The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.52% from 6.48% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Despite the increase, the average rate remains below 6.84%, where it was a year ago.

As costs to rent apartments continue to climb, especially in Chicago, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation banning many hidden charges, such as move-in fees, from leases.

When Google opens its new Midwest headquarters at the James R. Thompson Center late next year, brokers and developers say it could kick off a wave of redevelopment.

As a lifelong public transit rider, Charlie Clerk is no stranger to the age-old dilemma his social media account satirizes: being late for the train.

This four-bedroom, fully furnished penthouse has a private elevator, Armani/Casa wall coverings and east- and west-facing terraces.

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday and both institutional and retail investors are expected to gobble up the 555.6 million shares going up for sale at $135 apiece. Musk, already the world’s richest man, could become its first trillionaire.

The CTA temporarily suspended Pink Line service between Polk and The Loop due to signal outages near the Ashland station.

Mayor Mamdani reiterated his support for a ban on carriage horses in Central Park Wednesday, just hours after a horse collapsed and died in the park at W. 72nd St. and West Drive Tuesday evening — and as a bill on the controversial issue heads back to the City Council.