Buying and renting NYC apartments with Bitcoin: What the cryptocurrency-curious should know

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are seemingly everywhere … platforms such as Coinbase  allow you to buy and sell cryptocurrencies using regular money from your … from a hole in the ground makes paying rent or buying an apartment with the stuff a tricky proposition Which brings …

By Nathan Tempey |April 4, 2018 - 1:00PM
The U.K. may start forcing foreign entities who own real estate to reveal their owners' identities

… In the latest effort to stem the tide of money laundering via highend real estate investments UK lawmakers have … law in Vancouver that levies a 15 percent tax on foreign purchasers  this kind of specific targeting would be a clear …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 11, 2017 - 1:59PM
Cities around the world are cracking down on foreign real estate investors, but don't expect NYC to follow suit

… cities across the globe attention has turned toward foreign buyers and investors many of whom its argued buy up properties … York Times  investigation into the shadowy foreign entities buying empty apartments in buildings like the Time Warner …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 28, 2016 - 8:59AM
What the latest crackdown on LLC buyers means for NYC real estate

… title insurance companies to disclose the actual names of purchasers In NYC the requirements fell on allcash LLC … for example getting a loan of $1 million for a $100 million purchase Still the Treasury is framing this as a data …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 29, 2016 - 1:59PM