{"id":13842,"date":"2016-05-21T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-rental-market-thats-more-hellish-than-london\/"},"modified":"2016-05-21T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:02:27","slug":"a-rental-market-thats-more-hellish-than-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-rental-market-thats-more-hellish-than-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A rental market that\u2019s more hellish than London"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThink London is bad? Try New York, with its clueless agents, tiny apartments and absurd feesIn the summer of 2013 my job at an advertising agency in London was transferred to New York. I was excited; who wouldn\u2019t grab the opportunity to work in one of the world\u2019s most exciting cities? What\u2019s more, for a short period my company even paid for an apartment for myself and a colleague while we explored different neighbourhoods and found our own place to stay.When the time came to navigate my way through New York\u2019s real estate market, however, I was shocked to be confronted with prices and practices even London\u2019s letting agents would shy away from. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Think London is bad? 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