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Landlords With Tax-Breaks Can't Charge Luxury Rates: Court Ruling

nydailynews.com | Larry Mcshane | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Real Estate, Metlife, PCV ST Owner LP, Stuyvesant Town, New York Court of Appeals, Rent, Rent Control, New York City Rent, J-51 Tax Break, Tischman Speyer Properties, Luxury Real Estate, Peter Cooper Village, New York, New York City, New York News

In a ruling that could affect 350,000 city tenants, the state's top court said Thursday that landlords getting tax breaks can't charge luxury rates fo...

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Commercial Real Estate Is an Impending Disaster

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Atlanta, Rent, Equitable Building, Talf, Credit Crunch, Cmbs, Insurance Companies, Deutsche Bank, Score, Wall Street Crisis, Developers, Investor, Sba, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Great Mall, Barack Obama Administration, Financial Institutions, Landlords, Capmark, Reit, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Many of us know of people who have lost their homes through foreclosure. To a lesser extent we hear about struggling commercial properties vying for a limited pool of tenants.

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'Right To Rent' - To Avoid Foreclosure Borrowers Should Be Allowed To Rent Their Own Homes: Dean Baker

Los Angeles Times | Jon Healey | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Right to Rent, Mortgage, Rent, Dean Baker, Business News

Less than 10% of homeowners facing foreclosure have benefited from the Obama administration's mortgage modification program, according to a Treasury D...

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Obama Considers Rent Option For Late Borrowers

Reuters | Patrick Rucker | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Foreclosue, Obama, Obama Rental Plan, Rent, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - U.S. officials are weighing a plan to let borrowers who have fallen behind on mortgage payments avoid eviction by rentin...

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Tolerance Is Not For Rent

Jason Mannino | Posted 03.23.2009 | Living

Read More: West Side Story, Racism, South Pacific, Proposition 8, Tolerance, Rent, Living News
Jason Mannino

This week, for the first time in Oscar history, a political protest is being staged (in the past they have only been health related for breast cancer ...

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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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Madison Avenue's Shopping "Gold Coast" Finally Melts

New York Times | Terry Pristin | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Shopping, Rent, Consumer Spending, Stores, Retail, Madison Avenue, Fashion, New York City, Business News

After more than 30 years on Madison Avenue, the retailer E. Braun & Company is packing up its $3,500 hand-embroidered tablecloths and $2,390 bedding s...

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Rental Market Real Estate Tips From Barbara Corcoran (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Housing, The Today Show, Real Estate, Rent, Barbara Corcoran, Video, Renter's Market, Rental Market, Rental Market Tips, Business News

Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran was on the "Today" show Tuesday, speaking with Meredith Vieira about why now is an ideal time to rent a home or apa...

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Can't Sell That House!

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Seller, Auction, House, Msnbc, Mortgage, Economy, Rent, Living News
Roseanne Colletti

Can't Sell That House! If someone tells you a "seller carryback" is a good idea--and I heard it on the radio the other day--run screaming from t...

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