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

… tips for navigating rental markets around the globe from Paris to Santiago Beijing to Johannesburg Dubai to Toronto … renter Our first edition touches down in the City of Light Paris For those of us who are interested in staying for … But in addition to high culture and legendary cuisine Paris is equally known for its bureaucratic red tape The …

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

… piedaterre investors The latest headlinegrabbing move Paris has enacted an eyepopping 60 percent increase on … the Telegraph reports that nonresident homes in Paris rose by 43 percent over the past 15 years while … say theyre unlikely to encourage owners of second homes in Paris to rent out their properties to tenants since rental …

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

… 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 … minister Phillip Hammond announced in a budget statement late last month that the fees will indeed become a thing of …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 8, 2016 - 1:59PM