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With Selfridges, The Dorchester, and Hyde Park just a stroll away, the apartments at 43–45 Cumberland Place couldn’t get more central.

A new San Francisco ordinance would allow prospective renters to know before signing a lease whether people in neighboring units are permitted to smoke.

The deadline for submissions for the city’s micro-apartment program has ended, with 33 proposals received.

A new report by Citi Habitats shows the average Manhattan rent hit $3,443, the highest since the firm started tracking the data in 2002.

The top two rental markets in the U.S. are cities in Northern California: San Jose and San Francisco. On the east coast, New York comes in at third and D.C. is ninth, on Marcus & Millichap’s index of 44major apartment markets.

The New York City’s Worst Landlord Watch List 2.0, released on Tuesday, includes 358 buildings and 317 landlords, a reduction from the 2010 list.

A newly-coined word, “renoviction,” has come into use in certain circles in Vancouver. It describes a trend in which landlords are evicting tenants for renovations and then raising the rent — often by as much as 50 per cent.