Emily Myers
Senior Writer/Podcast Producer
Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California. In spite of her itinerant background, she has been living in the same Brooklyn rental since 2016.
Posts by Emily Myers:
The algorithm driving rents up, investigating tenant harassment, & more
By Emily Myers
October 18, 2022 - 10:30 AM
And, students at Hunter College question what will happen to affordable campus housing with the dorm slated for demolition.
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Tenant harassment case settled, mortgage rates could top 8.5 percent, & more
By Emily Myers
October 14, 2022 - 10:30 AM
And, Brooklyn ranks ninth on a list of cities with the most apartments built between 2013 and 2022.
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Rents in NYC have peaked at record highs
By Emily Myers
October 13, 2022 - 15:30 PM
Finally, renters in New York City can catch a little bit of a break: After months of record highs, rents in New York City appear to have peaked.
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An affordable housing lottery opens for 37 apartments in Greenpoint
By Emily Myers
October 13, 2022 - 12:30 PM
Rents at 8 Marcy Ave., in Greenpoint start at $1,576, for a studio. Eligible applicants for this affordable housing lottery must earn from $57,395 to $187,330, depending on the size of the household.
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421-a fraud lawsuit, NYCHA repair backlog, & more
By Emily Myers
October 13, 2022 - 10:30 AM
And, dangerous storms put $242 billion worth of New York City real estate of at risk of coastal flooding, according to a report.
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Nearly a third of sales in Brooklyn went to bidding wars in the third quarter
By Emily Myers
October 13, 2022 - 09:30 AM
Rising mortgage rates prompted buyers and sellers to act with urgency over the third quarter in Brooklyn and Queens pushing bidding wars to new highs. That’s according to the Elliman Report, which shows one third of all closings in Brooklyn went above asking in the past quarter, the highest number in five years.
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