2021 NYC real estate forecast: Buyers stretch, sellers wait, and renters hold the cards—for now

… of last year had a profound effect on New York City and its rental and sales markets A s we head into 2021 even with the … new year renters will continue to face less competition for apartments and see lower rents because so many New Yorkers …

By Jennifer White Karp |January 4, 2021 - 9:30AM
I negotiated a lower rent when renewing my lease. Here’s how I did it

… in order to ask for a discount at renewal time Heres his story About a month before my lease was up the city was … started to do my research Editors Note Brick Undergrounds  Inside Stories  features firstperson accounts of dramatic … … Best of Brick … Brooklyn … concessions … Coronavirus … Inside Stories … landlords … leases … negotiating … …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |December 28, 2020 - 1:30PM
The most affordable NYC neighborhoods for renters to score a deal

… your gain making now a good time to score a deal on a new rental apartment especially if you are flexible about where … We are presenting it again here as part of our holidaBest of Brick week Of course some neighborhoods are even … of a years rent on open listings instead of the usual 12 to 15 percent if you sign up here  Bonus The agents at …

By Phillip Pantuso |December 28, 2020 - 11:30AM
Low rents and greater concessions from NYC landlords spur record November lease signings

… The Manhattan and Brooklyn rental markets may have turned a corner in Novemberit was … some significant pain for them Landlords had to drop rents and dole out significant concessions to get to this … are up 1803 percent over November 2019 With so many apartments and not enough renters Manhattan rents are down …

By Brick Underground |December 10, 2020 - 1:00PM
5 NYC apartments for rent with space for a home office

… If youre looking to rent a New York City apartment right now home office space … the number of employees who come into the office Currently there are over 1860 rentals listed on StreetEasy with … some sort of home office space so you have options Some NYC apartments have separate home offices while others have …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |December 9, 2020 - 9:30AM
I seized the opportunity to rent in Manhattan and get everything I wanted

… moving to Long Island City near his field office or to Manhattan where the commute would still be reasonable With … feet I thought Im not that worried about the virus and rents are plummeting making it the best time to live in … me two and a half months free  They were asking $2500 gross rent with two and a half months free which I …

By Emily Myers |November 24, 2020 - 1:30PM
At least one in five Manhattan rental apartments may be vacant

… years the Manhattan vacancy rate which measures empty rental apartmentshas been very low hovering around 1 percent of the … might not take you as seriously if they know you have applications everywhere and are willing to move in wherever …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |November 23, 2020 - 5:00PM