On the Market in New York City A United Nations area co-op, a SoHo co-op and a South Slope condo. Posted: 5/18/20125 clicks

On the Market in the Region A five-bedroom Tudor in Sea Cliff, N.Y., and a four-bedroom colonial in Norwalk, Conn. Posted: 5/18/20123 clicks

Fearing the Worst on Park Avenue The national luxury-home builder Toll Brothers is moving to alter two small, pre-Civil War houses that survive amid the tall co-ops of Park Avenue, despite lobbying efforts by neighbors to save them.Posted: 5/15/20123 clicks

[Bank Appraisals] Commercial Too High, Residential Too Low Julie Satow's New York Times ‘Square Foot' Column Accuracy of Appraisals Is Spotty, Study Says takes a look at a study that concluded that commercial appraisals were too high when tested against what the property actually sold for. My partner John Cicero in...Posted: 5/17/20122 clicks

[Three Cents Worth NY #189] Manhattan Hits Bottom (In Unit Size) It™s time to share my Three Cents Worth on Curbed NY, at the intersection of neighborhood and real estate in the capitol of the world. And I'm simply here to take measurements. Read today's 3CW post on Curbed New York: With all the hoopla about...Posted: 5/17/20122 clicks

Deal inked for top floors of landmarked Woolworth The owners of the landmarked Woolworth Building signed a contract to sell the top 25 floors of the tower to an Israeli investor group for nearly $70 million, or around $700 a square foot, sources familiar with the deal said. In 1998,...Posted: 5/16/20122 clicks

Moinian mulls Flagship on 5th Joseph Moinian is working to cobble together an 84,000-square-foot retail space at the base of the office building at 535-545 Fifth Ave. that will run the full 200-foot long block between East 44th and 45th streets ” and has appointed Winick Realty Group to...Posted: 5/15/20122 clicks

If Kids Can Play, Will Mom Shop? In their bid to keep shoppers from deserting to the Internet, more malls are adding sprawling play spaces.Posted: 5/15/20122 clicks

Mortgage fraud ringleader sentenced to more than 4 years Nathan Orms was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for leading a mortgage fraud ring in Ohio. Between 2004 and 2006, roughly the duration of the housing bubble, Orms defrauded lenders of more than $26 million, authorities said. read morePosted: 5/18/20121 click

The RED Wrap: Gary Barnett's $90M moment He always said he'd do it, and on Thursday developer Gary Barnett came close enough to delivering on that promise to take his victory lap.Posted: 5/18/20121 click

No-Fee Apartment of the Week: $2,985 one-bedroom in Midtown East ...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Room for Improvement: A wish for better water pressure, and a view of something other than an alley ...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

StreetEasy's Most Wanted: Triple crown -- Brooklyn pads with three floors and space outdoors (for under a million bucks!) ...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

From UWS to Yorkville: "If you want to live in Manhattan and you're not rich, you have to give some things up" ...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

How to tell a bed bug from an impostor ...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Real Estate Want: Get ready to make some noise ...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Rent Coach: Protecting yourself from a corporate tenant ...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

It's hip to be dull on the UES; Citi Bike bites if it's parked outside your place, and more ...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Dear Ms. Demeanor: What are the rules for housesitters? ...Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Your Celebrity Neighbors: Michael Douglas and Catherine-Zeta Jones ...Posted: 5/16/20121 click

Closing Bell: It’s Record Fair Weekend! Usually the Brooklyn Flea holds a record fair in the fall, but this year it's happening twice! So this Saturday at the Williamsburg Smoragsburg, expect around 25 record vendors, music performances, and (of course) lots of food. Here are all the details! As for...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Milk Bar is Expanding to 780 Washington Avenue There have been rumblings on Brooklynian of the Milk Bar on Vanderbilt Avenue expanding to 780 Washington Avenue, at Sterling Place, across from Tom's Diner. Turns out the expansion is indeed happening. The owner of Milk Bar said they are planning a restaurant and...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Digging Deep at the New BBG Visitors Center Here's a shot of our electeds celebrating the public opening of the new Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitors Center last week. Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

PSA: The Fab Fifth Avenue Fair is Tomorrow Here's Park Slope, as always, has the complete details. Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

How Will the Arena Look When Leonard Cohen Performs? Leonard Cohen is scheduled to play the Barclays Center on December 20th. The facade of the arena is being put into place at a fast clip. Click through for a couple more photos. “By Evan Bleier Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

‘Crispy Mr. Chicken’ Announces Itself on 4th Avenue Perhaps looking to fill the void that was created when the KFC on 4th Avenue closed in the fall so that it could be converted into a McDonalds, an awesome sign advertising Crispy Mr. Chicken has been on the front of 52 4th Avenue...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Slope Beer Garden, Die Koelner Bierhalle, May Open Soon! Park Slope might not be getting a Hooters anytime soon, but that doesn't mean that the area isn't going to be filling up with other new businesses. One such business, Die Koelner Bierhalle, is moving closer to opening its doors. Construction is still being...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Building of the Day: 645-647 St. Marks Avenue Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 645-647 St Marks Avenue Cross Streets: Rogers and Nostrand Avenues Neighborhood: Crown Heights North Year Built: early 1890s Architectural Style: Renaissance Revival Architect: George P. Chappell Other Buildings by Architect: In CHN “ St. Bartholomew™s Episc. Church, Pacific St; House... MorePosted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Growth Spurt for 270 St. Marks Avenue The three-story, six-unit building at 270 St. Marks Avenue between Vanderbilt and Underhill really shot up since construction began in March. According to DOB permits, the development will be separated into two three-story buildings, each with three units. Work Starts on Small New Prospect Heights...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Open House Picks Park Slope 477 4th Street Betancourt Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $3,495,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 488 13th Street Corcoran Sunday, 11:00-1:00 $2,650,000 GMAP P*Shark Flatbush 194 Lennox Road Barbara Ann Rogers/William B. May Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $950,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 2109 Abelmarle Terrace Brown Harris Stevens Sunday, 2:30-4:30 $839,000 GMAP P*S... MorePosted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Why did America's housing bubble decline more than in other countries? Much of the developed world (especially America and Europe) had a housing bubble. The Economist asks why America's fell so much faster than the bubbles in Europe:Perhaps the difference is institutional. American banks had poorer lending standards and have been quicker to foreclose...Posted: 4/27/20120 clicks

Updated housing graphs I have updated my national housing bubble graphs to reflect the latest data available. It covers home prices from 1970-2011. It looks like U.S. home prices are fairly valued, although it varies by metro area. As I said in the past, I don't expect...Posted: 4/19/20122 clicks

S&P/Case-Shiller national HPI shows 4% fall in home prices U.S. home prices fell 4.0% during 2011:Data through December 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed that all three headline composites ended 2011 at new index lows. The national composite fell...Posted: 2/28/20123 clicks

Warren Buffett is a housing bull Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes housing is a better investment than stocks right now:Warren Buffett says along with equities, single-family homes are a very attractive investment right now.Appearing live on CNBC's Squawk Box, Buffett tells Becky Quick he'd buy up "millions" of single family...Posted: 2/27/20125 clicks

Happy Valentine's Day, renters! We get no respect, no respect at all:In a survey of 1,000 single people, more than a third of women and 18% of men said they would much rather date a homeowner than a renter.Ouch!Only 2% of women said they preferred to date a...Posted: 2/14/20121 click

S&P/Case-Shiller HPI down in November The November numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index are out. The 20-city index is down 3.7% year-over-year and down 1.3% month-over-month:Home prices posted a steep, month-over-month drop in November, falling 1.3%, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city report. Prices fell in 19 of...Posted: 1/31/20121 click

December housing starts down 4.1% month-over-month; up 8% year-over-year Housing starts fell in December compared with November. (FYI, housing starts numbers are usually seasonally adjusted.) However, they are up about 8% year-over-year. Keep in mind that we've had abnormally good weather this winter, which is great for home building.It wasn™t exactly a banner...Posted: 1/19/20121 click

