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Back in the ‘Gilded Age’ of the 1980s and 90s, Robin Leach hosted a popular TV show called Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. His show, along with soapy series melodramas like Dynasty and Dallas gave the rest of us a front-row s…
After a strong January and February, real estate demand in New York City - particularly in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and parts of Queens - is seeing a surge as we enter the spring months. According to Mansion Global , new signed contracts f…
2020 was a year like no other for the residential real estate market, and the market is still feeling the effects. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the late winter and early spring of last year set off a series of whiplashing shifts.…
As developers struggle to offload excess condo inventory in an oversaturated market that at least partially stalled at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, it is widely reported that investors and mezzanine lenders have swooped in wit…
In a report released on January 28, NYC-based trade association the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) notes that after three consecutive record lows, confidence among the city’s real estate brokers appears to have rebounded in the last …
One of the noted changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic in the New York metropolitan area is the accelerated movement of city dwellers to less crowded suburban - and sometimes even rural - areas to escape the elevated risk of infection in…
Staging an apartment for sale has always been an important factor in getting the best price for your unit, but in the current market, it has become even more so. Many aspects of a condo or co-op unit are static, and while buyers are looking…
When considering whether to buy or rent a home, the rent-to-price ratio—calculated as median annual rent as a percentage of median home price in a given area—can be a useful metric. In locations with high rent-to-price ratios, it may be bet…
The New York Post reports that someone has jumped on a rare opportunity to live like a Rockefeller—or, at least, domicile like one. Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller bought a 3,990-square-foot co-op unit on the 15th floor of 812…
A recent report from appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate shows a burgeoning interest in buying co-op apartments on the cheaper end of the Manhattan spectrum (‘cheap’ being a very relative term, of course).…