Virginia K. Smith

So far, 2016 is shaping up to be a good time to apply to affordable housing: in addition to the 75 brand new Midtown rentals that started taking applications earlier this week, options have now opened up in Harlem, Fort Greene, and Williamsburg, per several new listings on NYC Housing Connect.

Consider taking your next vacation in one of these gorgeous Airbnb treehouses (Business Insider)

Gas leak, facade damage, and other factors that should be deal breakers in a home inspection (Brownstoner)

Sometimes after seeing photo after photo of tastefully staged—and virtually identical—apartments full of shades of grey and beige, we get eager to see something, anything that breaks the mold. So you can see why we're kind of in love with this slightly nutty Upper East Side penthouse, with its all-seafoam-green-everything color scheme and generally aquatic decor:

The age-old question: when does it make sense to buy versus rent? (Thrillist)

What makes you a real New Yorker? Encounters with the subway, rats, and people without pants, probably (Gothamist)