Weekly Roundup: Prices down, rates up, Shiller upbeat

Here’s your chance to catch up with news included to inform, enlighten and perhaps even entertain you. To read about The Big Apple, check out the other of today’s posts and look for Out and About early next week.

HE’S SLIDING INTO MANHATTAN FROM NEW JERSEY

FASHION DESIGNER TURNS NOSE UP AT GRAMERCY PAD IN WHICH HE NEVER LIVED

HIS DESIGNS ON A SECOND FIFTH AVENUE PENTHOUSE ACROSS THE HALL FINALLY BEAR FRUIT

HAS ANYONE TOLD KERMIT THAT HIS ORIGINAL HOME IS GOING ON THE MARKET?

KATIE’S PAMPERED PAD SELLS AT A DISCOUNT FROM $12.9 MILLION ASKING PRICE A YEAR AGO

SPORTS EXEC SCORES A NEW $4.2 MILLION HOME ON UPPER EAST SIDE

IS SEXY VILLAGE PENTHOUSE REALLY HERS?

CONTRACT PRICE OF BROOKE’S HOME TRICKLES WAY DOWN FROM ORIGINAL $46 MILLION ASK

PRICES DROP 1.8 PERCENT FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER

BUT TRADE GROUP REPORTS GAINS IN PRICE AND VOLUME FOR RE-SALES DURING FOURTH QUARTER

ALL-CASH PURCHASES LIFT HOUSING

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