Because of city’s renters, state has lowest homeownership rate in the nation
Harlem attracts post-slump buyers
Brooke Astor’s Park Avenue duplex goes for half its 2008 asking price
Wall Street jobs cut since 2008 could total 32,000 by end of next year
Landlords trim concessions in Q3, effectively raising rents
Even with sales slowing, 3Q prices of new condos rise 4% in Manhattan and 3% in Brooklyn
Governor’s wife selling their home on their own behalf
Actor lists his vantage point in Montana for $14 million to surf in Hawaii
What $1 million buys in the nation’s most expensive zip codes
Better than expected employment report causes rates to jump by 0.2 percent
Being a refi junkie could cost you in the end
New foreclosures dip from August to September to level of previous months
And foreclosure filings slide 34 percent in Q3 from a year earlier, though lenders may pick up pace
Lending may fall 25 percent to lowest level in years in 2012
Purchase and refinance applications rise a bit over 1 percent week to week
Forbes lists top 25 suburbs where retirees can have the best of two worlds
There’s a sentimental side to homeownership, says Realty Times
Follow five pointers for improving your apartment before putting it on the market
And maximize your home’s appraisal by taking into account the Wall Street Journal’s 10 tips
Compared with other the world’s cities, Manhattan is ‘laughably cheap’
Real estate agent is listed among 12 most overrated careers
Making your home gadget-friendly isn’t only about installing a wireless router
Pale rooms are having a moment
Times’ toilet talk is pretty funny regarding high-end fixture
Eco-consumers face realty check
Now you can gamble not only the value of your own home but everyone else’s as well
Don’t overdo bathroom renovation before selling your apartment
Fannie Mae parses full extent of the last decade’s precipitous drop in homeownership
City with highest average credit score is. . . Wausau, Wis., and the lowest. . . Harlingen, Tex.
Four out of five New Yorkers are high on their Big Apple
Definitive bottom will not occur until 2012 ‘at the earliest’
You can search for 20,000 New York City properties listed by various brokers, and I encourage you to be in touch with me for assistance and advice. You also may want to see my periodic critiques of properties that I visit in Out and About, which I post on Mondays or Tuesdays.
Malcolm Carter
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Senior Vice President
Charles Rutenberg Realty
127 E. 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
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