Landlords have a secret weapon in the war over high rents

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How landlords use algorithms to jack up your rent.
Big-time apartment owners have a secret weapon: a software that helps property managers to help them set rents and juice their profits

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Office owners are on 'borrowed time' as maturing debts can't be pushed off much longer, Goldman Sachs says

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A view of the Manhattan Skyline with the Empire State Building in the center.

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The office market is in trouble. Here's what real estate experts say all that space could be used for instead.

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An empty, unfinished office floor compared to the kinds of offices that landlords are offering as spec space.

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One New Yorker won $150,000 when she found out her landlord had been overcharging her. Now a bunch more tenants are using stabilization laws to get money back and pay cheaper rent.

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Residential apartment buildings are seen on July 26, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Residential apartment buildings are seen on July 26, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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Adam Neumann wants to regain control of WeWork. Here's why your office is still open despite the bankruptcy filing.

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WeWork filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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It might be the year to upgrade your home's heating and cooling system and get a big discount

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Electric heat pumps are energy efficient and don't burn fossil fuels.

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I entered a bidding war to land an apartment. It was way more brutal than I expected.

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A auction gavel hits the top of a New York apartment, sending yellow sparks from its perimeter. Anonymous hands raise numerous prices as they bid on this apartment amid a light blue background
At every step of my apartment hunt, the message was clear: Being first in line may not be enough.

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America's housing market is so tight that even Wall Street giants can't find homes to buy

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Rent prices in the US are just shy of notching a new all-time high

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Rents are so expensive that more landlords are offering free months in a bid to attract tenants.

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Photos show the grim conditions inside a London house where local officials say a 'slum' landlord stuffed up to 40 tenants into 4 bedrooms and made $450,000

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A view inside the house.

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