The clueless Fed The release of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting transcripts from 2006 show how little America's top economic minds understand how leveraged asset bubbles harm the economy:As the housing bubble entered its waning hours in 2006, top Federal Reserve officials marveled at the desperate...Posted: 1/16/20121 click

DC-area homes of the 2012 presidential candidates A bunch of websites are posting photos of the 2012 presidential candidates' homes, probably sparked by this Zillow Blog post. Here are the homes the candidates have in the DC area:Newt Gingrich7410 Windy Hill Ct, McLean, VA 22102Value: $1,284,400Rick Santorum10607 Creamcup Ln, Great Falls,...Posted: 1/13/20129 clicks

Zillow CEO on housing marketPosted: 1/5/201212 clicks

New York condo sells for a record $90M An unnamed buyer paid more than $90 million for a Midtown Manhattan penthouse, the highest price ever paid for a New York apartment, according to the building's developer.Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

'I have an airplane hangar in my front yard' Like so many Americans across the nation, Julie Clark commutes to work. But she doesn't drive, walk or even take a bus or train. Instead, she flies a plane.Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

The Facebook effect on San Francisco real estate The Basis Point is a popular mortgage and housing blog that tracks consumer critical issues and data. It is edited by Julian Hebron, a retail mortgage lender who runs the San Francisco branches of RPM Mortgage.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Home buying at most affordable level in decades Buying a home has reached its most affordable level in more than two decades.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Mortgage rates hit record low again Buying a home just got even cheaper as interest rates on both 30-year and 15-year-fixed-rate mortgages set record lows for the third week in a row.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Foreclosures fall to lowest level since 2007 Foreclosure filings in April fell for the third straight month to the lowest level since July 2007.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Mortgage delinquencies drop to 4-year low The percentage of borrowers who have dropped behind on their mortgage payments fell to a four-year low in the first three months of 2012, a bankers' group said Wednesday.Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

George Lucas proposes affordable housing plan The film emperor may be striking back. For 25 years, filmmaker George Lucas tried to persuade his Marin County, Calif., neighbors to let him build a digital production studio on his ranch there, but the area's residents thwarted the plan.Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

BofA offering up to $30K for short sales Bank of America is offering some struggling homeowners payments of up to $30,000 if they sell their homes in a short sale and avoid ending up in foreclosure.Posted: 5/15/20121 click

Housing: The one bailout America could really use Laurie Goodman is an apolitical number cruncher who has spent most of her 28-year career out of the public view, studying the minutiae of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) for big investment banks. She's long been a star among Wall Street insiders, however. She holds the...Posted: 1/17/20121 click

The RED Wrap: Gary Barnett's $90M moment He always said he'd do it, and on Thursday developer Gary Barnett came close enough to delivering on that promise to take his victory lap.Posted: 5/18/20121 click

US foreclosure filings hit 5-year low Foreclosure filings in the U.S. fell to a five-year low last month as lenders sought to avoid seizing property and a housing recovery showed signs of taking hold. The number of default, auction and seizure notices sent to homeowners in April totaled 188,780, down...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

The RED Wrap: Related bets on Sterling What happens when the city's premier developer of large projects, the kind that necessarily involves city approvals and subsidies, teams up with a big local landlord? Even the most powerful mayor in memory has to bend.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Labor leader Ed Malloy dies at 77 Edward Malloy, a dapper, tireless labor leader who steered the city and state construction trades council for nearly two decades, died Tuesday after a bout with cancer. He was 77.A veteran of the U.S. Army and a former steamfitter, Mr. Malloy served as president...Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

The RED Wrap: Don't look east As of Tuesday, there's no longer any mystery about the future of Greece. Unable to form a new government, Greeks will go back to the polls to try again, and in the mean time the nation will continue to slide towards economic anarchy.Posted: 5/16/20121 click

Deal inked for top floors of landmarked Woolworth The owners of the landmarked Woolworth Building signed a contract to sell the top 25 floors of the tower to an Israeli investor group for nearly $70 million, or around $700 a square foot, sources familiar with the deal said. In 1998,...Posted: 5/16/20122 clicks

Homebuilder confidence hits 5-year high Confidence among U.S. homebuilders jumped more than forecast in May, reaching a five-year high that signals an improving outlook for construction. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence rose to 29, the highest since May 2007, a report from the...Posted: 5/15/20120 clicks

Apartment prices and sales jump in Manhattan April was a hot month for new condos across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, according to a monthly report released Tuesday.In Manhattan, 127 units in new developments went into contract, up 21% from the same time a year ago, according to the report by StreetEasy.com,...Posted: 5/15/20121 click

The RED Wrap: Lincoln Center answers Greece The predicted rains never came Monday in New York, but in global financial markets it poured.Posted: 5/15/20120 clicks

Banks look to overturn MBIA restructuring Bank of America Corp. and Société Générale SA go to court Monday seeking to overturn New York's approval of MBIA Inc.'s restructuring in 2009, alleging the bond insurer misled the regulator.New York State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Kapnick is scheduled to begin a nonjury...Posted: 5/14/20120 clicks

Things That Suck: Residents of the Upper West... Residents of the Upper West Side are angry at the City about a mosquito infestation. They expressed their frustrations at a town hall meeting yesterday. "These mosquitos are coming in and taking all our jobs!" said no one. The...Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Development Update-o-Rama: Condo Towers Springing Up All Over Midtown With One57 breaking all kinds of records (you may have heard something about that), things are looking good for luxury condo development in Midtown. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that Starwood Capital Group, led by Brent Sternlicht, and...Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

It Happened One Weekend: Musician Pretty Savvy with Real Estate; Buildings Are Tall 1) This week's huntress, Dana, a musician/voiceover actress, bought (along with her boyfriend) two adjacent apartments in an Upper West Side building for a combined $1,435,500 in 2003. She didn't count on the combined maintenance fees, however, which totaled...Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

curbed marketplace: Sunday Open House Roundup Time for this week's open house roundup from your friends at Curbed Marketplace. More where this came from in our Open House Calendars. And a reminder: sales listings are only $25 this month. Sunday Sales 1049 Park Avenue, 3BR,...Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Open House Weekend Warriors: Weekend Open House Tour: Park Slope Places Click here to view the full photogallery. Park Slope is nuts. Yesterday, it was revealed that Park Slope doormen have been running an undercover (but legal) "Parking Ring" where they hog two parking spaces in order to be able to...Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Week In Review: NYC's Biggest Deal Ever; Apartment Fits 1,100 Ft. into 420 Click here to view the full photogallery. One57 Penthouse Sells for $90M+ in NYC's Biggest Deal Ever, Sullivan Street Apartment Fits 1,100 Square Feet Into 420, Inside the Swanky Sales Office of Midtown's Massive One57, What $3,800 Can Rent You...Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Curbedwire: When Kids Name Buildings; OneBillion57 NYC-The NYTimes has a recurring feature for which kids can submit drawings depicting stories in the news. This week's theme was the story about people stealing manhole covers. The most interesting thing about this particular contest was a submission...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Linkage: Bike Share Trip Planner; Micro Cottages Pop-Up Downtown via benalesh1985/Curbed photo pool , Prospect Park's polo fields in the 1890s [Brownstoner] , Tiny public plaza on Hudson Street gets public art by ARO [AN] , Central Park beehive moves to the Sixth Street Community Center [Local] , Floyd...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Comment of the Day: "It's a great idea. Take the... "It's a great idea. Take the most valuable space in the building and stick a K-6 in there. Think...that $90 million dollar PH at One57 could just as easily be PS118 at One57. Who wouldn't want to go to school...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Extreme Makeovers: Tribeca Landmark Ready for Highly Visible Addition [Photos by Tribeca Trib] Developer Jourdan Krauss has had prior two-story additions to the cast iron landmark at 361 Broadway approved by Manhattan Community Board 1, but neither sat right with him and they never got built. Now he...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

