it isn’t that bad.

I was surprised when I just checked but rent for my unit hasn't moved since last year. No more free month, but base rate has actually come down a bit. I'm in a luxury high-rise 1-bed in river north in the ~$3K range.

Rent went up 25%+, luxury studio in river north. Fuck me

15% bump for me, one bedroom. 

Short term leases are insane right now. I have been getting some quotes for a studio going at 6k. Just signed a studio for 2.4k unfurnished and think its a good deal. 

Honestly not really sure how Chicago apartments are getting away with charging these kinds of rents. Entire high rises filled with $3k per month one bedrooms? In my building 2 bedrooms start at like $5,000? I’m just not sure who’s filling that on the demand side.
 

I guess maybe the market to buy has been dried up so long that people are just riding it out in rentals? I always thought the fact $500k - $800k could buy you a nice place in Lincoln Park/Wicker Park/Lakeview kept a lid on these silly rents, but maybe that’s no longer the case.

It’s because noobs move to metro cities think #highriselife is the only way when they come here but fail to realize that Chicago isn’t a high rise kind of city. So they dish out $$$ to live in one.

You’re significantly better off in neighborhood and non-high rise buildings here.

Not just because of better pricing but overall quality of life.

You get subpar amenities, cheap/ugly materials used in the development building because the bar isn’t very high here for that, small floor plans and poor noise control. Also you get the fun factor of the high rise building management team telling you what you can and can’t do.

Sebastian junger in his book “Tribe” talk a lot about the psychological ramifications of living outside a community too and secluding yourself to a mid-rise high-rise environment vs living in a real community. Depression all day long.