Sometimes, even the fanciest Manhattan apartments get no respect. Just peek inside 1 E. 62nd St., an excellent Upper East Side building steps from Central Park. The palatial penthouse — done up in a boldly Baroque polish as unblushing as Marie Antoinette — was the home of Joan Rivers. The late comedienne maintained until her
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Recep-bg | E+ | Getty Images Rent costs are beginning come down after record-high asking prices. “Rental markets are cooling, but in a lot of places, it doesn’t mean they’re falling. It means they’re growing at a slower pace,” said Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, senior research associate focused on affordable housing at the Joint Center for Housing
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The mansion featured in the wildly popular 2023 thriller “Saltburn” is not a soundstage. It’s real, and it’s been around since the 14th century.  The namesake and main shooting location of director Emerald Fennell’s satire of the rich is in fact a historic estate known as Drayton Hall, located in Northamptonshire. And while producers added
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The Federal Reserve announced it will leave interest rates unchanged Wednesday, setting the stage for rate cuts to come — and paving the way for relief from the combination of higher rates and inflation that have hit consumers particularly hard.  Although Fed officials indicated as many as three cuts coming this year, the pace that they trim interest
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Getty Images Inflation is cooling. Consumer spending continues to be at record highs, while consumer confidence has been trending up. And, after almost two years of rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, investors are expecting at least a few cuts to interest rates this year. Their anticipation is understandable: The federal funds rate hasn’t
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