09/06/2016
Apartment Broker Recommends Brooklyn Residents Spend No More Than 150% Of Income On Rent
BROOKLYN, NY—Urging apartment hunters to keep their search within reasonable bounds and avoid excessively high leases, real estate broker Katherine Rivera recommend Friday that Brooklyn residents spend no more than 150 percent of their income on rent.
05/02/2016
Berlin cracks down on Airbnb to protect Berlin’s increasingly sparse and expensive housing market.
Berlin cracks down on Airbnb
City authorities threaten fines up to €100,000 for illegal listings.
04/19/2016
A new tool for looking at places and neighborhoods — Airbnb Live There
Travel with Airbnb and experience a place like you live there.
Don’t go there. Live there. Even if it’s just for a night.
11/12/2015
MUJI Will Begin Selling Huts Starting at Just $25,000
Simple Living: MUJI Will Begin Selling Huts For Just $25,000
Enjoy simple pleasures. That, in essence, is the idea behind Japanese minimal retailer MUJI’s new project: MUJI HUT. Unveiled during this week’s Tokyo Design Week, the concept seeks to provide people...
11/11/2015
There Are More Manhattan Apartments for Rent Over $15,000 Than Below $2,000
More Manhattan Rents Above $15K Than Below $2K
Get super rich or get out.
10/12/2015
Tiny Parisian Apartment Remodeled Into Beautiful Complete Home
With the cost of rent skyrocketing in major metropolitan cities across the country, people everywhere are looking for ways to save. For some, they are inevitably forced into smaller and smaller domiciles,...
07/10/2015
Berlin's New Rent Control Laws Are Already Working
The “rental price brake,” introduced on June 1st, is the city’s most comprehensive tool to date for keeping rent affordable.
06/30/2015
NYC renters tell us what they wish they’d known before they moved in
First-time renters may think a "cozy" apartment sounds cute; veterans know it's claustrophobic.
06/15/2015
Renting along the L train: how much you'll save the farther east you move
A lot can happen over the course of a year; roommate relationships can sour, brokers can invent entirely new micro-neighborhoods, and of course, your rent can skyrocket. So after last year's check-in...
05/28/2015
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05/26/2015
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The 8 best websites for finding a no-fee apt in New York City
Whether you're new to New York or just haven't looked for an apartment for awhile, one of the rudest shocks is the broker fee, typically 12 to 15% of a year's rent.