Among foreign buyers, Americans are the most common, said Ms. Harrison.
In New York City apartments, a vertical deadbolt is the most common, said Mr. Melendez, the Manhattan locksmith.
WHO BUYS IN WARSAW In the years prior to Poland's joining the European Union, Warsaw began to attract an influx of European investors, with residents of Spain, Germany, England and Ireland being the most common, said Ms. Bronowicka.
"For purchase cards there is also a lot of competition, with 0 per cent purchase rates available for as long as 18 months at the minute, although six to 12 months is typical and three months the most common," says Brian Brown, head of banking at Defaqto.
In interviews with 100 people who said they had been stopped by the New York police in neighborhoods where the practice is most common, many said the experience left them feeling intruded upon and humiliated.
In the most common, he said, each owner owns part of the driveway and has a legal right to use the other owner's part.
"The snap trap is the most common," he said, referring to the traditional wood and metal-spring device that dispatches its victims quite quickly and effectively.
Among the most common objections, said Norhayati Kaprawi, a Muslim women's activist, are that it is more difficult for women to initiate divorce proceedings and to secure alimony from their former husbands.
The most common mistakes, said Martin Connor, an election lawyer who is not working on the comptroller's race, include information that is altered without proper attribution, signature counts that are erroneous and incorrect dates.
"The most common questions?," said Cabrera.
Among the most common, Chen said, are: Should I respond to my followers?
