Take your pick of predictions of the Big Apple’s housing market
Couch potatoes would do well to avoid some buildings
Foreclosures in October decline for fifth consecutive month
Number of Manhattan condo sales barely budges over one month or a year
Tribeca and SoHo most expensive neighborhoods in Q3
Developers target sales commissions for themselves
New program helps buyers of foreclosed homes
Seven signs that it’s time to jettison your broker
Strong rental market generally stable in November
Dominated by residential construction, number of stalled sites shrinks
November sales in Manhattan rise above October but not two prior years, supply dips
Perhaps the stars will shine through clear skies on this $5.5 million listing
Price cut on actor’s home ranks among the big shockers
One of the Vikings conquers Manhattan with purchase of $19 million co-op, and you can see it here
She’s packing up her polo shirts and penny loafers after selling apartment on East End Avenue
Chef cooks up sale of townhouse for $15 million
Player for Dallas Mavericks in contract for two-acre Hamptons mansion
Median price of new homes at lowest level in eight years
Prices of all single-family homes slip 3.9% in Q3 from one year earlier
Inventory edges down as sales of new homes tick up
But increasing affordability hasn’t much helped the market
Economists weigh in on what it all means
Pending home sales surge from September of 2010 and 2011, though economists aren’t exactly euphoric
FHA jumbo-loan limit goes up to $729,750 again
Having someone co-sign your loan can produce complications
Loan applications dive 11.7% during Thanksgiving week
Rates for 30-year-fixed loan still hover around 4%
10.7 million properties are underwater in Q3, somewhat fewer than in Q2
Mortgages in foreclosure process reach all-time high
Property-managment business enjoys robust growth for a change
Energy costs expected to rise this winter
Popular retiree havens go on sale
Hong Kong, Estonia (!), India (!) tops list of fast-rising real estate prices
Don’t expect a very good rug to be on sale
Quiz helps you label your taste in the tragic event that you don’t already know it
Humidifiers are the answer to the curse of winter’s dryness
Best removed sooner than later, those pesky paint spatters can be made to disappear
Boomers eager to help offspring purchase homes
Will U.S. prices rebound from undervaluation and global prices fall in overvalued markets?
Radar Logic sees encouraging signs in its latest report
You can search for all available 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
M: 347-886-0248
F: 347-438-3201
Malcolm@ServiceYouCanTrust.com
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