What™s Next for FOREM? The Future of Real Estate Marketing blog is a very special place for me. When I was getting my feet wet in this industry, FOREM was one of my go-to daily reads. The content that Joel Burslem created was no where to be found...Posted: 7/9/20117 clicks

Infographic: How We Work “ Mobile, Authentic, Engaged At Inman News, we talk a lot about workstyle and how much has changed in just the last few years. How real estate professionals work, has been a fundamental theme of Agent Reboot and Real Estate Connect.Why? There is an absolute fundamental shift in...Posted: 7/5/20118 clicks

Have You Heard About Facebook™s Redesign? Facebook doesn't make many big changes quickly. Since it's launch in 2004, with each new change comes a wave of people complaining or asking for it to go back to 'the old way.' It looks like it may be that time again. According to VentureBeat,...Posted: 6/29/20115 clicks

Free Webinar This Week: Make More Money with Mobile Please join us for a FREE Webinar this Thursday, hosted by Chris Smith! Topic: 'Make More Money with Mobile' Sponsored by: DocuSign Date: Thursday, June 30th Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (PDT) Mobile technology is changing the face of real estate. It has changed the way real estate...Posted: 6/28/20112 clicks

Connect Stories: Bringing the Future to the Present “ Inman Connect Note: I™ve asked several people to share their thoughts and experiences about what Real Estate Connect has meant to them with our FOREM readers. Look for these special Connect Stories here on FOREM ...Posted: 6/27/20110 clicks

How Facebook Is Making It Easier to Maintain Your Pages In the last few weeks, Facebook has made some great new updates available to page admins. They are definitely making it easy for page admins to get the help and assistance they need, get their questions answered, and make their page as successful as...Posted: 6/24/20113 clicks

Foursquare Marries Quora | Localmind Foursquare just surpassed the 10 million user mark. Facebook Places has become extremely popular quickly. Whether you 'get' it or not people like checking in. A lot. Quora has recently exploded onto the scene as a new breed of Q and A site with a...Posted: 6/23/20110 clicks

The Purchase Algorithm | Decide.com It is simply impossible to avoid. Buyers remorse seems to be ever more cruel when it comes to technology. Picture this. You have made up your mind that it is finally time to buy a new camera/phone/laptop. You are done photographing your listings with your...Posted: 6/22/20112 clicks

Create a Website from Start to Finish With Your iPhone Have you been Zapd yet? One of my favorite new apps is one that allows you to create a completely mobile optimized website from your iPhone in literally seconds. Zapd (a new service from Seattle-based Pressplane) is a free app and is available from the...Posted: 6/21/20114 clicks

Connect Stories: The 3 P™s of Inman Connect San Francisco Note: I™ve asked several people to share their thoughts and experiences about what Real Estate Connect has meant to them with our FOREM readers. Look for these special Connect Stories here on FOREM leading up...Posted: 6/20/20110 clicks

Joseph Harbert Departs C&W For Colliers NEW YORK CITY-In another high profile move from Cushman, Harbert has joined Colliers as president of the Eastern region, media reports show.Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Winick Tapped to Lease 3 Columbus Circle Retail Space NEW YORK CITY-The brokerage has been assigned to fill 36,000 square feet at the base of the building, which is owned by a joint venture of SL Green and the Moinian Group. Winick is also working to find a tenant for an 84,000-square-foot retail...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

11 Times Square Gets First Major Retail Tenant NEW YORK CITY-James Emden, a vice chairman at Colliers International, tells GlobeSt.com's Jacqueline Hlavenka that Global Food International Corp. will be taking 25,000 square feet at the tower, amounting to $500 a foot.Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Related Cos. Reintroduces 225 Rector Pl. to the Market NEW YORK CITY-With previous developer Yair Levy out of the picture, the owner/manager has brought in a new designer and fresh amenities to attract buyers back to Battery Park City, Related's Sherry Tobak tells GlobeSt.com's Jacqueline Hlavenka.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Madison Realty Capital Takes Title at 385 Union Ave. NEW YORK CITY-The Manhattan-based institutional investor resolved a troubled situation at the Williamsburg site, purchasing the note and the deed on the six-story, 53,000-square-foot property for $21.5 million.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Developers, City in Tentative Deal on Willets Point NEW YORK CITY-The revised scenario for the 61-acre Queens site could entail another trip through the city's environmental review process, unnamed sources tell the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Center Building at 33-00 Northern Blvd. Up for Grabs NEW YORK CITY-A former auto assembly plant in Long Island City, Queens, has reached sales block.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

NS-LIJH Signs Lease at 641 Lexington Avenue NEW YORK CITY-North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has signed a lease for a pre-built space on the second floor of 641 Lexington Ave.Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Community National Bank to Open its First Manhattan Branch NEW YORK CITY-Community National Bank is opening its first Manhattan branch on East 52nd Street off Fifth Avenue.Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Zar Properties to Buy Retail Condo at 105-113 Wooster Street NEW YORK CITY-Zar Properties has reached a contract to purchase a retail condo at 105-113 Wooster St. in SoHo for slightly less than $39 million.Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Though Mandatory, LEED Gold-Hopeful 51 Astor Place Close to Landing First Tenant Edward Minskoff's Fumihiko Maki-designed 51 Astor Place is close to landing its first tenant: Hult International Business school is in discussions to lease the entire second floor of the 12-story, 400,000-square-foot tower in what would be a 55,000-square-foot deal mandated by the site's zoning...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Under Construction: One World Trade Center Progress Photos From May 11, 2012 A handful of progress photos of One World Trade Center under construction shot on Friday, May 11, 2012.Posted: 5/13/20121 click

gbNYC First Quarter 2012 Green Real Estate Report Now Available The Report is designed as a reference document and includes live links to the original articles as they appeared here at gbNYC and our sister publication, the Green Real Estate Law Journal, as well as original content reviewing the following major topics from the...Posted: 5/9/20120 clicks

J.C. Penney Inks Full-Building Lease at Historic 200 Lafayette Street J.C. Penney has signed a 130,000-square-foot lease to move its corporate headquarters from Dallas to the Cast Iron District in SoHo, where the century-old 200 Lafayette Street will seek LEED certification in connection with a $20 million renovation.Posted: 5/4/20124 clicks

630 Third Avenue Earns New York City™s 38th LEED-EB Certification Dating from 1958 and owned and managed by ATCO Properties, the 23-story 630 Third Avenue recently earned a LEED for Existing Buildings Silver certification from USGBC.Posted: 5/3/20120 clicks

Just South of Columbus Circle, Random House Renews Lease at NYC™s Second LEED-EB Building Random House has announced that it has renewed the 360,000-square-foot lease for its corporate headquarters on floors 2 through 13 at SL Green's 1745 Broadway through the middle of 2023.Posted: 4/27/20120 clicks

West Side, Sixth Avenue Setting the Pace in NYC™s LEED-EB Race With the recent LEED-EB Silver certification of the Rockefeller Group's 1271 Avenue of the Americas, Sixth Avenue has jumped past Park Avenue for the most LEED-EB-certified office buildings in Manhattan. The rating also nudged the West Side past the East Side on the same...Posted: 4/24/20120 clicks

Long Island City™s Historic LEED Silver Brewster Building Lands JetBlue JetBlue has officially moved into its 200,000-square-foot space at the historic, LEED Silver-certified Brewster Building in Long Island City, which manufactured the "Brewster Buffalo" fighter plane during World War II.Posted: 4/20/20120 clicks

New York City Ranked Sixth in List of Cities Earning Energy Stars in 2011 After improving on its 2008 and 2009 ranks (12th and 10th) in 2010 (5th), New York City held steady by placing 6th on EPA's list in 2011. But in terms of total floor area and annual cost savings the much denser Big Apple performed...Posted: 4/18/20120 clicks

Port Authority & Durst Unveil (London-Developed) Logo for 1 World Trade Center It will stand at a symbolic final height of 1776 feet and was once known as the Freedom Tower. But when it came time to brand 1 World Trade Center, the Port Authority and the Durst Organization turned to the London-based design firm Wordsearch.Posted: 4/13/20121 click

