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

… and Times Square are both avoided by locals at all costsWhat youll need … Before setting out youll need to … a whole IKEA kitchen as a renter It is common to have to buy your own fridge and sometimes oven she says You can ask …

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

… unlikely to encourage owners of second homes in Paris to rent out their properties to tenants since rental protections in the city are so strong for instance … previously an outright tax on foreign buyers would violate federal fair housing laws and politicians dont seem …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 21, 2017 - 2:59PM
Did Berlin just crack the code to keeping rents affordable?

… in Bushwick a ban on apartments being used as shortterm vacation rentals and the generally openended tenancies that are … photographer Rad Roubeni on his piece of the Berlin wall … Escape … Rent … Affordable Housing … Affordable Housing … …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 10, 2015 - 10:30AM