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New York Apartments

Sotomayor Won't Sell Apartment In This Economy

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Mortgages, New York Real Estate, Sonia Sotomayor, New York Apartments, Real Estate, New York City, New York, New York News

WASHINGTON — Not even Supreme Court justices are immune from the economy. Justice Sonia Sotomayor plans to keep her apartment in New York for th...

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New York Neighbors Are Wonderful! (or Never Install An Air Conditioner in the Middle of the Night)

Pamela Newton | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Air Conditioners, Bruce Willis, Park Slope, Air Conditioning, New-York-Temperature, Helping Others, New York Apartments, Neighbors, New Yorkers, Living News
Pamela Newton

This little tale is a warning about improperly installed air conditioners, midnight flights of fancy, and heat-induced imbecility but most of all, it's about kind and helpful New Yorkers.

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Brooklyn Condos: The Shame Of Living In New, Non-Hipster Apartments

The New York Observer | Irina Aleksander | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Real Estate, Brooklyn Condos, Brooklyn Real Estate, Brooklyn Condo, Brooklyn, New York Apartments, New York News

Nicole Ferejohn, 27, was paying $1,200 per month to rent a walk-up apartment on Avenue A and St. Marks about a year ago when she decided that it was t...

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Landlords Lowering Rents To Keep Tenants

New York Times | ELIZABETH A. HARRIS | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Apartment Rents, New York Rent, New York, Rent Decreases, Rent Reduction, New York Apartment Prices, New York Apartments, New York News

SPRING and summer are usually busy seasons for the New York City rental market. And after an extraordinarily slow winter, deals have picked up. The t...

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New York's Most Expensive Homes: Only One In Top Ten Has Sold

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Real Estate, Real Estate, New York, Trump Park Avenue, Manhattan Apartments, New York Apartments, New York News

Late last month, the $51 million duplex penthouse at Trump Park Avenue quietly came off the market, a year after the Elliman broker Victoria Shtainer ...

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Landlords Abandon Apartment Buildings Around City

New York Times | MANNY FERNANDEZ and JENNIFER 8. LEE | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Apartment Repair, New York Landlords, New York, New York Apartment, Apartments, New York Apartments, New York News

As property owners run into trouble paying their mortgages, neighborhoods around New York City have been witnessing a disturbing consequence: Small an...

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Manhattan "One-Bedroom" Apartment On Market For $29.5M

The New York Observer | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Real Estate, New York, Real Estate, New York Apartments, New York News

What makes patrician investor Christopher H. Browne's $29.5 million duplex at 515 Park Avenue so mind-bogglingly awesome isn't the telephone closet in...

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Steep Cleaning Bills? Call It A Big Apple "Dirt Tax"

New York Times | FRED A. BERNSTEIN | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Dirt Tax, New York, New York Interior Design, Interior Design, Dirt Tax, New York City, New York Apartments, New York News

JAYNE MICHAELS, an interior designer who lives on East 57th Street in Manhattan, throws open her windows every chance she gets. "I need light and air ...

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Post-Its On the Baby

Meredith Lopez | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Middle of the Night, New York Apartments, The Ring, Parenting, Babies, Sleep Sacks, Post-Its, Living News
Meredith Lopez

Husband and I have been known to leave funny little Post-Its for each other in random places. Did he...but no. He couldn't have.

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Bathroom for Rent

Val Brown | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Roommates, Job Losses, Unemployment, River View, Rent, Apartments, One Bedroom, New York Apartments, Renters, Real Estate, Sublet, Economy, Media News
Val Brown

Someone suggested getting a roommate. I'd rather drink bleach. Hell, I'd even rather live with my mother.

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Can We Stop With the NY Real Estate Rental Myths?

Pauline Millard | Posted 10.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Real Estate, New York City, First Apartment, Apartments, Rent Stabilized Apartments, Renting, No-Fee Leases, Economy, New York Apartments, Business News
Pauline Millard

If you can afford a fee, which can also usually be put on a credit card, consider a no-fee apartment a happy surprise, much like the aforementioned rent stabilized lease.

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Europeans Are Buying Up New York City Condos

New York Times | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: New York Apartments, Housing Market, Weak Dollar, Euro Dollar, New York Real Estate, Housing Bubble, Real Estate, Business News

The sidewalks of Manhattan are crammed this month with European tourists on shopping sprees, picking up gifts that cost far less in the United States ...

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