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:
Co-ops exempted from New York's tenant protection laws
By Emily Myers
June 11, 2021 - 14:00 PM
New legislation now carves co-ops out of the 2019 rent reforms by clarifying that no landlord-tenant relationship exists in co-op apartment buildings.
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Major affordable housing progress, Mitchell-Lama board shakeup, & more
By Emily Myers
June 10, 2021 - 10:30 AM
Automatic sensors as drivers approach the crumbling BQE are poised to issue fines to truckers carrying oversized loads.
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Pulling off a bidding war: A seller's 8-step guide
By Emily Myers
June 9, 2021 - 16:00 PM
Bidding wars are a sign of a competitive real estate market and are on the rise in New York City right now. The term is used to describe the situation where multiple buyers push up the sales price of an apartment or townhouse with increasingly competitive bids in order to successfully close on the property.
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Turning hotels into affordable housing, a $30,000 Brooklyn townhouse rental, & more
By Emily Myers
June 8, 2021 - 10:30 AM
Five landlords aiming to overturn the rent reforms passed in 2019 are appealing in federal court.
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Tenants near Prospect Park pushed out, property tax reform, & more
By Emily Myers
June 3, 2021 - 10:30 AM
And, in their first in-person debate, eight Democratic contenders for mayor battled over crime, police power, education and housing.
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A landlord's broker fee still falls on the renter, NYS confirms
By Emily Myers
June 2, 2021 - 12:30 PM
The guidance on broker fees has been updated by the Department of State to reflect a recent ruling saying landlords' brokers can continue to collect the money from tenants.
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