An American in Paris: How a New Yorker should handle an apartment hunt in the City of Light

… from euros via  wwwxecom  on March 27 2017 1 EUR =108653 USD The Latin Quarter which occupies an eastern bit of the 5 …

By Julie Strickland |March 30, 2017 - 8:59AM
The latest city to crack down on pied-a-terres, Paris hits empty apartments with a whopping 60 percent tax

… While Vancouver has gotten tons of attention with its 15 percent tax on foreign buyers as global housing … unlikely to encourage owners of second homes in Paris to rent out their properties to tenants since rental … of termination That said as more cities across the globe take these kinds of steps against outofcontrol investment …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 21, 2017 - 2:59PM
Broker fees on rentals are now banned in the U.K., but New Yorkers shouldn't bank on it

… A few months back we wrote about a petition to ban socalled letting fees the UK equivalent of the broker fees many New Yorkers pay on rentals After more than 250000 people signed off on the … avoids regulating broker fees so unless the market takes a dramatic turn or you manage to find a nofee rental …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 8, 2016 - 1:59PM
Reminder: abandoned towns are still much cheaper than a New York apartment

… its not even shocking anymore to hear stories about entire towns or islands that cost less than your typical New York City apartment Witness the $240000 abandoned California mining town up for sale last year and the $24 million Connecticut ghost …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 26, 2015 - 1:59PM
European homes that'll cost you the same as (or less than) a Manhattan one-bedroom

… Thanks to the weakening euro nows the time for Americans to buy in Europe reports  The Real Deal   Twist our arm why dont you But … Airbnb Below a handful of properties across Europe thatll cost you the same as or less than the average Manhattan …

By BrickUnderground |March 12, 2015 - 10:30AM