Lucy Cohen Blatter

Over on StreetEasy.com, a first-time buyer asks whether it’s a good idea to set up a bi-weekly automatic debit from his checking account to make mortgage payments.

The general consensus is no, with some StreetEasy users advising against automatic debiting for mortgages and in general. 

A $3,740** one-bedroom is available on the 26th floor of the 76-story New York by Gehry tower at 8 Spruce St. And this apartment comes with bragging rights -- it’s in the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere, and bears the name of one of the world’s most famous living starchitects, Frank Gehry.  

This $2,850 one-bedroom is located at 200 Water Street, a former NYU dorm that was originally built as an office building by Emery Roth, and is now a luxury rental building. The apartment has northwestern exposure.

The large building is known for the iconic digital clock on its facade.

There are several other one-to-two-bedroom rentals available in the building as well.

This week, we go behind the negotiations for a co-op on the Lower East Side which sold for $385k in December. The buyer’s agent was Brad Malow of Rutenberg Realty, and the seller’s agent was Robin Rothman of Sotheby’s.

Over on StreetEasy, a renter who assumed that in most buildings, "no pets" applies only to dogs--not cats--is finding otherwise. 

Why would landlords care, she wonders? It seems that hardwood floors and cats really don't mix. (It's a combination of scratching and cat urine that concerns landlords.)