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Hello all,

This is my first forum post…as they say: long time reader, first time caller.

Anyway, I am currently beginning my search for a one bedroom apartment in Park Slope with a move-in date of January 1st, 2008. This is the first time i have had to look for a place since i’ve moved to the city and I am wondering if it is easier/harder/same to find and secure a rental in the month of December versus other months. Between the holidays and the general unpleasantries of moving in the winter/on New Years day my hunch is the available rental inventory might be slighly higher than usual. Could this be true? If i do need to use a broker, it seems like December/January would be a slow time in terms of volume thus opening the door for some negotiation on the brokers-fee. Maybe I am way off base. any advice would be greatly appreciated from the Brownstoner community.

Thanks.