http://gothamist.com/2008/10/14/manhattan_apartment_rents_slightly.php All comments for Manhattan Apartment Rents Slightly Decrease en-us 2008 NYC_Billy Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:44:28 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss bhcfun@gmail.com bhcfun@gmail.com 60 http://gothamist.com/2008/10/14/manhattan_apartment_rents_slightly.php#comment-1487190 http://gothamist.com/2008/10/14/manhattan_apartment_rents_slightly.php#comment-1487190 Comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:12:21 -0500 <p>Who ever heard of a landlord that slashed rents ahead of economic hard times? They will be dragged kicking and screaming into this recession and even then, they'll still try to bump up rents over that "sunny window" overlooking the bread lines.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/10/14/manhattan_apartment_rents_slightly.php#comment-1486907 http://gothamist.com/2008/10/14/manhattan_apartment_rents_slightly.php#comment-1486907 Comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:49:03 -0500 <p>NYC Real Estate will soon be going the way of Bear Stearns & Lehman Bros.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/10/14/manhattan_apartment_rents_slightly.php#comment-1486809 http://gothamist.com/2008/10/14/manhattan_apartment_rents_slightly.php#comment-1486809 Comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:45:11 -0500 <p>Sounds like BS. A report from a rental brokerage stating that apartment prices are still high (read: "Don't expect a discount") sounds suspiciously similar to the reports of stable prices coming out of the real estate brokerages in the months before the collapse. The $2000 Manhattan studio will be a thing of the past by January.</p>