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

… into how leasing an apartment works in other cities and compare it to the sometimes intractable process New Yorkers have … metro stop in a listing If thoughts of bikesharing have you feeling homesick theres also  Velib the very popular … and possible landlordspecific fees is likely to be well worth it For initial reconnaissance tenants can consult …

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

… of attention with its 15 percent tax on foreign buyers as global housing prices skyrocket and precious apartments in … on property taxes for absentee homeowners as Mansion Global reported in late January Previously owners of second … to be that bothered  Knight Franks Mark Harvey told Mansion Global This is just hot air Critics of the new rules also …

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

… 2025 over half of the under 40s will be renting unable to buy their own home the success of our campaign demonstrates …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 8, 2016 - 1:59PM
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
The Italian town of Gangi is giving away houses

… as the New York Times reported yesterday Theyre giving away houses for free to buyers willing to fix them up within … Renovation … vacation … The Italian town of Gangi is giving away houses …

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