tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3556787836852409574..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Here Come the Rent HikesRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71056225046819743902012-01-24T02:56:20.785-05:002012-01-24T02:56:20.785-05:00Another interesting fact about the f$#%£d up life ...Another interesting fact about the f$#%£d up life in Europe. <br /><br />How large were the utilities in Dec 2011? They were 62% of my rent. <br /><br />If I would pay $3000 per month for a studio apartment here, my actual cost would be: 3000 (initial rent) + 1860 (utilities) = $4860 per month.BBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705384220477624679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47843823522333895972012-01-23T09:01:41.410-05:002012-01-23T09:01:41.410-05:00Prices are going trough the roof in Europe as well...Prices are going trough the roof in Europe as well. As of this year, my rent has gone up 10% (and will likely go even higher before summer). But that's the least of my worries. My last month utilities were up 22.4% from a year ago... and the average temperature in Dec 2011 was about 35 degrees Fahrenheit. But the average temperatures in Dec 2010 was 20 degrees F. That's a 22.4% increase BBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705384220477624679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73380192908165196532012-01-23T03:15:50.695-05:002012-01-23T03:15:50.695-05:00For a while in NYC rents and selling prices of con...For a while in NYC rents and selling prices of condos and brownstones have been decreasing. But there seems to be a building boom again.<br /><br />What can people do to prepare for the inevitable crash of this boom?<br /><br />What triggered the flow of "Bernanke dollars" into the housing market again?<br /><br />There aren't many apartments on rent control to distort the market inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84636263174964530052012-01-22T14:23:28.785-05:002012-01-22T14:23:28.785-05:00I live in NYC. I signed a lease last February for ...I live in NYC. I signed a lease last February for a studio in the East Village at $1550 a month. My landlord is increasing my rent to $1700 this February (9.67% increase yoy). I am pushing back hard, but she told me to look at the market... it is apparently a fair increase. All my friends have faced similar increases of 10-15%. I am lucky that February is the slowest month of the year... My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81337417130111266912012-01-22T14:12:36.348-05:002012-01-22T14:12:36.348-05:00Rent in my building climbed 13% from 2010 through ...Rent in my building climbed 13% from 2010 through 2011. My broker tells me this was pretty typical. Fortunately, I didn't get hit with it last year; however, I'll probably get dinged when my lease runs out.Joe Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845518863760058869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63298399874008264002012-01-22T13:11:50.118-05:002012-01-22T13:11:50.118-05:00Just to think that I was paying $1600 a month for ...Just to think that I was paying $1600 a month for a 3-bedroom house in San Diego in 2006. 3 grand for a studio in San Fran? That's insane!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com