Emily Myers

Host Emily Myers gets into the details of closing costs and how they can affect your buying power as well as closing credits—where the seller gives the buyer a financial sweetener. Plus, a conversation with the CEO of co-investment company who wants to put money into your NYC condo or townhouse purchase.

And, Soho and Noho residents will get an idea of the city's mixed-use zoning plans for the neighborhood at an event this evening

A title company can perform lien searches to determine if there are open mortgages, liens or judgments that might encumber the co-op shares.

The Democratic-held New York State Assembly and Senate have agreed to change the rules on rent-regulated apartments. The newly hammered-out agreement ends vacancy decontrol, makes preferential rent last for the entire tenancy, and addresses Major Capital Improvements (aka building renovations) so they don’t create such a weighty rent burden

The city's rental vacancy rate is calculated by taking a large sample of rental buildings in and measuring their turnover and activity. That gives a figure that can be applied across the city. The lower the rate, the fewer the available units, and that shrinks your likelihood of getting concessions—those sweeteners where landlords offer you a free month or pay the broker fee when you sign your lease. 

The city's giving more details on a plan to put a protected bike lane on Central Park West with a physical barrier between cyclists and cars.