Iowa AG defends robo-signing settlement Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller defends the $25 billion robo-signing settlement with the five largest mortgage servicers. Miller talked with HousingWire about the settlement in this exclusive video. read morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Silicon Valley housing market gets Facebook bump As Facebook and its social media and tech brethren boom, so, too, does the housing market in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. read morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Bipartisan bill seeks end to REO-to-rental pilot in California Eight Republican and Democratic California congressional members introduced legislation Thursday calling for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to cease its plan to sell Fannie Mae-owned foreclosed homes in California to large investors. read more Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Housing markets recover faster in nonjudicial foreclosure states, report says How quickly a local market recovers in terms of home prices and real estate activity may be contingent on whether its located in a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure state. Nonjudicial foreclosure markets are performing better in terms of price stabilization, according to a new...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Mortgage fraud ringleader sentenced to more than 4 years Nathan Orms was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for leading a mortgage fraud ring in Ohio. Between 2004 and 2006, roughly the duration of the housing bubble, Orms defrauded lenders of more than $26 million, authorities said. read morePosted: 5/18/20121 click

Dearth of affordable rentals cause for concern, housing experts say The housing downturn put rental properties in high demand, but housing advocates say falling incomes and rising rents are cause for concern, especially in the affordable multifamily segment. read more Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

State, regional job employment improves slightly The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a slight, but steady ray of improvement for the state and regional job markets in April. read morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

House approves broader foreclosure protections for military The U.S. House of Representatives voted 394-27 Friday to approve an amendment widening foreclosure protections for military servicemembers. read morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Former Treasury exec who oversaw AIG restructuring wants practical GSE plan Former AIG restructuring officer lays out a clear plan for the government-sponsored enterprises and pushes for a practical solution. See more in a HousingWire exclusive video. read more Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Mortgage Builder buys GCC servicing systems Origination software provider Mortgage Builder expands into the servicing space with the acquisition of GCC Servicing System. read morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

NAR weighs rules for mobile IDX listings Rulemaking for social media postponed againread morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Bill would stop bulk REO sales in California NAR backing sponsor Gary Miller's reelection bidread morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Banks must take risks Modern economies cannot grow without creditread morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Landlord may object to tenant subletting to tourists Rent it Rightread morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

One man's Guggenheim, another man's toilet Unconventional design is like an architectural Rorschachread morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Replacing a toilet fill valve New product makes adjustments easier, eliminates corrosion concernsread morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Neighborhood social networking site taking off Launched in October, Nextdoor is up and running in more than 2,000 communitiesread morePosted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Trulia recruits brokerage exec to lead industry relations team Matt Dollinger to help listing portal strengthen ties to MLSs, brokers, agents read morePosted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Are big brokers delivering on tech, training promises? Realtor Notebookread morePosted: 5/17/20120 clicks

NAR flexes political muscle Rally in nation's capital draws 15,000read morePosted: 5/17/20120 clicks

[Featured Speaker] Appraisal Institute™s 6th Annual Meadowlands Conference Tomorrow I'll be a featured speaker at The Northeast New Jersey Chapter of the Appraisal Institute's 6th Annual Meadowlands Conference in Teaneck, NJ. My presentation is called: The Intersection of Housing and Credit in 2012, How This Cycle Ends. Always great to hang out with valuation...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

[Three Cents Worth NY #190] Manhattan is Converted Euro-Trash It™s time to share my Three Cents Worth on Curbed NY, at the intersection of neighborhood and real estate in the capitol of the world. And I'm simply here to take measurements. Read today's 3CW post on Curbed New York: Since the Euro is creaking...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

The $70M Condo versus $52M Co-op Smackdown, Manhattan StylePosted: 5/17/20120 clicks

[Knight Frank] 1Q 2012 Prime Property Global Index Goes Negative aside : I'm the New York guy Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index showed more weakness this quarter. The first three months of 2012 brought with it little new momentum. The Eurozone's debt debacle remained at the forefront of the global economic agenda, several critical...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

[Observer] Free Publicity Isn™t Always Good Publicity About five years ago, The New York Observer started a publicity campaign called The Power 100 where they selected 100 notables in New York Real Estate circles, put them on a list and threw a party to build loyalty and hopefully attract advertisers. ...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

[Manhattan Absorption] April 2012, Moving From Fast to Faster Absorption defined for the purposes of this chart is: Number of months to sell all listing inventory at the annual pace of sales activity. (The definition of absorption in my market report series reflects the quarterly pace - nearly the same) I started this...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

[Three Cents Worth NY #189] Manhattan Hits Bottom (In Unit Size) It™s time to share my Three Cents Worth on Curbed NY, at the intersection of neighborhood and real estate in the capitol of the world. And I'm simply here to take measurements. Read today's 3CW post on Curbed New York: With all the hoopla about...Posted: 5/17/20122 clicks

Felix Salmon on Rent versus Buy: US Buy, Manhattan Rent, Justin BieberPosted: 5/17/20121 click

[Moving and Grooving] Knicks Lose, Yet Housing Market Optimism Last night the championship dreams for Knicks fans that began in earnest with Linsanity, was officially over, ending with a final loss to Miami in Miami. The Knicks resurgence has been one of the few feel good stories of the year. I...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

[Bank Appraisals] Commercial Too High, Residential Too Low Julie Satow's New York Times ‘Square Foot' Column Accuracy of Appraisals Is Spotty, Study Says takes a look at a study that concluded that commercial appraisals were too high when tested against what the property actually sold for. My partner John Cicero in...Posted: 5/17/20122 clicks

Record-breaking $90 million penthouse sale in N.Y. What real estate downturn? A two-level penthouse with sweeping views of Central Park just sold for more than $90 million ” a record price for New York, according to the New York Times. Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Celebrity Real Estate: Seacrest and Ellen deal The big real estate news in celebrity circles? Ellen DeGeneres finally sold her home, selling it to fellow star Ryan Seacrest, and Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are renting in Beverly Hills while their modern home is renovated. Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Cities where jobs in manufacturing pay the most Not all manufacturing jobs are created equal -- and certainly not manufacturing pay. According to a new study released by Brookings™ Metropolitan Policy Program, manufacturing wages differ widely between large cities. Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

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Mortgage rates still falling, hit record lows Mortgage rates have continued to fall over the past week, setting record lows for both 30-year and 15-year contracts, mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday. The 30-year benchmark now stands at 3.79 percent, down from 3.83 percent a week ago, with an average "point"...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

The condo that's home to 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Banned, embraced and parodied for its graphic sexual content, "Fifty Shades of Grey," is fiction, but the home much of it takes place in is real. A luxury condominium in Seattle. Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Mortgage delinquency rate hits four-year low The delinquency rate on U.S. home mortgages fell in the first quarter to the lowest level since 2008, though the share of homes in the foreclosure process inched higher. Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Back from foreclosure to homeownership When Jennifer Anderson's family could no longer afford their mortgage and lost their home, she expected many years to pass before they would again become property owners. Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Housing starts rev up, although permits slip The nation's homebuilders broke ground on a higher-than-expected number of homes in April, laying the foundation for what could be an improving housing market after a long housing slump. Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

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Southold This is a place for people who’d rather avoid the scene of Hamptons-land.Posted: 5/6/20121 click

Margaretville Woodstock and Bethel get all the love, but nearby Margaretville offers a lot of the same weekend pleasures with less patchouli.Posted: 5/6/20121 click

Stanford Nothing stays undiscovered when it’s close to two top destinations and New Yorkers have been taking notice.Posted: 5/6/20120 clicks

Ocean Grove “It definitely has become more of a resort town.”Posted: 5/6/20120 clicks

Lavallette Barely two miles separates Lavallette from Seaside Heights, but it’s far, far away from Snooki-land.Posted: 5/6/20120 clicks

Greenport Its wineries have been successful for years, and it’s a go-to for carless New Yorkers because it’s walkable and close to the train.Posted: 5/6/20120 clicks

