Finding a place to live in Rochester
Short Term Rental or Hotels
Since Rochester is about an hour from Buffalo, Syracuse, and Corning, it's not a bad place to stay for a few months if you are looking for a job in Central or Western NY. Rochester has a lot of 'extended stay' hotels, and other options. Some landlords (such as Pleasant Park Properties) are willing to offer short-term stay rentals in some situations. Belmont Suites is a locally owned company that offers short term and furnished apartments. They are pet friendly and accept all major credit cards.
Apartment Rental
Because Rochester has a lot of housing opening up as factory jobs move out, most who want to buy a house these days can find a bank willing to make a deal. Add to that the large college population (both students, and TA's, adjunct faculty, and advisors), and you have a city with all levels of apartments available pretty much year round. See also: Apartments, Renting, and Student Housing.
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http://propertysourceonline.com/Monroe/ForRent.aspx Local Rentals direct from the MLS
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Newdigs - Newdigs is a map-based apartment site with media-rich listings. (There is no limit on the number of photos or amount of info landlords can upload.)
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Rent Rochester -Great site loaded with info and pictures for units.
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The Housing Council - provides listings of apartment rentals in addition to offering a telephone help line to answer landlord-tenant questions.
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Zillow - Rochester Apartment search w/ Verified Sources and various filters to narrow your search
Long term Housing
Buy a home
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RochesterIsOpen.com displays hundreds of open houses from every real estate company in Rochester.
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Triou Custom Homes Custom Home Builders Rochester New York. New home builder information.
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Chrisanntha, Inc. Custom home builders and construction management company in and around Rochester New York.
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http://geo.cityofrochester.gov Gives you lots of information on nearly every piece of property in Rochester. It will tell you the current owner, date of construction, square footage, assessed value, and other vitals.
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Homesteadnet is the official site of the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors. It provides the complete multiple listing service (MLS) for the five-county metropolitan area.
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Rochester City Living run by the Landmark Society
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Democrat and Chronicle Real Estate site — includes a database of the sale prices of homes that have sold since 1998 and many more useful items
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The Rochester Housing Development Fund Corporation sells rehabilitated city homes to low and moderate income buyers.
Condos
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The Lofts at Capron is Rochester's first and only loft condominiums. Located at 1 Capron Street, these lofts feature hardwood ceilings, hardwood floors, exposed wood beams, brick walls and beautiful views of the Rochester skyline. This property was developed by Riverview Lofts, LLC.
Other ways of acquiring property
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The City of Rochester's Division of Real Estate sells properties by auction and request for proposals (RFP).
Notes and Comments
There is an ongoing housing boom in the downtown area- according to some.
