How to break the lease for your NYC rental apartment

When you sign a lease for a New York City rental apartment its essential to understand that you are signing a binding contract That … the hook for the entire lease term which typically spans 12 months but can be as long as three years  If you need to

By Evelyn Battaglia |June 16, 2025 - 10:30AM
Brick Underground’s best advice from New Yorkers who lived through real estate drama

… New York City which makes navigating a sale or moving to a rental its own unique experience Even so theres no need to … gone before you Heres Brick Undergrounds best advice culled from our firstperson column Inside Stories with tips from … of the hazards they experienced trying to achieve their NYC real estate goals Were talking baitandswitch listings …

By Brick Underground |April 25, 2025 - 9:30AM
Fewer buyers, steeper rents, and costlier renovations: How tariffs could impact NYC real estate

The Trump administrations new tariffs on foreign goods have rattled the stock market raised the risk of a recession and … Those tariffs are likely to hike the cost of renovating in NYC and uncertainty around tariffsgiven the administrations …

By Celia Young |April 17, 2025 - 11:30AM
Federal rental aid safe for now as White House reverses course

… Voucher programwhich subsidizes rents for more than 160000 renters in NYC according to the NYC Housing Authority  … freeze until Monday Feb 3rd Democratic leaders and some advocates saw the reversal as a victory USA Today reported … Read on for a timeline of what happened and what NYC renters should know … What the hell happened … Late Monday …

By Celia Young |January 29, 2025 - 3:45PM