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What’s Up? Clinton Hill

What's up? Clinton Hill! This new neighborhood guide explores a popular Brooklyn neighborhood to provide an overview of its history, living options, and activities. Key Information about Clinton Hill Check out the following key information about this New York City neighborhood: Population Home...

What’s up? Long Island City

What's up? Long Island City! This Queens neighborhood rests across the East River from Manhattan, making this a commuter's dream neighborhood. The area has numerous high-rise amenity buildings that appeal to various renters. Key Information about Long Island City Thinking of...

Neighborhood Guide: Gowanus

We're here with our second neighborhood guide: Gowanus.  This northwestern Brooklyn neighborhood is not only fun to say, but it also features the Gowanus Canal and plenty of artistic spaces. Key Information Where is the Neighborhood? Gowanus (Degraw Street/4th Avenue/9th Street/Smith Street) Population 7,565...

Neighborhood Guide: Fort Greene

Looking to live in Brooklyn? Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough that makes appealing rental options for families, single renters, and roommates. Continue reading our neighborhood guide: Fort Greene to learn more about...

Louis C.K.’s Manhattan

New York City is frequently the backdrop for movies and television.  When you think about it, filming in NYC makes perfect sense.  For starters, it’s just easy to shoot here because the infrastructure is in place: the city actively...

Meet the Neighbors

Moving to New York City, I was pretty sure that my life would be exactly like the TV shows in which young twenty-somethings move into amazing apartments and make lifelong friends. I know these sitcoms are shot on a...

What are the Hottest (and Coldest) NYC Neighborhoods?

What are the most popular neighborhoods for renters in Manhattan? Based on searches people conducted over a five-month span (and over 6 million searches) on RentHop.com, we’ve identified them. The three most searched for neighborhoods on RentHop.com are the...

Did you see us in the Wall Street Journal?

We talked about the challenging year ahead for New York City renters. Read the new Wall Street Journal article here. Author Jackie Bischof reviews our expert advice to provide a comprehensive assessment of the future rental scene. Photo via Natalie...

Our predictions for the rental market in 2013

How will the rental market in 2013 impact landlords and renters? We've gathered our expert opinions and predictions for the upcoming year. Photo via Josh Gutmaker Financial Crisis to Today Ever since the financial crisis and recession began over four years ago,...

What’s the best year, month and day to search for an apartment?

Are you aware of the best year, month, and day to find an apartment? We spoke with the team at Lifehacker to discuss rental trends based on our four years of accumulated data. In the New York City rental...

About Me

Lawrence part of the RentHop Data Science team with over a decade of experience in the real estate industry. In addition, he is a software developer and quantitative analyst with over 12 years of experience in software development and quantitative modeling. Lawrence merges two of his passions together to help renters across the nation with their home search.

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Manhattan Listings Under $2,600 in November 2024

Renters know that Manhattan is expensive. The median price for an apartment in the borough decreased to $4,500 this...