All-cash dream can become all-consuming nightmare
Narrowest house, where Edna St. Vincent Millay lived, finds buyer at last
Rent board approves maximum increases roughly double last year’s for stabilized apartments
Finding Hollywood home addresses of celebrities fast and easy
Grammy-winning saxophonist tries again to sell UWS townhouse, this time for $12 million
Comedic former TV talker sells Miami hacienda way below original ask of $20 million
When it comes to the middle class, Manhattan naturally has one of its own
Winning design for micro-apartments allows for 55 250-to-370-sf modular units in Kips Bay
An UWS townhouse is listed for. . . $50 million
Closed sales in the Bronx slide to five-year low in 2012 as median inches up to $288,990
Major architecture firms expect 10-20 percent staff growth
First-floor apartment one of eight ways to get more space for less money
Zillow calculates 8.3 percent rise in home values
It is possible to avoid double taxation when refinancing in the city
If you can’t be too rich or thin, apparently you can have too much house
Average home price in the Hamptons sets record with surge of luxury sales
Sold price of Gramercy condop trimmed 67 percent from price that fashion designer had paid
Singer’s original $18 million asking price for Tribeca penthouse off key
Number of Manhattan properties under contract soars, inventory plummets during 2012
Astronaut resists aiming for moon in putting Los Angeles condo on the market
Former baseball star lists sprawling Beverly Hills estate for $25 million
Actors who split in 2011 finally selling their UES triplex, for $9.25 million
TV judge lists Midtown pied-à-terre for $9 million — yes, for a pied-à-terre!
Estate of acerbic intellectual sells Chelsea penthouse to seven-time Emmy winner
Filmmaker offers Greenwich Village co-op for sale but plans no move to North Dakota
Everywhere in the city, brown sandstone is a fading commodity
Good investment property must first of all be in — duh — right location
Record 33 contracts signed for luxury properties last week
To track down pre-construction bargains, start with city’s Web site, then negotiate hard
Priciest zip isn’t on the Upper East Side after all
Median price of lower-end homes swoons in the Hamptons
Agents have reasons stemming from mid 90s lawsuit for withholding square footage
Rise recorded in foreclosure, delinquency rates in metro region
Stigmatized Kennedy property in Connecticut finds buyer in week
Acting couple rid themselves of Mediterranean-style mansion in Los Angeles for $6.7 million
Moving four blocks away, funny man and wife add a room
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Divided board okays 2 percent increase for rent-stabilized units, 4 percent if for 2-year lease
There’s a right way to approach board members with complaints
It’s still mainly doormen, not doorwomen
Apartments selling faster than a year ago
State to spend $60 million on legal services, counseling for homeowners
For delinquent condo residents, the white gloves are off
29 percent of residents spend more than half of their income on rent
Winner of Rat Island auction off City Island in the Bronx settles in
Court rules that rent-controlled apartment can’t be distributed in divorce
Singer is gambling on absolute auction for sale of estate previously listed for $3.5 million
Terrace of $4.150 million townhouse
A new development in Hell’s Kitch– er, Clinton has had a loooong history. And therein lies a tale.
The long history, of course, has to do with the amount of time it is taking to sell out the building, where sales started two years ago and which has impressively designed and finished interiors. In fact, the development won a 2007 design award from the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Combined living room, kitchen
Loaded with amenities, including garage spaces that run $130,000, the building has 51 open flats, 22 duplexes and penthouses, plus nine townhouses.
With preternaturally clean lines, sharp angles and an accent on drama, the units have expensive features such as honed white quartz countertops, marble-tiled baths with radiant heating, Corian- encased soaking tubs, floor-to-ceiling windows and wide-plank solid oak floors. At the top of the windows are molding and electrical service to accommodate remote-controlled shades, which would be mandatory for any owner facing south.
Penthouse staircase
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Manhattan condo projects shrink dramatically in size
And this year’s crop of available units is sparse
Analysts, brokers conclude in New York magazine that the market could be worse
New Web site ranks buildings for would-be tenants
Doorman of the year mothers residents of Park West Village
Actress ‘on fire’ moves into rental to attend college
This stone is rolling fast and gathering green
Construction of single-family homes still tepid, but number of permits issued edges up
Making the case for buyers’ brokers, the Times calls it a ‘buddy system’
Empty for 19 years, Park Avenue apartment that Yugoslavia owned leaves much to be desired
You won’t find more households with roommates than in Williamsburg
Manhattan market slackens, but weakness may be only seasonal
In a co-op or condo that leaks, who pays?
Newly scheduled foreclosure auctions post 7 percent decline in August from a year earlier
Influential rabbi accused in $220,000 rent subsidy scheme of unprecedented size in city
Buff designer finally moves from $15,000 monthly rental to townhouse that’s superior
Sculptor expands his horizons in Tribeca
Disgraced as congressman, he ditches his old Queens district for a rental in Greenwich Village
Actress gives up Canadian perch after break-up (2nd item)
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