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Today’s countdown to Christmas post is more informative than festive…but one could certainly argue that finding a rent controlled or stabilized apartment in NYC is the best present [...]

Well, the bad news is that the craigslist ad is no longer up; the good news is that you can still take a gander at this $1,200/month dumpster in Williamsburg over at Curbed. Yes, dumpster. No, [...]

While David Zweig’s article in the October 30th New York Times is entitled “Escape From Brooklyn,” one could extrapolate that the message here is really “No Escape From [...]

Record highs all around, huge margin jumps, lack of Manhattan inventory;

This thorough and pertinent Q&A about the ins and outs of security deposits comes courtesy of our friends over at REBNY – the Real Estate Board of New York – and their weekly [...]

…of highest-end real estate, that is. The Madonnas and Elvises (or Rihannas and Drakes, hi millennials!) of luxury buildings, the ones that have nicknames or acronyms – One57, 15CPW [...]

Calling all non-claustrophobes! These long-awaited micro-housing units in Kips Bay – the subjects of much speculation since, in 2012, former Mayor Bloomberg waived zoning regulations that [...]

Falling vacancy rates, consequently increasing rental prices, record-setting inflation…nothing new or shocking, nothing fun to hear in this piece from Bloomberg. However, a modicum of [...]

These “Curbed Comparisons” are always a fun overview of what’s on the market for the same price point across the boroughs (in this instance, the rather limiting neighborhood of $1,900/month), but [...]

Thank you, NYC Rent Guidelines Board!  This is a hugely important victory for rent-stabilized tenants.  With rent prices rising much faster than incomes in so many cases, this ruling will allow [...]