Category: Community Living

Boosted by a heavy volume of new development closings, Manhattan apartment prices soared in the second quarter of 2016, rising 13.1 percent over the same period last year.  According to the second quarter Manhattan Sales report by Doug…

Thousands of board members, managers and building owners packed the Meadowlands Expo Center on Wednesday, May 11th for The Cooperator Expo-New Jersey, an annual one-day event now in its ninth year. The Expo, a fixture on the business calend…

Amenities are catnip for the potential condo buyer. Whether we choose to admit it or not, most of us can't help but be enticed by shiny new things. Not a big swimmer? Okay, but it's still nice to know that the pool is there in case you chan…

You know what they say about The Benjamins: it truly is all about them. When attempting to purchase shares in a co-op or outright buy a condo, a potential buyer's finances are likely to be scrutinized fairly intently. So like a teen spr…

The Cooperator’s Expo, the largest Co-op & Condo Expo in the New York metropolitan area, brought together over 300 exhibitors and more than 4,000 attendees. The Expo kept three floors of the New York Hilton Midtown buzzing with board member…

The Real Estate Board of New York’s Upper Manhattan Residential Committee talked Washington Heights at a recent seminar panel event, providing a glimpse into how the neighborhood has changed, the financial lending strategies for co-ops and …

Earlier this month, as reported by Barbara Ross in the Daily News , a condominium board at 400 Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side saw fit to file suit against residents Josefina and Charles Berman, alleging that the woman a…

Co-op and condo board members, apartment building owners and managers register now for the The Cooperator’s Expo on Wednedsday, April 13, 2016 ( coopexpo.com ) a one-day free trade show being held at New York Hilton Midtown from 9…

This neighborhood has been known as various names throughout its storied history from Clinton and Hell’s Kitchen to Midtown West. It was once a rough-and-tumble area and soon it will be transformed into a mecca of residential and commercial…

The U.S. Treasury Department announced in January that it will begin to track illicit cash purchases of luxury condos in New York and Miami. In New York, the new regulations will apply to cash transactions of $3 million or more. The federal…