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What the broker fee limbo means for agents, firms, landlords and renters
Sarah Saltzberg got an email just after 9 p.m. on Feb. 4 alerting her that state regulators had issued...
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Brokers, landlords exploiting rent-law uncertainty: tenants
This should be a happy time for tenants: Sweeping rent-law changes last June capped the cost of rental application...
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Rental firms grieve over broker fees
A judge may have given broker fees a stay of execution, but firms are still reeling from the near-death experience of their business model. Last month’s surprise guidance from state regulators banning most tenant-paid...
Rental listing prices jump on hundreds of apartments during broker fee ban: report
The industry predicted that banning tenant-paid broker fees could lead to rent increases, and a new analysis finds it...
England banned rental broker fees, too. It just took 2 years
New York City real estate players are scrambling to understand the implications of the ban on tenant-paid rental broker...
“I feel really bad for those agents”: How landlords and property managers are responding to broker fee rule
Within 36 hours of finding out about state regulators’ interpretation of the rent law, Lisa Management made the decision: It would no longer hire...