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

… rates are slowing with median prices down in Manhattan Brooklyn and Northwest Queens The big differentiator between … Paris is divided into 20  arrondissements or administrative districts arranged in a snail shell spiral starting from the … tend to be on the periphery of the city In 2015 the 19 th and 20 th arrondissements were the least expensive …

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 … have to pay anywhere from £80 to £500 or £600 in letting agent fees according to Vicky Spratt editor of The Debrief …

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