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

… new column the Expat Renter we check into how leasing an apartment works in other cities and compare it to the … here When it comes to sniffing out the perfect rental apartment New Yorkers tend to be a particularly skillful … from Paris to Santiago Beijing to Johannesburg Dubai to Toronto with advice from the experts and real people who …

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

… buyers as global housing prices skyrocket and precious apartments in coveted cities sit empty more and more local … owned homes now account for around 10 percent of the citys apartments amidst a chronic housing shortage that mirrors … take these kinds of steps against outofcontrol investment Toronto is reportedly mulling cooling measures too New York …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 21, 2017 - 2:59PM