I went to a showing for a no-fee rental. Why did the agent ask for a broker fee?

… … Broker fees are an annoying fact of renting a New York City apartment These fees can be a huge hurdle for any renter but there is one legitimate reason why an agent would … amount commonly ranges from  10 to 15 percent of the annual rent If a tenant were to go to that property represented by …

By Celia Young |July 17, 2024 - 12:30PM
3 ways to avoid getting scammed by a fake Facebook apartment listing

… on the hunt for something as consequential as your next rental apartment its worth treating the social media site … with caution Thousands of New Yorkers use Facebook to find rentalsnot just to keep up with their high school … Facebook groups like New York Apartments Rooms for Rent and NYC Apartments and Rooms Sublets New York City …

By Celia Young |August 8, 2023 - 12:30PM
How to check your NYC apartment building's ratings—or rate your own place

… searching for an apartment in New York Citys  complicated rental market  doing your homework on a new place is more … One way you can do that is to read reviews from other rentersjust like you would read restaurant reviews before …  which is also a listing site has been doing this since 2000and newer platforms such as openigloo  and  GoHomeNY …

By Emily Myers |July 10, 2023 - 12:30PM
A ‘whopping’ 193 NYC neighborhoods saw a drop in sales in the first quarter

… The pain is spread pretty evenly New York Citys plunge in real estate sales is being felt citywide with 193 neighborhoods seeing a … sales in Brooklyn were down 39 percent year over year For its report PropertyShark looked at neighborhoods that …

By Jennifer White Karp |May 31, 2023 - 12:30PM