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
(Flickr photo by cbcd04)
Borrowing funds to finance a home purchase goes way beyond monthly payments.
The process is analogous to death by a thousand cuts.
First, you have to pay an application fee. In other words, the money that the lender makes by charging loan interest just isn’t sufficient to cover the costs of assuring that you’ll make monthly payments on time. (We know how well those procedures worked looking at the number of loan defaults in recent years.)
Then you fork over money for the lender to check your credit.
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Firm cost of storm’s damage to area homes long way off, but total will be astronomical — perhaps as much as 64 percent of $50 billion total
Sandy ravages Long Island’s East End, decimating homes of the rich and famous
Storm could shape how residential housing along the water is built, marketed, sold
Buyfolio collaborative service for consumers and agents finds deep-pocketed buyer
Boards may promise buyer applicants one thing, then do something else
World Series pitcher lists California mansion for $11.45 million
Buyer of late pop star’s estate so eager to move in that he’ll occupy the place before sale closes
Actress takes substantial loss on her sale of Hollywood Hills house fit for a queen
Late Oscar nominee’s duplex overlooking Central Park on the market for $13.95 million
Manhattan rents shoot up 8.2 percent in a year, reaching $3,195 monthly
And Tribeca has biggest change in rents from prior month
Beating out other applicants means renting only what you can afford — and much more advice
Before signing lease, understand landlord’s perspective
Brooklyn, Queens attain highest average sales price in Q3 since 2007
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Wells Fargo provides mortgages to one-fifth of the city’s borrowers
July sales of starter apartments grow 30.5 percent over previous year
Sales of new Manhattan condos up in second quarter, but median price sinks
Lesbian couple get both names on lease after months-long battle, threatened lawsuit
Report suggests property tax evasion widespread
Swimmer whose name rhymes with ‘hike’ selling Baltimore condo
Singing couple proves that money talks with their $400,000 Hamptons rental
Actress orders purchase of Upper West Side townhouse for $10.7 million
Grammy winner’s condo on the Bowery finds buyer after 5 percent markdown
Late pop artist’s lofty domain goes on the market in SoHo
One of late heiress’ Fifth Avenue apartments is under contract — again
Manhattan market holding steady, Times reports
It’s taking a breather, says Wall Street Journal
City, state officials say they plan ‘landmark’ legislation to cut apartment owners’ taxes
Wells Fargo dominates mortgage market
Confidentiality can be an exercise in futility at high end
Gap between market-rate and rent-stabilized apartments makes them harder than ever to snag
Wife of composing wizard closes on 1BR unit in Trump building
By dollars per square foot, Tribeca tops all other Manhattan neighborhoods in Q1
Average monthly rent in Manhattan attains record $3,429 or $4,250 in April, depending on source
When you move here from out of state, the taxman wants to get his hooks into you
Manhattan has had 169 percent spike in new building permits this year, 35 of them in contrast to 13
State gives into developers’ concerns about requiring offering plans to be digitized
There is nothing like a closing
Long Island City is starting to turn the corner
Renters indirectly stuck with lion’s share of property taxes
Industry casts skeptical eye on real estate brokers serving on their building’s board
Real Deal tackles rent vs. buy by Manhattan neighborhoods
New kind of report slices and dices rents by neighborhood and building type
Although half of 2007’s peak, residential construction mushrooms
Rising rents boost sales of starter apartments in first quarter
Manhattan neighborhoods vary markedly in price, sales volume
Court ruling could lead to new wave of personal-injury lawsuits for mold injuries
Dozens of developments planned in the Hudson Yards district
Quality of life complaints — and litigation — soar in co-ops, condos
Most transaction volume is recorded for any March since 2008
Developers again invest in lobbies of residential buildings
In-house libraries prove to be low-cost amenity that please residents of new buildings
With prices nudging relative realism, Hamptons market recovering
How much do you want to see that river?
Rents uncharacteristically hold steady through winter
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