Hit the NYC jackpot: How to get an affordable Mitchell-Lama apartment to call your own

… it seems like a real estate fantasy But its not  Such apartments can become available through MitchellLama an … times the annual rent including the cost of electricity water and cooking fuel Income is calculated based on two … at WNYC described getting on the waiting list for Cadman Towers a Brooklyn Heights coop in 2010 She landed her …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |March 15, 2018 - 3:00PM
Stop blaming the hipsters: Here's how gentrification really happens (and what you can do about it)

… the construction of taller buildings or if they are reacting to demand and without new development the situation … of their neighbors But at the end of the day she says the actions of atomized individuals wont suffice  Gates of the …

By Alanna Schubach |February 15, 2018 - 1:00PM
Here's why New Yorkers live in apartments and not 'flats'

… the term apartment in an effort to make this new style of home sound more upscale than its European analog Naturally … residents of the Stuyvesant were careful to refer to their homes as  apartments not flats The Stuyvesants triumph soon …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 12, 2017 - 10:00AM
The pros and cons of buying a ski home

… deal on a ski condo As is often the case with many vacation homes buying at the beginning or just before the peak … of all the upkeep yourself including whats beyond the homes four walls snow removal yard work and trash removal … people who own it dont have to cut grass dont have to worry about snow plowing or snow shoveling and do no exterior …

By S. Jhoanna Robledo |October 5, 2017 - 2:00PM