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The firefighters were trapped in what amounted to a burning maze: a Bronx apartment illegally divided into extra rooms for the sake of making a buck in this cramped city.
Two women donned wigs and designer clothes to pose as potential apartment buyers in some of Manhattan's most expensive neighborhoods so they could steal from the luxury homes, prosecutors said.
The average price of a Manhattan apartment rose to more than $1.14 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, up 5 percent compared with the same period a year earlier, according to two new real estate reports.
A Quick Guide from NYC on How to Torture Landlords These landlords have forgotten that NYC rents are determined by a bureaucracy that would probably make terrorists talk quicker than waterboarding does. Yes, if you want to make terrorists talk, give them each a multi-unit Manhattan housing complex to run.
Court Deals Blow to Owners of Apartment ComplexThe state's highest court dealt a financial blow on Thursday morning to the already beleaguered owners of the sprawling Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village complexes in Manhattan when it ruled that they improperly began charging market rents on thousands of apartments.
Colleges Spend Thousands to Kill Bedbugs: But New Technology Can Help Bedbugs have become more widespread in housing in recent years. But new technology may help kill them without destroying furniture, etc.
No smoking in your own apartment!?!Recent court decisions have made it almost criminal to smoke in your apartment, on top of all the other places where smoking has been banned. Is this going too far?
Toilet snake is finally capturedA 3m snake believed to have been living in toilet pipes in a block of flats for three months has been caught. The boa constrictor, named Keith, is thought to have been abandoned by a resident who was evicted after owing £5,500 in rent to his landlord.
Community College student sexually assaulted on campus Tampa police said a woman was moving items out of her apartment into her car so she could move into another apartment. They said the man slipped into her open apartment door and hid in a vacant bathroom.
Slumlord Millionaire Lawsuit claims landlord pocketed thousands while tenants died.
Cigarette causes apartment fire, injures firefighter MondayA discarded cigarette caused a fire that damaged an apartment building and injured a firefighter Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Agents speak out on tenant's plans - Ridgecrest, CA - Ridgecrest Daily IndependentIn fewer than two weeks the City Council will make its final ruling on an eviction protection ordinance intended to protect the few La Mirage tenants that remain in the complex. But local realtors and developers say that while they are sensitive to the need for a solution for th …
The Funniest Apartments StoriesPeople sometimes do leave funny stories behind hotels and apartments they have stayed during their stay and it gives them funny memories to bring with them home.
U.S. Apartment Vacancies Near Historic High: Report"The vacancy rate for U.S. apartments" has "reached its highest level in more than 20 years" according to "real estate research firm Reis Inc."
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U.S. Apartment Market Worsens With EconomyThe percentage of apartments vacant in the United States "hit a three-year high in the first quarter."
Baby survives drop from scene of deadly Tampa fire5 people, including 2 toddlers, survived a fire above a Tampa restaurant that did claim the life of another woman. Firefighters arrived at Pot Bellie's Family Restaurant, located at 3826 South Himes Avenue, around 1:20 this morning.
Landlord removes toilet in eviction attemptSPRING VALLEY - A landlord who tried to evict a woman and her child from their apartment by removing the toilet and other fixtures was fined nearly $10,000 by the Rockland Board of Health yesterday.
Bid to save poodles from doghouseIn what could be a landmark case, a Canberra couple fighting to keep their three toy poodles in their inner-city apartment are being taken to court this week by the complex's owners' corporation. Under the new laws, a unit owner can keep an animal if they have the consent of the …
Cindy Anthony: Zenaida's Attorney Should Keep Chasing Ambulances--Also, Divers Resume Search--
Police search 140 German homes for illegal ebay goodsGerman police searched more than 140 apartments for stolen electronic goods in a nationwide search for illegal ebay dealers, a police spokesperson told daily Berliner Morgenpost on Monday.
***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY ... and to all those activists out there calling Campus Square Apartments in Denton, TX thank you!
Can all my Denton and global activists out there help me? I'm having some troubles at my apartment, and they won't fix my door. They're known for being a little slow and I thought I'd round up the fam. The numbers to call are:
City Room: Rangel Defends Use of Rent-Stabilized ApartmentsRepresentative Charles B. Rangel held a news conference in Harlem after The Times reported that he occupied four rent-stabilized apartments. "I didn't even know it was a deal," he said.
Ooh la la! French Landlords Offer Reduced Rent In Exchange for SexLandlords in Paris are offering reduced rent for apartments in exchange for sex. Hard-up students are being targeted and some are taking up the lease agreement.
Man Forgets 21 Pounds of Marijuana in Former ApartmentA Twin Falls resident charged with forgetting he'd left 21 pounds of marijuana in an apartment he'd moved out of last October, has pled guilty. Seeder's Note: First, the obvious joke: how does one get charged with forgetfulness?
How I Made It: Westside Rentals founder Mark VergeAnyone who's ever looked for Los Angeles Apartments knows about WestsideRentals.com. Here is the back story on the entrepreneur and founder Mark Verge.
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