Not the Hamptons Forget Rhinebeck, East Hampton, and Long Beach Island: In these six towns, you actually can get away.Posted: 5/6/20120 clicks

On the Market What?s up there? Listings in the city?s 18 tallest residential towers, every one above the 40th floor.Posted: 4/9/20125 clicks

How High Does the Rest of New York Go? The tallest residences, by borough.Posted: 4/9/20121 click

Higher Frank Gehry?s new building at 8 Spruce Street is the tallest residence in town, and taller ones are coming. A look at sleeping 800 feet in the air.Posted: 4/9/20120 clicks

Cushman & Wakefield COO Joseph Harbert Leaves For Colliers International Joseph Harbert, the chief operating officer for the New York Metro region for Cushman & Wakefield, has left the firm for a new job as president of the eastern region for Colliers International. The move, which was first reported by Crain's New York, is a sign...Posted: 5/18/20121 click

11 Times Square Signs 25,000 s/f Retail Deal The Global Food International Corporation, a Russia-based restaurant company, has leased 25,000 square feet at 11 Times Square, filling a large portion of a retail space that been vacant since the new office tower was finished two years ago. They™ve been very successful in Russia...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Kirkland West Moves to 263 West 38th Street The lobby of 263 West 38th Street Kirkland West, LLC has signed a lease in Handler Real Estate Organization's 263 West 38th Street. The executive search firm will be taking a 4,800 square foot unit on the eighth floor in the 170,000 square foot building. "They very much liked...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Eastern Silk Mills Relocates in Garment District Courtesy of Flatbush Gardener Eastern Silk Mills Inc. will be moving to another building in the Garment District. "The space was in excellent condition," Jeff Buslik, director at Adams & Co. and broker on the deal, noted about the transaction. "[Eastern Silk Mills] came and wanted...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

The Real Problem With Willets Point A reader sends along this thoughtful critique of the problems inherent in the latest plans for Willets Point: What a horrible idea. A parking lot and a mall? That neighborhood is a mess already, though. Just a few hundred feet from the bay in one direction...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Jamestown on Cusp of Buying $80 Million Chetrit LIC Property: Report Jamestown Properties, the owners of The Chelsea Market and One Times Square, is on the cusp of purchasing The Falchi Building, a Long Island City office property co-owned by Joseph Chetrit for over $80 million. (photo courtesy of CoStar) The deal for the 638,712 square foot...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Citi Field’s Suicide Squeeze! Redone Willets Point Will Bracket Stadium With Malls It may be a strike for the mayor, but Steve Ross and Fred Wilpon have scored big time with the latest Willets Point do-over. It was revealed earlier this month that after a year of weighing competing proposals, the city had selected the Related Companies...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

After Nearly 120 Years, Exit Sonnenblick Goldman After acquiring the majority interest in Sonnenblick Goldman in 2007, Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman is dropping the name in a move that a spokesman told The Mortgage Observer is designed to merely align its services globally. The group will now be known as...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Grubb & Ellis’ Stuart Siegel Joins CBRE CBRE, the Los Angeles-based commercial real estate services firm, has hired Stuart Siegel as a senior vice president in office brokerage in the firm™s Manhattan office. Mr. Siegel, who previously served as a managing director at Grubb & Ellis before it was acquired last month...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

20.1 Million Square Feet The Hudson River Waterfront (HRW) submarket consists of 42 Class A buildings with 20.1 million square feet of inventory. Though on the New Jersey side of the river, this stretch of real estate has much more in common with Manhattan than with the rest...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Duchov 'NY' "Californication has hit the Upper West Side. David Duchovny is on an apartment hunt, and our spies spotted the actor in the Eldorado at 300 Central Park West, the coveted co-op building where Alec Baldwin once lived. We hear that Duchovny checked out a $4.27 million...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

˜Nice™ place Broadway star Kelli O™Hara has a unique family tradition. Right before her shows open, O™Hara ” along with her mom, sister, sister-in-law and aunts (who all arrive en masse from Elk City, Okla.) ” throws a party for the entire cast and crew. The...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

West assured Brookfield Office Properties is known for developing office space. This makes the recent announcement that Brookfield is considering devoting a portion of an upcoming, four-tower project to residences something of a surprise. The huge site will span from 31st to 33rd streets and from...Posted: 5/17/20121 click

Just sold! ManhattanFINANCIAL DISTRICT $1,690,00015 Broad St.Two-bedroom, two-bath loft condo, 1,701 square feet, with 11 1/2-foot beamed ceilings, kitchen with stainless-steel appliances, oversized windows, through-the-wall AC and washer/dryer; Downtown by Starck building features doorman, gym, swimming pool, bowling alley, dance studio, basketball and squash courts, roof...Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Moinian mulls Flagship on 5th Joseph Moinian is working to cobble together an 84,000-square-foot retail space at the base of the office building at 535-545 Fifth Ave. that will run the full 200-foot long block between East 44th and 45th streets ” and has appointed Winick Realty Group to...Posted: 5/15/20122 clicks

Pushkin takes a swing at Mantle™s Russian pelmeni and borscht might soon replace all-American burgers and shakes at the longtime home of sports bar/eatery Mickey Mantle™s. Landlord Atco, which is trying to evict the bankrupt restaurant founded by the Yankee Hall-of-Famer from its 25-year home at 42 Central Park South, is...Posted: 5/14/20120 clicks

Streetscapes | Powerhouses: Streetscapes | Old, Massive, Illustrious and Somehow Overlooked Few today notice the giant 1902 powerhouse at the foot of East 74th Street, or have heard of George H. Pegram, the engineer who designed it. Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Big Deal: Big Deal - New York’s Race to the Top Developers are playing a game of “Can you top this?” as apartment buildings grow ever taller. Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Getting Started: Getting Started - The Income-Restricted Apartment New York City has a few homeownership options for those who cannot afford the market rate, including co-op apartments for buyers who earn a certain percentage of the area median income. Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Living In | Downtown Brooklyn: Downtown Brooklyn/Living In — To the Heights and the Slope, Add ‘Downtown’ To hear its landlords, city officials and residents tell it, Downtown Brooklyn has become extremely familiar with wholesale reinvention schemes. Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

The Hunt: The Hunt | A Home Base for a Touring Musician Dana Fuchs lived in two combined apartments, but after a while she wanted out from under two maintenance fees. A condominium seemed like a better idea. Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

The Pest Parade, and How to Stop It In-house pests are a fact of life in the city. Here’s a primer to getting rid of everything from cockroaches to mice. Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

City Room: Big Ticket | Sold for $52.5 Million The investor Howard Marks and his wife bought a 30-room duplex at 740 Park. The seller was Courtney Sale Ross, the widow of the Time Warner executive Steven J. Ross. Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

On the Market in New York City A United Nations area co-op, a SoHo co-op and a South Slope condo. Posted: 5/18/20125 clicks

On the Market in the Region A five-bedroom Tudor in Sea Cliff, N.Y., and a four-bedroom colonial in Norwalk, Conn. Posted: 5/18/20123 clicks

Midtown Penthouse at One57 Sells for New York Record The sale of the duplex penthouse at One57 for more than $90 million broke the city’s previous record of $88 million. Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Thoughts on a Sunday I was wondering when this was going to happen.Home Auction in Scardale The sellers of 20 Sage Terrace, just around the corner from the Greenacres Elementary School and a 12 minute walk to the train and shops, are auctioning their beautifully renovated home. Are...Posted: 11/6/20112 clicks

10 Years Ago Today We will never forget.Posted: 9/11/20112 clicks

Losing our s**t is no excuse for losing our manners Let this be your wake up call.Recently I had the displeasure of experiencing some rather rude and passive aggressive behavior from complete strangers. I won't go into details since I have no desire to relive those moments but these people acted out because they...Posted: 7/28/20115 clicks

$104,313 That is how much it costs to live in this house.That will be all.Posted: 7/3/20112 clicks

