Europe

5 places for sale in Europe, while the U.S. dollar is strong

By Austin Havens-Bowen |August 5, 2022 - 12:20PM

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 … while rental rates are slowing with median prices down in Manhattan Brooklyn and Northwest Queens The big differentiator between …

By Julie Strickland |March 30, 2017 - 8:59AM

New Construction + Condos

The latest city to crack down on pied-a-terres, Paris hits empty apartments with a whopping 60 percent tax

By Virginia K. Smith |March 21, 2017 - 2:59PM

Rent

Broker fees on rentals are now banned in the U.K., but New Yorkers shouldn't bank on it

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

Escape

Julia Child's house is for sale and you should buy it ASAP

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

The Market

Reminder: abandoned towns are still much cheaper than a New York apartment

… Mark Adkinson a Britishborn broker who now specializes in selling the abandoned homes and villages of Spains Galicia … of a Manhattan studio coop is now $380000 according to Douglas Elliman its a relative bargain Related Make the …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 26, 2015 - 1:59PM

Second Homes

Make the weak Euro work for you: Vacation homes across the pond for around $200,000 or under

By BrickUnderground |August 24, 2015 - 3:59PM

Affordable Housing

Did Berlin just crack the code to keeping rents affordable?

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

Escape

The Italian town of Gangi is giving away houses

… For buyers eager to live out their Under the Tuscan Sun dreamsor just not … reported yesterday Theyre giving away houses for free to buyers willing to fix them up within the next four years Yes … Valentines Day land sale might become a yearly tradition How to fix up a fixer upper without losing your mind … Buy … …

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

Escape

European homes that'll cost you the same as (or less than) a Manhattan one-bedroom

By BrickUnderground |March 12, 2015 - 10:30AM