For co-ops Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, it was a good third quarter 2017 when it came to average sales prices. The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) recently released its latest New York City Residential Sales Report for 3Q 2017 …
Buying a home for the first time is a major life event, right up there with getting married, having children, or driving your first car. Especially for longtime New Yorkers who have previously rented, it's a big step towards owning somethi…
On Thursday, November 2nd, thousands of board members, managers, building owners and co-op, condo, and HOA residents will gather at the Jacob K. Javits Center at 655 West 34th Street in Manhattan, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the inaugu…
In last year’s presidential election, Donald Trump lost New York City, resoundingly. According to final election results, he received 461,174 votes across the five boroughs, or 18.4 percent, compared with 1,969,920 ballots cast for Hillary …
Throughout New York City's five boroughs there are myriad neighborhoods that attract a particular demographic due to history and culture. Astoria, Queens is as widely known for its Greek community as Greenpoint, Brooklyn is for its Polish o…
Manhattan co-ops are having a good moment this fall; according to the latest report by brokerage firm Douglas Elliman focusing on third-quarter sales in that borough, the median sales price for the market in the third quarter of 2017 set …
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent comments about private property rights have raised some eyebrows, both in the media and especially the real estate industry. In an interview with New York Magazine , de Blasio--who is ru…
Incorporated under Article XI of the Private Housing Finance Law, Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) cooperatives are partnerships between public and private interests that help the tenants of city-owned residential co-ops – often …
One can be forgiven for not keeping up on the latest in technological development. When it seems like Apple is holding keynote events every 11 days to unveil the latest iPhone, it can be both mentally and financially exhausting to stay on t…
New York City home sales volume (including co-ops, condos, and one- to three-family dwellings) rose to a total of 12,721 in the second quarter of 2017 -- a 15 percent improvement over the same period last year, according to the latest rep…