The Bunny The rich are getting nervous. And this isn't just chatter. A short sale in Scarsdale.You will see more of these. Bank on it.Jared Kushner is not alone. All the big time players who were gobbling up properties like the way Lindsay Lohan chugs Red...Posted: 7/3/20112 clicks

Second Wave Running low.Go to Google news and you will find a lot of articles about how the real estate market is going through the double dip.Every real estate expert/journalist is giving their opinion about this matter. I am no different.There is still a huge divide...Posted: 6/1/20111 click

"Macho Man:"Randy Savage So many memories of watching you on TV as a child. Thank you.Elizabeth is waiting for you in heaven.Posted: 5/21/20111 click

Barrier of Entry A barrier of entry to live in Scarsdale and other elite areas of Westchester are the property taxes. This is a key reason why Westhchester has not truly stabilized. Buyers aren't balking at the prices, it is the property taxes that they are screaming...Posted: 5/10/20113 clicks

Drop It Like It's Hot It's dropping. But not because it is hot.This broker's link, displays all the price reductions of they have listed from Scarsdale.As you can see, it is getting hot out there. Hot in reductions. Regardless, it is still not enough for buyers to come...Posted: 5/3/20111 click

About Time. Osama Bin Laden is dead.I hope this brings you all some peace.Posted: 5/1/20110 clicks

Mortgage Rates In U.S. Fall To Record Lows With 30-Year At 3.79 percent Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Citys job gains in 2012 are best in 60 yearsPosted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Weekly Claims Hold Steady as Jobs Picture Still MurkyPosted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Mortgage Applications Jump; Rates FallPosted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Housing Starts Surge 2.6 percent While Permits Show 7 percent DeclinePosted: 5/16/20120 clicks

Homebuilder confidence hits 5-year highPosted: 5/15/20120 clicks

Retail Sales Edge Up, Inflation Flat as Energy Prices FallPosted: 5/15/20120 clicks

Consumer sentiment at 4-year high in early MayPosted: 5/11/20121 click

Producer prices unexpectedly drop in AprilPosted: 5/11/20120 clicks

Technology Industry Seen Growing Fastest in New YorkPosted: 5/10/20120 clicks

One or two year leases? Which should you sign? We™re almost upon that time of year when leases begin expiring en masse.  Indeed, 75%+ of leases turn over between April and September, creating a season of angst and uncertainty for even the most seasoned renters.  Like the renewal of life that comes with...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Where cash is still king With the credit landscape continuing to thaw and buyer demand up sharply, sellers are no longer salivating over all-cash buyers.  Further, the discount they are giving to cash purchases versus their mortgage-contingent brethren has all but disappeared.  For the cash-rich among you, take heart: ...Posted: 5/9/20124 clicks

The price of overpricing in today’s market Since we™re heading into the prime sales season of the year, we thought it worthwhile to revisit the concept of pricing your property correctly.   We were recently reminded of this topic by our friends at UrbanDigs who poignantly outlined why the first 2-3 weeks...Posted: 4/20/20121 click

Who should list now: what NYC supply and demand are telling us today Should I sell now or hold on to it some more?we always hear from sellers. With the prime selling season soon upon us, we thought it worthwhile to outline exactly which sellers should list and which could hold off for a bit longer. This...Posted: 4/5/20125 clicks

Predictions already playing out so soon? Williamsburg market as prime example If you recall, less than a month ago, we published our 2012 predictions for NYC Real Estate. We knew we were on to something but didn't realize just how quickly some of these predictions would be playing out. Just today we read in the...Posted: 2/16/20128 clicks

A bottom in housing prices 2 months away? There isn't a week that goes by in which SOMEone doesn't ask us: 'so when do you think the housing market will bottom?'  All we've been able to say to date is that, so long as in you are in the curvy part of...Posted: 2/7/20126 clicks

Annual round-up of new year economic predictions: 2012 Below is our annual round-up of expert predictions.  From Euroland woes to deflationary trends, there's certainly enough to watch for on the horizon.  What™s for certain is that no raging bull market is expected by anyone, to say the least.  Beyond that, disagreement abounds. ...Posted: 1/31/20124 clicks

2012 in NYC real estate: The year of “eh” with pockets of “wow” Interest rates will hit their historical lows in mid-2012:  Yes, the interest rates have been lower for longer than anyone had expected.  When is the bottom going to come?  We™re calling it for mid-2012.  We anticipate that the first half of the year will...Posted: 1/24/20126 clicks

Some day my prince (apartment) will come … As we work with buyers, a difficult concept to convey is just how time-sensitive inventory is at any point in time.  Allow us to explain.  Picture a buyer who is looking for a character-filled apartment.  Let™s say they have a thing for modern yet...Posted: 1/10/20126 clicks

“Renters’ delight! Concessions galore!” Boy is it a renter™s market!  What™s not to like about 2-3 months of free rent in condo like properties, and for no fee? You don™t say! ¦ Oh wait, that™s right: that was 2 years ago! Today™s market is a far reach from...Posted: 1/3/20123 clicks

Top residential agents of the week [more] Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Cushman COO heads to Colliers International Cushman & Wakefield COO Joseph Harbert has jumped ship for Colliers International, the Seattle-based brokerage looking to raise its New York City profile, Crain's reported. Harbert will lead Colliers™ expansion into new sectors such as retail and capital markets, and serve as president of the...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Retail rents up in prime areas but down overall: REBNY report Average asking rents in some New York City retail corridors have shot up by as much as 75 percent year-over-year, according to a market report released today by the Real Estate Board of New York. But overall asking rents for ground-floor retail space in...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Trevi pays $6.97M for Back Fence building as latest purchase in buying spree Trevi Retail had purchased a four-story, mixed-use building at 155 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, Crain™s reported. The 7,200-square-foot building, home to three rental apartments and popular bar The Back Fence, had been on the market for $8.4 million. The seller was Avj Aurora LLC. Trevi has...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

JDS buys majority interest in Starwood project, plans residential tower JDS Development Group, the company behind the recent conversion of the Ralph Walker-designed Verizon building on West 18th Street, has purchased a majority interest in a development site formerly owned by Starwood Capital at 105 West 57th Street for $40 million, the company told...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Micro-cottages pop up in Lower Manhattan, 20-something sisters span globe buying expensive homes ¦ and more 47 East 3rd Street at center (credit: PropertyShark) Embattled former Sen. Pedro Espada's Soundview Health Clinic is set to shutter. The undisclosed buyer of the $90M-plus One57 penthouse unit is not Russian, developer says. Following controversy of "owner occupy" provision, owners make East 3rd Street...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Dumbo warehouse conversion awaits LPC approval One block north of its recently sold out condominium conversion of the Fancy Basket Company warehouse in Dumbo, Alloy Development is planning a similar conversion of a circa-1900 stable and storage building at 185 Plymouth Street, Brownstoner reported. The plans must be approved by...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

The blossoming of Boerum Hill Italian restaurant Rucola recently opened at 190 Dean Street.From the May issue: Developer Abby Hamlin knew she was taking a risk when she bought a block of Boerum Hill properties in 2004 in a joint venture with Francis Greenburger™s Time Equities. But Hamlin, a...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Russian presence in NYC real estate market will only increase: VIDEO Alex RovtWhile a Russian was not responsible for the record One57 penthouse purchase, don't expect the region's influence on the city's real estate market to wane. In a video on CNBC (watch it after the jump), Alex Rovt, who recently acquired the 1 million-square-foot...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Still searching for Takashimaya retailer, Thor launches another upgrade In its ongoing effort to land a retail tenant for the former Takashimaya building on Fifth Avenue, Thor Equities is spending another $5 million to spruce up the six-floor space, Crain's reported. The space has been on the market for 19 months, CoStar Group...Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

130 West 12th Street West Village Nowhere else in New York is the supply/demand equation more out of whack than in the West Village. While no...Posted: 9/23/20118 clicks

Foreclosure Auctions in New York City As we predicted way back during the Lehman crisis, foreclosures auctions in Manhattan would be very rare. Sure, a few...Posted: 6/25/20115 clicks

