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 … Bike Timing is also important Renting will be difficult during the Christmas holidays which take place from December … a month if you have to buy these things and a lot of people sell it to someone else or back to the landlord when they …

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

… gotten tons of attention with its 15 percent tax on foreign buyers as global housing prices skyrocket and precious … As weve written previously an outright tax on foreign buyers would violate federal fair housing laws and … suit … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline   … Buy … Sales Market … New Construction + Condos … Europe … …

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

… hiring brokers will simply be passed on to tenants in the form of higher rents and the managing director of the …

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

… them as peaceful fixerupper opportunities to prospective buyers Indeed last year The Daily Mail followed a retired … one local mayor is giving a way an entire town for free to buyers who agree to stay and fix it up not unlike the recent … drill an Italian town is just giving away houses for free … Buy … Sales Market … Escape … Rent … The Market … buying … …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 26, 2015 - 1:59PM
The Italian town of Gangi is giving away houses

… For buyers eager to live out their  Under the Tuscan Sun … reported yesterday Theyre giving away houses for free to buyers willing to fix them up within the next four years Yes … and their farm animals on the bottommight not be to some buyers taste Still for some the idea of a free house in …

By Virginia K. Smith |June 23, 2015 - 12:59PM