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Apartment values increase 3.6 percent in five boroughs, including rental buildings
Map shows younger singles looking for a mate or date where to live
Plethora of studios and one-bedrooms forces price cutting from Murray Hill to the Upper East Side
Report shows that things are not quite so sunny in paradise
Millionaire hoopster takes 58 percent loss on sale of North Bergen condo
Slugger scores with Rushmore flip
She seems drawn to sex in a city of suburbs
Actor couple alights in full-floor Tribeca loft and why they got a steep discount
Retiring Yankee isn’t shy about asking $11.5 million for 5,600-sf East Side condo
Mickelson, Wilander refuse to throw in the towel (2nd, 3rd items)
Volume of signed contracts in December is 5.6 percent higher than a year earlier
Sales of ‘used’ homes rise, their supply eases and analysts are reservedly pleased
But November sales of homes with conventional mortgages slip 18.8 percent from 2007 peak
Florida posts third year of growing sales as prices fall
Trade group says there’s 2.5 million shortfall of rental units
Sales and supply of new homes decline from November to Decemberand economists find little to cheer
Foreclosure sales of properties owned by banks fall off in third quarter
Best guess is no increase in benchmark interest rate before 2014, Fed chief says
While still low, rates turn up
You now can take complaints about lenders to the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau
Site says 10,000 New Yorkers average $21,000 annually renting out rooms via airbnb
Buyers unabashedly unburden themselves of complaints about their agents
‘Don’t blame us,’ appraisers declare
When contemplating purchase of winter vacation home, buyers must proceed with eyes wide open
They may be learning, but kitchen appliances need to smarten up some more
BrickUnderground.com reveals everything there is to know about temporary walls
To get your house in order, start slow, consider four other tips
Bank analyst with pretty good prediction record, expects ‘modest’ housing recovery in 2012
U.S. housing is more affordable than in other English-speaking countries
72 percent of homeowners satisfied with purchase, leaving 28 percent unhappy
Boston tops list of walkers to work, but NYC leads in pedestrian deaths from bicycles
Consumers cite referrals as most popular source of agents
Seller time in home grows 50 percent to nine years since 2008
Realtors’ confidence jumps over a year
Gradual home improvement activity boosts remodeling index to five-year high
Real estate executive sees rental vacancies dipping to 5 percent
Wall Street Journal predicts best and worst housing markets over long term
And Forbes lists cities ‘ripe for rebound’
Some economists who were optimistic about 2011 acknowledge errors in their predictions
Improved absorption rates expected to endure through 2012
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Malcolm Carter
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Charles Rutenberg Realty
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