56 Leonard Tribeca Condo by Herzog & de Meuron The long awaited design for 56 Leonard Street in Tribeca by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron has been revealed....Posted: 9/14/20087 clicks

HL23 - Condos at 515 West 23rd Street Who said the credit crunch would stem the flow of design driven condo development? Here we take a look at...Posted: 2/26/20087 clicks

15 Union Square West - 15 USW The conversion of the 5-story building at 15 Union Square West into 36 condominium apartments has revealed an 1870 cast...Posted: 2/24/200811 clicks

Twenty9th Park Madison - 39 East 29th Street Urban planners might want to make a case study out of the area just north of Madison Square Park in...Posted: 10/6/20073 clicks

One Madison Park - 23 East 22nd Street This strikingly tall and narrow 60-story condo tower is to be known as One Madison Park and will smartly have...Posted: 9/17/20075 clicks

Superior Ink Condos - 400 West 12th Street If only the most well located new condo projects are getting financing in the credit crunch, then Related's Superior Ink...Posted: 9/5/20076 clicks

One Jackson Square - 122 Greenwich Avenue One Jackson Square at 122 Greenwich Avenue in Manhattan's West Village fills a long vacant lot just below 14th Street....Posted: 8/14/20072 clicks

166 Perry Street - Asymptote Another week, another "avant garde" condo in Manhattan -- this time from the developers who made the first leap in...Posted: 7/4/20072 clicks

Trulia expands industry team: Matt Dollinger joins as Head of Industry Relations Trulia is excited to announce Matt Dollinger as Head of Industry Relations. Dollinger will oversee business development for Trulia's industry team, bringing more than 8 years experience working with agents and brokerages. Prior to joining Trulia, Dollinger served as V.P. of Strategic Development with...Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Bay Area Real Estate Information Services Announces Direct Syndication to Trulia We are pleased to welcome Bay Area Real Estate Information Services, Inc. (BAREIS MLS®) to the list of MLS™s working directly with Trulia as we continue to help the real estate industry with online listing quality. Today Trulia announced a strategic alliance with Bay...Posted: 5/10/20120 clicks

Trulia Overhauls Industry Offerings A Message from Trulia CEO Pete Flint Over the past three months, our industry team and our senior executives logged more than 100,000 miles on the road meeting with leading brokers across the country. We met with franchisors, large regional brokerages, and smaller brokers...Posted: 5/7/20120 clicks

Announcing the First Mobile Advertising Platform for Real Estate Agents Over the past two years, we™ve watched a new audience of consumers emerge who are passionate about using Trulia™s top-rated mobile apps find their next home.   These buyers are deeply involved in the home search process, using their mobile phones to browse listings as...Posted: 5/3/20120 clicks

Trulia Named One Of SF Bay Area™s Best Places To Work For the past six years Trulia has been built on six core values: I.M.P.A.C.T. Innovate. Make a Difference. People Matter. Act with Integrity. Customer Obsessed. Trust & respect each other. Fully understanding that People Matter is the key to any company™s success and each...Posted: 4/21/20120 clicks

Production Innovation and Industry Relationships Lead to Record Traffic in 2012 Spring is upon us and the first part of 2012 is in the review mirror.  It has been another busy start to the year for Trulia and we wanted to take a minute to share some Truli-a-mazing milestones and achievements. Let's start with a...Posted: 4/16/20120 clicks

Carpenter Realtors Partners with Trulia, Increases Leads to Agents Trulia is pleased to announce a new marketing partnership with Carpenter Realtors®, a leading Indiana real estate brokerage. The goal of Carpenter™s Home Marketing System is to expose our sellers™ homes to more potential buyers on top sites where they are searching, said David...Posted: 4/10/20120 clicks

Trulia Raises the Bar on Rentals “ Makes Finding A Place Easy with Rentals For iPhone Today we™re excited to announce a brand new app to add to our mobile suite “ Trulia Rentals for iPhone! It™s no secret that renters are facing a tough and competitive rental market, and Trulia is ready to help in the quest to find...Posted: 4/4/20120 clicks

Better Homes & Gardens Mason McDuffie Embraces Trulia to Build Relationships with Consumers Last week, we had the privilege of speaking with Ed Krafchow, Chairman and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie Real Estate and an influential member of the real estate industry. Ed was in our offices to celebrate his firm™s partnership with Trulia. He...Posted: 3/27/20120 clicks

Accelerating Mobile with Akamai At Trulia, mobile is an extremely important channel for us and we now see more than 30 percent of our traffic being driven through mobile applications. In our industry, mobile performance is critical because buyers and renters are always on-the-go. That's why we use...Posted: 3/20/20120 clicks

Equity Markets Jittery Again -- Manhattan Deal Vol Stays High A: A tale of two markets as equity markets get jittery over the same old concerns while Manhattan continues to enjoy peak levels of new deal volume -- weekly pace of newly signed contracts is hovering between 320-350, as the past two days alone...Posted: 5/11/20120 clicks

April in the Books - Pending Pipeline Strong For Future Reports A: With April in the books, lets take a look at how Manhattan produced in the month and how it compares to past April performances and where we came from since March. With the market continuing to see a very strong pace of new...Posted: 5/2/20120 clicks

3-MTH Pending Sales Check for Manhattan N'hoods A: Lets check in on the 3-MTH pending sales trends for all Manhattan neighborhoods tracked by the UD system. Notable Neighborhood Moves since the last check in mid-March: -- Battery Park City market wakes up, surging 154% over the last 3 months -- Tribeca cools...Posted: 4/24/20121 click

Manhattan Supply vs Sales Volume -- Past 3 Years A: We rarely take a look at how the market has performed over the past 2+ years, so lets take a quick look at how Manhattan has performed since the height of the credit crisis in 2009. It should put into perspective how far...Posted: 4/23/20122 clicks

Breaking Down Manhattan's Recent Strong Activity A: Sorry for the light content lately, but I've been swamped the past few weeks and probably will be for the next 1-2 months. I just wanted to do a simple breakdown of Manhattan's recent surge in deal volume and put that into perspective...Posted: 4/13/20121 click

Q1 Sales That Never Made the Q1-2012 Reports A: The Q1-2012 market reports are out and are populated by closed sales that took place in January, February, and March. The reports were released April 2nd. Due to ACRIS filing delays, readers of these reports must understand that they paint an incomplete picture...Posted: 4/6/20120 clicks

March in the Books - Monthly New Deal Vol Highest on UD Record A: Manhattan continues to shine in regards to new deal volume, which is the best way to get a feel for the current 'pace of demand' in the marketplace right now. Today's activity will ultimately fuel future quarterly reports and from what I am...Posted: 4/2/20122 clicks

Market Still Active - Weekly Deal Vol High A: Weekly deal volume for Manhattan is in the low 300s for the second consecutive week, putting us on pace to easily break the 1,000+ new deals signed level for March. In the field I am seeing lots of 'contracts out' so I dont...Posted: 3/24/20123 clicks

3-MTH Pending Sales Check for Manhattan N'hoods A: Its been about 5 weeks since the last N'hood update, so lets check back in. My observations in the field are what many of my colleagues are telling me they are seeing as well --> lots of pricey product without desirable features leaving...Posted: 3/20/20120 clicks

Don't Mess Up In Here...! Originally Published October 23, 2006 -- was requested to put this back up, so try to put yourself back into time & place -- The principles still apply in today's marketplace -- A: If you are a new seller who has been on the...Posted: 3/14/20121 click

Chelsea's Perennial Inspiration If last year was about big, manly architectural statements at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, this year is about exploring the softer, more sensual side of gardening, with smells and sounds featuring heavily in show spaces.Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

'Painted Lady' for $2.295 Million A Queen Anne Victorian, one of San Francisco's 'Painted Ladies' overlooking Alamo Square Park, is on the market for $2.295 million.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

