If you want to move into an apartment in Boston, prepare to write a check for more than $10,000 first.That's because you need first and last month's rent, the security deposit and, in many cases, a broker's fee up front.

On Wednesday, the New York City Council approved a bill that would shift the financial burden of broker fees from renters to landlords.

There are many costs associated with living in an increasingly expensive New York City, but the broker fee might be the most detested one. Moving into an apartment in the city can easily cost more than $10,

New York City appears to getting rid of broker fees. In Boston, where 65-percent of residents rent, it's still an issue.

New York is one of the few cities where tenants paid broker fees instead of landlords. Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under legislation that passed Wednesday after overcoming fierce backlash from the city’s real estate lobby.

The broker fee, long a bane of New York City renters, just got voted out. The New York City Council passed a bill Wednesday requiring landlords to pay fees for brokers they hire to list and show apartments.

New York renters would no longer be on the hook for costly broker fees when signing a new apartment lease, under a measure passed by the city council Wednesday.

The City Council overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that would largely shift the cost of broker fees to landlords, in a hit to the real estate industry.