Luxury apartments coming to Brownsville, a tenants rights primer, & more

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Homeowners nationwide think now is a great time to sell, but not many are actually putting their places on the market (Bloomberg)
Luxury apartments are selling fast in Brooklyn (The Real Deal)
A developer is planning a high-end rental apartment building in Brownsville, with elaborate balconies and a courtyard (New York YIMBY)
Would you live in this ultra-modern house in the New Jersey suburbs? (Apartment Therapy)
Appeals court judges handed Lower Manhattan landlords a victory in a decision saying that the owners of certain buildings can treat apartments for which they received tax breaks as not rent-regulated (Crain's)
As part of its massive series on New York's affordable housing crisis and the workings of housing court, the New York Times offers a primer for tenants on their rights (New York Times)