Legislation passed this week in New York City leaves Boston as the last major city where tenants can be required to pay hefty ...

In the Greater Boston area, the broker’s fee is usually an entire month’s rent. According to Zumper, the average cost of a ...

Apartment hunters in New York City got good news on Wednesday when the City Council there passed a bill that would largely ...

Mike Sullivan is a multimedia journalist for WBZ-TV. The North End is the only neighborhood the city has been blocked from ...

Renting in Boston is expensive, and some are looking to New York’s recent model for relief. The New York City Council voted ...

On Wednesday, the New York City Council approved a bill that would shift the financial burden of broker fees from renters to ...

New York City appears to getting rid of broker fees. In Boston, where 65-percent of residents rent, it's still an issue.

As New York City ends the practice of landlords charging tenants for the broker fee, Boston remains one of the few cities ...

Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under ...

New York is one of two cities that requires renters to pay for these services; the other is Boston. Typically, such broker ...