London faces plunging home prices as remote work continues
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London faces plunging home prices as remote work continues

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The City of London is grappling with a dramatic slump in property values, leaving investors and homeowners questioning the future of this once-thriving residential hotspot. After years of steady growth, with property prices climbing 40.5% between 2013 and 2022, the City, located in…

The 10 least safe cities in America — some are making a comeback as investor markets
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The 10 least safe cities in America — some are making a comeback as investor markets

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It’s safe to say no one wants to feel unsafe where they live. But with nearly 14,000 Americans having died from gun violence this year and the country having experienced $20 billion in climate disasters, 400 mass shootings, and nearly 25,000 motor vehicle…

Controversial hi-rise near Brooklyn Botanic Garden OK’d by NYC Council — with plans for more sunlight after outcry
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Controversial hi-rise near Brooklyn Botanic Garden OK’d by NYC Council — with plans for more sunlight after outcry

ByNews Polite

Let the sun shine in. A controversial hi-rise development that neighbors feared would cast a harmful shadow over the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has gotten the OK from the City Council — with changes that would bring more necessary sunlight to the beloved greenspace. The Crown Heights hi-rise development once poised…

Meatpacking District to lose last beef businesses as trendy nabe eyes new housing deal
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Meatpacking District to lose last beef businesses as trendy nabe eyes new housing deal

ByNews Polite

The Meatpacking District’s last remaining meatpackers might soon give way to 600 rental apartments, a Whitney Museum expansion and new facilities for Friends of the High Line, Realty Check has learned. The meat merchants, which once numbered in the hundreds, dwindled to a mere few in recent decades as the area drew…

Here’s how much you need to earn to leave in each borough
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Here’s how much you need to earn to leave in each borough

ByNews Polite

Anyone who’s tried to rent an apartment in New York City knows that it’s highly competitive and highly priced, and the latest data suggests this market is showing no signs of letting up. In August 2024, the median asking rent for apartments in four New York City boroughs — Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and…

NYC’s outer boroughs see increasing demand: Report
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NYC’s outer boroughs see increasing demand: Report

ByNews Polite

According to new findings published in Realtor.com’s August report on New York City rentals, demand — and rents — are on the rise for New York City outer borough apartments.  The demand, the report found, was significantly, and perhaps ironically, correlated with the same desire for affordability, which has demand…