The New First Family of Real Estate An $85 million L.A. mansion with a 500-worker renovation team. A $70 million London home with a bowling alley. The Ecclestone sisters are swiftly amassing a global property portfolio. The new generation of wealthy buyers.Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Foreclosures Show No Sign of Decline The percentage of homeowners delinquent on their mortgages in the first quarter fell to the lowest level since the end of 2008, but the share of loans in foreclosure remains high.Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks

If Kids Can Play, Will Mom Shop? In their bid to keep shoppers from deserting to the Internet, more malls are adding sprawling play spaces.Posted: 5/15/20122 clicks

Billings Slip Back After five months of positive readings, the Architecture Billings Index slipped back into negative territory during April, an indication that demand for design services declined.Posted: 5/15/20120 clicks

CBRE Taps New Vein From Old Deal The real-estate company's top-of-the-market acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. has turned out to be the deal that keeps on giving, in the form of incoming CEO Robert Sulentic.Posted: 5/15/20121 click

Florida's Next Frontier A parcel of timberland in Florida that is nearly the size of Rhode Island and owned by a who's who of elites from the worlds of business and diplomacy is now slated to be the next frontier in the state's real-estate development.Posted: 5/15/20120 clicks

Fearing the Worst on Park Avenue The national luxury-home builder Toll Brothers is moving to alter two small, pre-Civil War houses that survive amid the tall co-ops of Park Avenue, despite lobbying efforts by neighbors to save them.Posted: 5/15/20123 clicks

Cool Again, Britannia Invades the Home Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee has inspired designers to come up with products that capture the moment. With so much merchandising to choose from, this is the perfect opportunity to flex your collector's muscle.Posted: 5/11/20120 clicks

Inhabit: A remodel that makes room for two Gina Farina faced a remodeling challenge with her small two-level Arlington condo when she sought to open to up the space to accommodate a new roommate. Answering the call was Georgetown architect Ernesto Santalla. Posted: 3/18/20113 clicks

Do-it-yourself: How to remove soap scum Q. I have a fiberglass shower wall and tub that have accumulated a lot of hard-water stains, soap scum and dirt. I have tried all kinds of products, and they just don't clean it. Can you help? ¿ C. Davis Posted: 3/18/20116 clicks

A few chores to get a jump-start on gardening season If late winter was an indicator, we are headed for a bumper crop of flowers this spring. I saw the first color in Chevy Chase on the forsythia March 8 with buds opening enough to tease with a hint of yellow. Posted: 3/18/20112 clicks

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Where We Live: Cross Creek Andrew Leighton is not a golfer, but the prospect of living on a golf course was intriguing when he and his family discovered the Cross Creek neighborhood. Now, Leighton, his wife, Jackie and their two children enjoy the view from their home adjacent to...Posted: 3/18/20110 clicks

Attorneys general try to rein in lenders' shabby behavior on modifications When you take out a home mortgage, do you expect to be treated fairly and competently by your bank or loan servicer? Posted: 3/18/20111 click

The family focus endures in Montgomery's Sherwood Forest The Victorian house in the center of Montgomery County's Sherwood Forest neighborhood has overlooked the surrounding land for more than 200 years. Back in those early days, it lay just off the Glenmont-Colesville Road in the midst of Westover Farm, where crops such as...Posted: 3/11/20110 clicks

Military buyers: Home-shoppers on a mission To those who haven't worn the uniform, their ways can be a mystery. But anyone trying to sell a home in the Washington metro area would be wise to learn more about the needs and habits of military officers, enlisted people and their families....Posted: 3/11/20111 click

Major changes ahead for mortgage system as U.S. seeks to scale back role in housing Fundamental changes are probably ahead for the American mortgage system as the federal government pushes to unwind its unprecedented involvement in the housing market. Posted: 3/11/20118 clicks

2010 Westchester Real Estate Market in Review If you're an optimist you believe that the real estate market has turned for the better.  However, if you're a a pessimist then you would say, 'yeah it's good, but not as good as 2006 or even 2007″.  Yes, very true. The truth is...Posted: 2/7/20115 clicks

New Year, New Site Design The only thing that's constant in this world is change. Change, I believe for better or for worse, is good. Real estate is no different. Long gone are the days when homes were listed in a phonebook-sized-rarely-updated directory. Today, 87% of home buyers start...Posted: 1/4/20112 clicks

Note to agent: just open the door and submit the offer Working in the Westchester County real estate market I've had the pleasure of running into many great people and a handful of 'special' people.  I'd like to think that I'm unique in this matter, but the truth is that I'm probably not alone when...Posted: 12/20/20105 clicks

Which came first: the home or the agent? If you're not sure what a real estate agent's job is you're probably not alone.  You would be surprised to know that most agents don't even know what their job is either.  Shocking-I Know! Believe it or not, it's NOT to show 'buyers' every...Posted: 12/13/20103 clicks

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October 2010-Current Real Estate Market Stats Do you know what a buyer's market is?  If you're not familiar with the concept, then let me clarify-we're in it now.  Simply put, the market conditions are such that re are more sellers than there are buyers indicating that the demand is lower...Posted: 10/20/20102 clicks

The word is L-O-Y-A-L-T-Y I read a great post the other day by Seth Godin, a leader in the area of blogging and business marketing.  He gave a great definition on loyalty.  So simple it was actually complicated.  According to Seth,  'loyalty is what we call it when...Posted: 9/15/20109 clicks

We can™t critique your home if you™re following us We can't talk about the home if the owner is following us around. 'Why are they following me'.  This is what my clients tell me when I'm showing them a house and the owner is home.  The consensus among home buyers is that they would prefer...Posted: 8/31/20103 clicks

Real Estate transactions may be more difficult than they appear Why does everyone think that real estate has to be filled with drama? Does it require days or weeks of dead-end frustrating negotiations? Does it really require misleading stories about why the house is overpriced and how the house is 'unique' or 'special'?  And...Posted: 8/18/20102 clicks

Radon: it™s not a bug repellent. I can not lie. I copied the entire content from a continuing education program I was taking the other day.  I know what radon is, however, this excerpt seems to do a better job at explaining than I ever can. -- Radon gas decays,...Posted: 7/26/20104 clicks

@Zillow Tweets of the Week “ 05/19/12 Coziness is definitely a factor when I look at homes on zillow #seventeengoingonthirty ” Stefan Styk (@sstykshift) May 17, 2012 I love @zillow I save favorite [...]Posted: 5/19/20120 clicks

Don™t Buy The Best House on the Block As the real estate market starts to heat up again in some markets, we sometimes forget what™s happened in the past. We get caught up in [...]Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

House of the Week: Storybook House in the Woods 1700s European-style cottage sits on a forested lot complete with a waterfall and views of a small lake.Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Gardens Add More Than Just Flourish for These Upscale Properties In luxury real estate, outdoor spaces are nearly as opulent as the interiors.Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

Fit for a Queen? Game of Thrones Star Lists Mid-Century Home Why, it hardly looks like the home of an evil queen. In fact, with its classic mid-century modern lines and minimalist decor, the house owned by [...]Posted: 5/18/20120 clicks

May is Deck Safety Month ” Is Your Deck Safe? May is National Deck Safety Month and the most common cause of deck collapses is improper attachment to a building. Most decks are supported on one [...]Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

At 195K, Historic Scripps Home Tells Detroit™s Sad Real Estate Tale Detroit is hardly lacking for symbols of its Great Recession free fall, but there's fresh evidence that the Detroit real estate market continues to be the [...]Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Facebook Apps Enhance Business Pages Having a Facebook real estate business page is no longer a questionable requirement, it is essential. In today's market and economy, having niche Facebook business pages [...]Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

How to Pick the Right Window Style for Your Home A striped tie with a checkered shirt; tennis shoes with a tuxedo (hello John Mayer?). Or painting your house bright orange: Technically, each of those combinations [...]Posted: 5/17/20120 clicks

Zillow Partnership Platform: Designed for Shared Interests When I joined Zillow in March, my primary assignment was building bridges to the MLS and broker communities “ talk with them and help them understand [...]Posted: 5/16/20120 clicks