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 cities and … of three apartments has changed occupants over the past 12 months Amid this flurry of activity rental rates across the …

By Julie Strickland |March 30, 2017 - 8:59AM
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 … that government are  finally listening to millennials  However theres still a lot of work to be done There is no …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 8, 2016 - 1:59PM
Julia Child's house is for sale and you should buy it ASAP

… same look and feel as the one in the Smithsonian Whoever buys it is really buying a true piece of Julia Childs history For the less … doesnt seem to be public yet and again its totally unclear what the asking price is for this place but you can cruise …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 12, 2015 - 2:05PM