A law taking effect Wednesday bans broker fees for most residential renters in New York City, the nation’s largest rental market. Here’s how renting will — and won’t — change. The law, the Fairness in ...

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill in Boston have just passed a budget bill that includes legislation to eliminate renter-paid broker fees. The add-on is typically the cost of one month's rent, and can be a ...

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Starting Friday, tenants renting apartments in Massachusetts are no longer responsible for paying broker's fees. Under a new law, that responsibility has shifted to the party who hired them. "It just ...

In Massachusetts, a broker fee is typically about a month’s rent that renters are required to pay before moving in. Gov. Maura Healey and some members of the legislature have introduced proposals to ...

Broker fees for renters are annoying—especially in a place like Massachusetts, where the cost to rent an apartment is already astronomical. If you're a renter in the Bay State, here’s a bit of good ...