Here are the 7 most likely reasons you'll get rejected by a co-op board ...Posted: 5/20/20133 clicks

Square Feet: Ambitious Paris Project Takes Shape in the Suburbs The 133-acre Clichy Batignolles, named for the adjoining neighborhoods in northwest Paris, will include offices, housing, a park and a court complex.    Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

Trulia™s iPhone Rental App Helps Reunite a Long-Distance Husband and Wife In today™s volatile job and housing markets, more and more Americans have found themselves forced to relocate to pursue new employment opportunities or seek lower cost of living. When a round of layoffs hit San Francisco Bay Area native Kari and her husband Shane,...Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

Five Food Chains That Aren’t in NYC The food options at the Las Vegas Convention Center during RECon peak with a Nathan™s stall and mostly subsist of ubiquitous free mints doled out by booth workers. Still, grub is on a lot of people™s minds at this retail real estate hub. As New York™s...Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

NYC Retail Heat Map New York retail comes in sizes large and small, from spaces of only a few hundred feet in Soho to the city™s massive department stores. As developers continue to find new parcels of land to build upon, new opportunities for retail take shape. Downtown continues to...Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

Creating website calls to action that build your real estate business [infographic] Getting people to visit your website presents its own unique challenges: the right keywords, top-notch website infrastructure, modern design, exceptional content, responsive architecture and consistent promotion are all part of the mix. But what happens when someone gets to your ...Posted: 5/20/20132 clicks

Vacation home sales shift to rentals The recession hit homebuying in the Maryland shore area, which actually increased competition in the rental market, but that may be about to change, according to CNBC. ...Posted: 5/22/20131 click

Existing home sales rise 0.6 percent, missing expectations Existing home sales rose 0.6% to a rate of 4.97 million units in April. This is the highest pace since November 2009. This was slightly below expectations for a 1.4% month-over-month (MoM) rise to a rate of 4.99 million units. March's numbers were revised...Posted: 5/22/20131 click

New Broadway Triangle judge spurs concerns of biased rulings A development watchdog group has raised concerns that a new judge overseeing a challenge to the Broadway Triangle apartment complex in Williamsburg will be biased in favor of the project, the New York Daily News reported. While the Broadway Triangle Coalition has not lodged...Posted: 5/22/20131 click

Report: Katy Perry Buys Mid-Century Modern Home in Hollywood Hills The pop princess bought three adjoining parcels of land for $11.2 million.Posted: 5/22/20131 click

Your Celebrity Neighbor: Christy Turlington Burns ...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Summer™s coming: Here's what you need to know as A/C season nears ...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Would you rather...have a two-bathroom apartment or a one-bathroom with a washer-dryer? ...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Ask an Expert: Should I buy an apartment with a renter in place? ...Posted: 5/21/20131 click

The StreetEasy Hot Dozen: 12 rentals that may or may not be available by the time you read this ...Posted: 5/21/20131 click

BrickUnderground's 6-step guide to renting a NYC apartment with roommates ...Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

The Open House Scorecard: Seventieth Heaven ...Posted: 5/20/20131 click

Here are the 7 most likely reasons you'll get rejected by a co-op board ...Posted: 5/20/20133 clicks

Last week Union Square's Zeckendorf Towers became the largest NYC condo to totally ban smoking. Now what? ...Posted: 5/20/20130 clicks

A timeline for breaking even on your apartment purchase, Tribeca building bans low-income renters from gym, and more ...Posted: 5/20/20130 clicks

