Manhattan rents tumble by the most in nearly 7 years even after landlords offer a ton of freebies

Manhattan rents fell year-over-year by the most in nearly seven years in March, according to a report from Douglas Elliman Real Estate.  This happened even though landlords continue to offer several concessions to get new leases.  Manhattan landlords seem to be running out of tricks.  They’re aggressively offering a month of free rent and other […]

‘StarCraft’ 20th anniversary brings freebies and a short film

Blizzard is keeping up its habit of marking the anniversaries of major games. The original StarCraft is turning 20 on March 31st, and the studio is promising a slew of extras across its games to mark the occasion, including the classic real-time strategy title itself. You can log in to StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft II […]

Fortnite Battle Royale news: Epic reveal PS4 and Xbox One freebies for Server issues

Fortnite Battle Royale is proving very popular with fans on PC, Xbox One and PS4. And this is what led in part to the game becoming unplayable over various days last week. This included problems with the game’s new update, as well as a surge of new players knocking the servers offline. Now Epic Games […]

Landlords offer record freebies to New York City apartment hunters in ‘challenging year’

Amr Alfiky/Reuters Landlords in New York City offered concessions like a month of free rent to lease a record share of apartments last month, according to the real-estate appraiser Miller Samuel.  Apartment hunters are getting these perks amid a deluge of new rental properties on the market, especially at the high end.  “That will continue […]

Landlords may be cutting back on the freebies that make apartment hunting in New York easier

Spencer Platt/Getty The perks that landlords in New York use to lure new tenants may soon be cut back.  Landlords offer perks like gift cards and a month of free rent to attract new tenants, especially when it’s a new building that needs to be filled up.   In Brooklyn, these concessions more than doubled from a year […]