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

… In our new column the Expat Renter we check into how leasing an apartment works in other … go through here When it comes to sniffing out the perfect rental apartment New Yorkers tend to be a particularly … Patel recalls But then I saw the kitchen and thought why should I have to pay for a whole IKEA kitchen as a …

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 … terre … The latest city to crack down on piedaterres Paris hits empty apartments with a whopping 60 percent tax …

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 …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 8, 2016 - 1:59PM
Make the weak Euro work for you: Vacation homes across the pond for around $200,000 or under

… If your getaway fantasies skew more towards the European oasis of  … be a good time to consider buying a vacation home in Europe Start your hunt or daydreaming right here How do you …

By BrickUnderground |August 24, 2015 - 3:59PM
European homes that'll cost you the same as (or less than) a Manhattan one-bedroom

… across Europe thatll cost you the same as or less than the average Manhattan onebedroom around  $837000 Airfare not … about $120000 after purchasing this twobedroom corner apartment in a circa1629 building near Amsterdams  … a few minutes walk to Kensington Palace this  255squarefoot studio  wont give you much room to furnish but its kitchen …

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