Jennifer Laing

Talk about truth in advertising: real estate database Streeteasy just unveiled its first advertising campaign, depicting many of the oh-so-painfully-real compromises New Yorkers make when it comes to their apartments, like bedrooms that can’t actually accommodate a bed, windows that face brick walls and families expanding in studio apartments.

We're still recovering from the hot-mic drop that rang around TV land on last night's finale of HBO's The Jinx, coupled with the fact that Robert Durst himself was arrested over the weekend. Which led us to think: Where does he live in the city?

By now you’ve likely heard something of the recent brouhaha over Lumber Liquidators’ laminate flooring. The back story: A 60 Minutes report claimed laminate flooring produced by Lumber Liquidators in China contained dangerous and illegal levels of formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen. The company stands by the safety of its product and maintains improper tests were conducted on the flooring by the popular CBS news program.

Feeling a little squashed in your studio apartment? There’s elbow room to spare in this luxe 3,300 square foot five-bedroom, three and a half bath townhouse renting in Chelsea for $30,000/month. (If it looks familiar that's because you may have spotted it on an episode of HGTV's Selling New York.)

Lauren Bacall, who died last summer at age 89, spent her last 53 years living in an enviable three-bed, three and a half-bath apartment at The Dakota. Now, the co-op is on the market for $26M (up just a little bit from the $28,000-48,000 the actress was reported to have paid for it back in 1961).