How I cut my monthly mortgage payment in half so I could keep my Staten Island home

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By Celia Young |March 4, 2024 - 9:30AM
How I won a $444 UWS studio in NYC's affordable housing lottery

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By Lcee |December 19, 2023 - 12:30PM
My NYC rental felt unsafe, but a squatter using the basement as a bathroom was the last straw

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By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM
I live in a five-floor NYC townhouse with a private elevator

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By Mimi OConnor |June 27, 2023 - 12:30PM
Nightmare in Park Slope: My ‘luxury’ basement apartment flooded three times in two months

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By Anonymous |March 30, 2023 - 12:30PM
How the 'real estate whisperer' won a 30-way bidding war and landed his dream house

… a sevenway bidding war for a Brooklyn condo When I got the news from our broker instead of feeling excitement or relief … for 27 years It tracks prices and sales volume for New York City and its suburbs as well as other locations around … of deals involving bidding wars was 489 percent and buyers paid an average premium of 5 percent more as a result …

By Jennifer White Karp |January 18, 2023 - 9:30AM
The vegetable garden on my Brooklyn roof deck is my pride and joy. Here's how I created it

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By Emily Myers |September 29, 2022 - 1:30PM