On Tuesday, October 29th, The Cooperator welcomed thousands of board members, managers, building owners, and co-op, condo, and HOA residents from across the tristate area to the Jacob Javits Convention Center for the third annual Fall editi…
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which insures mortgages made by private lenders and banks, will ease condo financing regulations to open up homeownership for more first-time buyers, effective October 15, reports Yahoo! Finance.…
The National Law Review is alerting litigators to be prepared for a rash of lawsuits related to a possible looming housing recession, likening the outlook to what happened in 2008’s economic crash. As the condo developers of a deca…
Back in September, Governor Cuomo signed into law a bill passed by the New York State legislature meant to make public knowledge the actual owners of one-to-four family homes purchased under the guise of LLC’s, limited liability corporation…
Whether you live in a suburb or in the heart of the city, life is expensive. Sometimes it can feel as though everybody from the barista at your favorite coffee shop to the kid who bags your groceries is trying to nickel-and-dime you half to…
Between helping the planet and helping your building's bottom line, it pays to be familiar with your energy profile. In this clip, two multifamily energy pros discuss the criteria and process they use to determine an individual community's …
Bloomberg Quint reports that another blow may be heading toward the high-end real estate market, in the form of a revived effort by state lawmakers to impose a tax on second-home purchases of $5 million or more. This tax follow…
Over the past two decades, New Yorkers have become increasingly used to seeing tall, reflective, glass residential towers rise over the cityscape, even in neighborhoods that have been bastions of the world-class architecture that gives the …
Before the multi-hyphenate It girls of the 21st century, there was Lee Bouvier Radziwill—younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of a Polish prince for a time, and well known socialite, tastemaker, and fixture of the Upper East S…
While not usually considered an amenity per se, an elegantly appointed lobby can be both a draw for prospective purchasers and a welcoming space for residents in co-op and condominium communities. While some communities furnish their lobbie…