Localize.city gets into listings, new StreetEasy tool maps rentals for college grads, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | May 30, 2019 - 11:00AM

Localize.city, a website that tells you about the quality of life around every address, has added search filters that buyers and renters can use to find apartments (press release)

To help college grads find an apartment they can afford, StreetEasy launched a new interactive mapping tool (StreetEasy Blog)

Three large NYC real estate companies met months ago with a group representing the affordable housing industry to explore compromises on rent reform (Gothamist)

Americans spent more on Airbnb stays last year than at the Hilton and its hotel subsidiaries, according to a new study (CityLab)

Rumors are spinning that a smaller version of the New York Wheel may rise on Staten Island (ny1.com)

Actress and director Lena Dunham is in contract to sell her Williamsburg condo for less than she paid for it last year (New York Post)

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