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
Brooklyn’s fast-climbing home prices make it nearly as expensive as Manhattan
Transaction volume strongest in years, even with diminished supply
Graphic demonstrates depth of Manhattan inventory
Bicycles becoming new amenity in some buildings
Permits for new residential buildings skyrocket in first quarter
In this seller’s market, every minute counts
So does the right strategy in a bidding war
Manhattan agents confident about city, but Wall Street’s labor pains may hit suburbs harder
The Edge tops list of new developments with most condo sales in first quarter
New listings search site is nice to users
Refusing to hear case, Supreme Court ensures continuation of rent stabilization
The bind that renters endure is tie that’s tight or liberating
In the incendiary days of our overheated market just four or five years ago, you couldn’t give away renovated properties.
Flush with Wall Street largesse, seemingly all buyers wanted to impose their own taste on any apartment or townhouse they considered. So what if it took wads of cash, endless frustration and overwhelmingly large pools of patience?
Buyers wanted to do their own thing.
Those days are pretty much in past, and I imagine they’ll be back. But the properties that sell quickest of late Continue reading
(Flickr photo by Martino!)
I’ve heard it said that our housing market is going to swoon next year.
I’ve also heard it said that it’s boring, stable and unlikely to dip more than a few percentage points, if at all.
Do you know? I sure don’t. That’s because of scenarios that are unknowable, of which herewith a few: Continue reading
A missive from the Radar Logic data firm the other day gave me some information that surprised me and may surprise you as well.
The firm, which tracks home prices in 25 major metropolitan areas, says its RPX Composite Price index grew by 56 percent from January 2000 to July 2011. “This compares quite favorably to the major stock market indices,” Radar Logic declared.
Over the same period, it reports, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Continue reading
Third quarter reports may imply continuing market stability
Former IRS agent says developers evade substantial taxes annually
Can’t we all just get along: How to be a good neighbor
Faced with white brick, buildings face mighty big expenses now
Six in Queens, including two brokers, accused of participating in $25 million mortgage fraud
Rat’s not the only island in the city, but the others — e.g. Manhattan — are not exactly for sale
Open House New York gives let’s you inside this weekend
Cool interactive map shows 3Q sales data by buildings’ price range
Foreclosure actions continue downward trend
City official, six developers charged with racketeering, bribery
Cow heads could be yours at Landmarks Preservation Commission auction
17 questions to ask before buying an apartment
(Courtesy of Prudential Douglas Elliman via Curbed)
Executives of the largest brokerages and those who craft reports on Manhattan’s housing market kept using “stable” to describe the second quarter.
For the third quarter, a word I’m seeing — as you doubtless are as well — is “boring.”
The term arises from some, though not all of the statistics. I’ve also noticed an attempt at “normal.”
I’m not so sure. Variable? Confusing? Troubling? Continue reading
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