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Albany's flawed new housing tax break just killed a magnificent Brooklyn project
May 2, 2024 | 7:09pmDon’t believe Gov. Hochul’s so-called replacement for the 421-a tax-abatement program will spur the creation of new homes the way its predecessor did.
Skittles contest promises free rent for a year in eye-popping 'micro' NYC apartment
April 30, 2024 | 4:15pmTaste the rainbow. Live the rainbow.
I pay $623 in rent and have a doorman: Everything you thought you knew about affordable housing is wrong
April 30, 2024 | 12:43pmWhen Merete Muenter tells people that she pays $623 a month for her studio in an affordable housing complex in New York City, many assume the worst.
Joan Didion's longtime NYC home sells for $5.4M
April 29, 2024 | 4:35pmDidion had called this large unit inside 30 E. 71st St. her primary residence for decades -- now, more than two years after her death, it has a new owner.
Dear Abby: I have a secret apartment my husband doesn't know about
April 28, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby weighs in on a woman who is secretly renting an apartment to avoid her husband and a significant other who loves to play video games.
Dear Abby: My younger boyfriend and his new girlfriend live with me -- he won't have sex with me anymore
April 26, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby weighs in on a platonic three-way living situation and an outgoing woman who's tired of people having no personality.
Police rescue 8-year-old girl crying for her mother during apartment fire: video
April 21, 2024 | 9:31pmNevada authorities released bodycam video of their officers rescuing a distraught young girl from an apartment fire last month.
Thanks to liberal pols, New York's apartments are quickly falling apart
April 11, 2024 | 5:19pmNew York City has some amazing real-estate bargains — as long as you don’t look too closely.
Wild video shows torrent of water bursting out of NYC high-rise
April 4, 2024 | 12:38pmMassive bursts of water could be seen shooting out of a Hell's Kitchen high-rise Thursday morning.
The NYC home where Taylor Swift shot her '1989' Polaroids just got another price cut
March 27, 2024 | 3:06pmThe worldwide pop sensation shot a number of Polaroids in this 874 Broadway unit for "1989" and "1989 (Taylor's Version)" -- and it's now discounted further.
Savvy NYC realtors pull out new trick as $15 congestion pricing is set to take its toll on motorists
March 17, 2024 | 2:35pmRealtors in the Big Apple’s cut-throat housing market are citing the controversy over congestion pricing in their pitch to sell and rent apartments in Manhattan outside zones where the toll...
New Yorkers can barely live in their apartments because the weed smell is so bad — ‘It wakes me up’
March 11, 2024 | 2:59pm"I get nauseous or allergic itchy eyes and a sore throat from how concentrated it is," a Cobble Hill twenty-something said of the stench of her neighbor's cannabis habit.
Proof that Albany's 'pro-tenant' reforms are killing NYC housing
March 9, 2024 | 2:31pmBuilding owners warned that Albany’s draconian 2019 rent-law changes meant to "protect" tenants would actually prove disastrous to them, as well as to landlords, and new data show how right...
You won't believe where the shower stands in this $3,495/month NYC home: 'Is this the worst layout you've ever seen?'
March 6, 2024 | 3:41pmA tiny, yet pricey, home on Elizabeth Street has gone viral on Instagram for its unusually open layout.
Gen Z and millennials are becoming 'forever renters' – here's what this means for the real estate market
March 5, 2024 | 12:12pmPost Brothers CEO and co-founder Michael Pestronk joined "Varney & Co." Friday to discuss the real estate opportunity brewing in urban areas as some Americans are opting to rent instead of buying...
Ugly turf wars erupt over kiddie fun spaces in NYC's luxury apartment buildings
February 29, 2024 | 6:55pmIt's not all fun and games.
'Tiniest' NYC apartment with no bathroom or kitchen lists for $1,200 per month: 'How is this legal?'
February 22, 2024 | 12:44pmAn Instagram video from Elliman agent Omer Labock has gone viral for showing an apartment big enough for some empty space, and not much else.
Affordable 2-bedroom apartments for middle-class families in NYC no longer exist
February 21, 2024 | 3:33pmA look at city data by Gothamist reveals that there's a discrepancy between housing being built in New York and the needs of families.
A ‘shroom’ with a view? Mushrooms freak out NYC renter
February 13, 2024 | 7:01pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZUOk-A_ZQ This apartment really breaks the “mold.” New Yorker Julia Remillard gives us a tour inside her major mold problem in Brooklyn, including the five mushrooms that popped out of...
This $14.99M NYC condo appeared in 'Uncut Gems' -- and now it can be your home
February 9, 2024 | 12:12pmThis Trump World Tower home, at 845 UN Plaza, comes with coffered ceilings and a fireplace -- but sadly not with Adam Sandler or Julia Fox as roommates.