How to file a claim on your apartment insurance – the right way

Sponsored by Gotham Brokerage Co., Inc. To maximize your settlement amount and make the process as painless as possible, Schneider offers these eight tips. 1.  Decide whether to file a claim

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Will higher mortgage rates kill the housing market? Maybe not!

By Neil Irwin The rise in rates over the past month appears to be driven primarily by improving economic prospects. If that’s the case, even as homes become a bit

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The Ultimate Guide To Renting In NYC: 26 Apartments, 13 Hot Tips

By Sarabeth Sanders 1. If price is your number-one concern, hold out until the winter to hunt for better deals. But if you’re going to be picky, bite the bullet

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In a Seller’s Market Every Minute Counts

By MICHELLE HIGGINS The rules of engagement for buying an apartment in the city have changed. Negotiation, brokers say, is no longer part of the equation. Forget about taking time

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Death of the Suburb: Why Americans are Flocking to Cities

By Kate Rogers Forget a the picturesque house surrounded by a white picket fence in the  suburbs, real estate agents across the country say the new American dream is a 

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Top 12 questions New Yorkers ask their mortgage bankers

Sponsored by National Cooperative Bank If you’re applying for a mortgage or refinancing your existing one in the post-Lehman world, you probably already know that there’s a bit more to

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MoveMent App: iPhone geo-tagging means what you see in a rental listing is what you get

By: Leah Hochbaum Rosner Finding a new apartment in NYC is no easy task. Less-than-scrupulous brokers regularly post listings to sites like Zillow, Trulia, RentHop and Craigslist that seem to

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How Using Homes as ATMs Fueled Foreclosures

By Nick Timiraos The conventional wisdom of the housing crisis goes something like this: Too many people bought homes as the housing bubble inflated. Some were unlucky in their timing,

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10 things I learned during my year-long renovation

by Mayra David They say when you buy a home, you should buy the worst house (or apartment) on the best block. Let’s say you followed that adage and got

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Biggest Real Estate Blunder? Readers Dish

Key lessons: Don’t overextend, and don’t be a landlord without doing some soul-searching first. By  Christine Benz ‘I Have Had No Desire to Become a Landlord’ A healthy contingent of

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