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“You can thank Robert Moses for that.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at June 10, 2009 1:10 PM”
Wow, I’m just reading up about him now and it seems crazy the amount of power left unchecked in one man’s hands.
And you wondered why Kens thought you were a member of the tribe? 🙂
Posted by: Biff Champion at June 10, 2009 12:57 PM
See!!!!
I seem to remember paying some kind of finders’ fee to the broker when I rented my first apartment in London (almost 14 years ago, agh!).
But chicken is right that most of the fees are paid by the landlord.
Hmm, probably not a great idea for me to be a renter in the US and a landlord in the UK. Have never paid a broker fee here, though.
“Sorry What, I have not “look at Manhattan”. After 5 years in Fort Greene I don’t want to leave and the market is very different from when I first started out.”
They need suckers like you! To overpay for shitty conditions! You can find a rental in the city for the same price but you too fucking delusional for that to happen. Be a good little retard and help the over leverage home-debtor make his/her monthly nut!
“Just wondering if anyone here has had any personal experience negotiating a lower fee in Brooklyn in this market.”
Oh if you come up to me trying to negotiate my fee, I would tell you to “get lost”! That’s a sign of weakness!
The What (Thanks for playing, NEXT!)
Someday this war is gonna end…
JC probably has better line-of-sight than the Slope or any hilly NYC area.
What, I bought more TYO and TMV this morning. These are 7-10 and 30 Year SHORT Bond Funds 300% Leveraged!!!!
FYI, DH’s 12:58 post is quite accurate. Public housing project apartments tend to be pretty large. The public spaces do tend to suffer the effects of indifference. And, there is normally a strong sense of community among public housing project residents. Also, as M4L said, there are several public housing projects with tremendous views. There are also many people (as foreign as the concept is to many here) who make much more than they report and live in public housing projects by choice, thereby saving on housing costs.
I hooked up one for my neighbor here in J.C. and the reception is pretty good except that you do have to re-adjust the antenna from certain stations. For instance NBC, turn towards dining room, CBS, turn towards window. The overall picture quality is much better and she’s enjoying the additional stations.
Somebody better do something quick!!!
Mortgage Applications Fall as Interest Rates Jump (Update1)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZb6bu33Whng
June 10 (Bloomberg) — U.S. mortgage applications fell last week to the lowest level since February as a jump in borrowing costs discouraged refinancing and signaled that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s efforts to cap rates is stalling.
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The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.90 percent last week as volatility in government bonds hit a six-month high, according to Merrill Lynch & Co.’s MOVE Index of options prices. Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages jumped to 5.45 percent from as low as 4.85 percent in April, according to Bankrate.com in North Palm Beach, Florida. Costs for homebuyers are now higher than in December.
Say Buh Bye ‘tards. Thanks for the “Good Times”, NOT!
The What (Five months)
Someday this war is gonna end