Obama lived here with his then girlfriend Genevieve cook, an Australian, whom he had met at the Christmas party in the East village in 1983. She was a teacher second and third grade at the Brooklyn Friends School. As told in the book Barack Obama: The Story David Maranis, cook rented an apartment on the top floor of a townhouse a few steps from Prospect Park in the spring of…

Few buildings keep eccentric, florid and Bohemian spirit of the early 20-ies in Greenwich Village, as known as Twin Peaks at 102 Bedford Street. The architectural critic Paul Goldberg called it «surprisingly awkward and fake rustic castle.» In this form, as we know it today, the building appeared in 1925 and was a radical restructuring of a residential building in an art Studio. He became famous when it was painted…

After five years of discussions, the proposal for redevelopment of East Midtown was approved by the city Council. The new plan will allow developers to build more high buildings. Now they can finish the floors as long as it would bring public benefits, such as improvement in the transport sector through the creation of open Parking lots. «This is an important day for Midtown Manhattan,» says city Council member Dan…

A little more than a year after he first appeared on the market, a modest house in Queens, which once belonged to President Donald Trump, … now for rent on Airbnb? It seems that it is: according to the Times-Ledger, recently house for rent, at a price of 725 USD for night. According to the description, the house has 5 bedrooms and 15 beds (most of which are bunk beds),…

Finding accommodation is not a game, but some real estate agents believe that virtual reality can significantly help to alleviate this difficult case. 3D technology allows buyers, especially foreign clients, to enter into simulated three-dimensional environment, which will provide an opportunity to understand how it will look in their future home. Tours are easy of requires only the application on the smartphone, or complicated video, for which you need special…

Since 7 August, in South Williamsburg , will start the next housing lottery. For rent available 8 newly renovated apartments. They are located in a 6-storey brick house on 23 apartments, located in a quiet residential neighborhood at 383 Hewes Street. The house was built in 1927. Residential house is located near the Southside Community Garden, an 8-minute walk from the G and L lines on Metropolitan Avenue, a 5-minute…

A real, almost medieval, castle (it practically falls apart just like and old buildings) desperately needs a caring owner and financial influences. Castle of Elda, built in 1929, one of the founders of Abercrombie & Fitch, David Thomas Abercrombie, on sale for $3.69 million. It is located on the extensive grounds of 50 acres in the city of Ossining, and boasts stunning views of the Hudson river. It requires a…

Los Angeles is on the verge of social catastrophe. If rental values continue to rise at the same pace through the year, thousands of residents will lose the roof over your head. These disappointing conclusions can be drawn based on the results of a new study from Zillow. Comparing data on the number of homeless in major U.S. cities and the growth of prices for rental housing, analysts estimate that…

Despite the fact that in the summer, as a rule, rents in San Francisco, usually increases, in June of this year there was only a slight increase in rental prices of apartments. Moreover, some services rent of real estate recorded even a slight price drop. Thus, according to Zumper, the average rent for a Studio apartment in San Francisco fell by 0.9% and amounted to $ 3 420 per month,…

Not a secret that rental apartments in new York every month we have to give almost half the Kingdom. Average prices for rental range from just expensive ($1750 for a 2 bedroom in West Concourse) to the frankly insane ($5,232 in Lincoln Square). Nevertheless, even in the Big Apple, there are areas which, despite its reputation, «honey», another may surprise you. Resource Renthop recently published study, which focused on the…