Beth Stebner

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A gentrification calculator, what Park Slope nannies get paid, and more
By Beth Stebner
August 4, 2015 - 11:59 AM

Are you part of the gentrification problem? This handy calculator lets you know (Slate)

Park Slope nannies are paid more than the city average, but overtime is rare  (DNAInfo)

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Why I left the East Village for Bed-Stuy
By Beth Stebner
August 3, 2015 - 09:59 AM
Seven years ago this August, I found myself alone for the first time in my New York City apartment, supine on a bare IKEA mattress. I was listening to the wailing sirens and rumbling traffic on First Avenue and marveling at the fact I had made it here in one piece. I was a bona fide resident of the East Village! It was 2008, and I knew one thing for certain — I loved being in the neighborhood that the likes of Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Lou Reed once called home, and I never wanted to leave. Honestly, I never thought I would. Yet here I am, writing this in my new apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant. After seven years, I’ve given up on the place I loved most in New York, and not by choice.
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The biggest building boom in a generation comes to NY, The Situation turns to real estate, and more
By Beth Stebner
July 31, 2015 - 11:59 AM

It’s a feeding frenzy to get building permits in New York as developers hope to snag an about-to-expire tax break (Wall Street Journal)

CSI: Brooklyn, the pet edition: If you don't clean up after your Fido, will your building mimic one Brooklyn condo now relying on DNA testing to catch messy dogs? (New York Times)

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New York City's real estate market isn't all that healthy (or maybe it is?)
By Beth Stebner
July 30, 2015 - 12:30 PM

The Big Apple may be the best pick for someone looking for a good investment by buying a home, but at its core, the housing market is ailing.

That’s according to a newly-released WalletHub study that looks at the health of the housing market across 25 major American cities. For as robust as New York’s prices are, things aren’t all coming up roses.

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Airbnb rentals make it hard to find a place in top NYC neighborhoods, the new LaGuardia Airport and more
By Beth Stebner
July 30, 2015 - 11:59 AM

One possible reason you can’t find an apartment in the neighborhood you love (besides insane rents)? Illegal Airbnb rentals account for up to 1 in 5 rentals in popular NYC neighborhoods. (New York Daily News)

Governor Andrew Cuomo just revealed renderings for the new airport, and it’s like something out of The Jetsons. (6sqft)

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The secret to buying an apartment as a freelancer: magically pull an extra $200K out of thin air
By Beth Stebner
July 28, 2015 - 12:59 PM
Freelance apartment-hunters, there's hope! Sort of. In our ritualistic weekend reading of the New York Times' "The Hunt" column, we learned the tale of Alexis Fishman, a 32-year-old Aussie transplant and musical theater actress looking to move from her Crown Heights studio into an Upper West Side co-op to be closer to the bright lights of Broadway. Her budget began at $600,000, but like so many buyers profiled in the column, she was in for a rude awakening. And then, as readers who (for once) identified with a subject of "The Hunt," we were in for an even ruder one.
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