When it comes to two people buying a home together, the traditional assumption is that they’re either in a romantic relationship, married, or related. But the definition of relationships has evolved with the times. Not all people marry, and…
Much ink and angst have been spilled over the issue of noise, whether it comes from a neighboring apartment or building; the sounds that keep one up at night, or unable to work during the day. But while sound is arguably the most likely off…
If you are currently looking to buy a home in New York City, 2018 might be the year to do it . According to a recent article posted on StreetEasy , the number of Big Apple homes listed for sale increased to a record high in th…
Based on the latest findings from Douglas Elliman’s second quarter 2018 residential market reports for Brooklyn and Queens, it seems like a tale of two boroughs: one that has long been the arbiter of hip, but is now apparently cooling off; …
In April of 2017, The Cooperator examined the passive house building standard that, according to the Passive House Institute U.S. website , follows a set of design principles to achieve energy efficiency in a structure–or as the orga…
Updated July 17, 2018 The New York City Department of Health announced last week that it is investigating several cases of Legionnaires' disease in the lower Washington Heights section of Manhattan . As of July 17, there was one de…
A developer who proposed a seven-story condominium to be built on the site of a deadly East Village gas explosion from 2015 will now have to revise its plans. Curbed reported on July 10 that the Landmarks Preservation Commission had sent…
The co-op and condo sales market in the Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood sections of Northern Manhattan has been on an upward trajectory for many years--at least the last six--with the market bottoming out from the Great Recession som…
Every year, the New York Landmarks Conservancy holds its Moses Awards – named after local philanthropist Lucy G. Moses – to honor outstanding achievement in preservation projects. A project team behind a facade preservation and rest…
It was a very mixed second quarter 2018 for the Manhattan residential market (condos and co-ops), according to the latest report by Douglas Elliman. Those results included a decline in sales prices and number of closed sales, along with an…