Basement apartments provide affordable housing options in crowded urban hubs like New York City, where the average rent for a Manhattan apartment is $4,140, according to RENTCafé data. But far too ...

As homeowners face rising monthly expenses for utilities, insurance, property taxes and loan payments, they may look around their home and see potential revenue from an unused basement. Fantasizing ...

It never fails to amaze me how some agreements of purchase and sale continue to use creative language to describe illegal basement apartments. Over the years, I have seen purchase agreements using ...

Basement apartments are often thought to be dark, unsafe dwellings with low-ceilings and poor living conditions. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Especially in our current housing crises, safe ...