Closing Bell: Community Board Approval for 4th Avenue The Brooklyn Paper outlined the Department of Transportation's plans for safety improvements along the northern end of 4th Avenue, a 28-block strip from Atlantic to 15th Street. Community Board Six's Transportation Committee just approved the proposal, and it will move to the full board...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Charter School to Open Downtown This Fall Not long after Downtown Brooklyn parents started pushing for a neighborhood elementary school, the Brooklyn Prospect Charter School announced it will open a new elementary school in District 13. According to the press release, 'In September, this first BPCS elementary division will open to...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Condo of the Day: 105 Lexington Avenue, #2F This loft at 105 Lexington Avenue in Bed Stuy strikes us as a pretty good deal at a time when those are few and far between. The open-plan apartment has over 1,100 square feet with high ceilings and nice aged wood floors. And with...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Rental of the Day: 320 Washington Avenue This three-bedroom, two-bathroom rental unit comes from one of our favorite buildings in Clinton Hill, the Graham Home for Old Ladies. This condo-unit-for-rent is quite lovely, even if it might be a tad cozy. One bedroom is set up as an office and the...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Wednesday Blogwrap A Prospect Heights House Tour [Apartment Therapy] Inside a $5 Million Dollar Brooklyn Home [BK Magazine] FYI: Brooklyn Public Library Closed All Weekend [Patch] 130 Years of Brooklyn Bridge Photos, Decade by Decade [Curbed] Forgotten Greenpoint: WNYC Transmitter on the East River [Greenpointers] Anthony Weiner Launches Mayoral Campaign With...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Building of the Day: 145 Lincoln Road Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Apartment building Address: 145 Lincoln Road Cross Streets: Flatbush and Bedford Avenues Neighborhood: Prospect Lefferts Gardens Year Built: 1929 Architectural Style: Tudor/Medieval Revival Architect: Boris W. Dorfman Other Work by Architect: Similar type apartment buildings all over Brooklyn and Queens La... MorePosted: 1/1/19990 clicks

City Moves on Affordable Housing in ‘Burg Just a day after DNAinfo ran a story criticizing the City for its failure to build affordable housing in the North Brooklyn area, and hours before a scheduled protest about the matter, the City announced it has chosen the development team to build affordable housing...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

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“So Bad It’s Good” Launches on Brownstoner Queens Queens has a lot of great things going for it. This architectural specimen isn't one of them.... MorePosted: 1/1/19990 clicks

House of the Day: 204 Park Place This Neo-Grec brownstone in Prospect Heights sits on an extra deep lot. The catch: It's a five-family. But it will be delivered vacant, the listing promises, and some of the detail, such as fireplaces and shutters, appears to have survived, although the floors...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Why the prolonged economic slump? One word: Housing. Economist Dean Baker writes about a recent research paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland:The study goes on to note the extraordinary weakness in housing in this recovery and point out that this weakness could explain much of the weakness of...Posted: 8/17/201214 clicks

S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index falls again In the first quarter of 2012, the S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index fell 1.9% year-over-year:Data through March 2012, 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 the...Posted: 5/29/20126 clicks

Housing recovery a long way off In a CNBC editorial, Michael Yoshikami argues that a housing market recovery is still a long way away:Housing starts were surprisingly strong this week, while there was improving sentiment from home builders. So should we start to breathe a sigh of relief that the...Posted: 5/23/201216 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: 4/27/20128 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: 4/19/20125 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: 2/28/20124 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: 2/27/201218 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: 2/14/20122 clicks

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

Home sales continue to climb Home sales continued to climb in April, according to the latest reading on the housing recovery from an industry trade group.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Tornado victims may face long haul with insurers The tornado that struck the Moore, Okla., area Monday afternoon left an almost 2-mile wide path of destruction, flattening homes and businesses and taking at least 24 lives.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Best deals on real estate Money magazine's Best Deals on Everything: Your guide to the latest bargains in renting, buying or remodeling your home.Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

FEMA offers aid to tornado victims Read full story for latest details.Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Amateur investors tap 401(k)s to buy homes Read full story for latest details.Posted: 5/20/20131 click

Apartment construction slows sharply A sharp pullback in apartment and condominium construction led to a big decline in overall home building in April, even as single-family home construction remained strong, according to government data released Thursday.Posted: 5/16/20131 click

Home appraisals no longer derailing sales Read full story for latest details.Posted: 5/15/20131 click

Where the mortgage deduction really pays The mortgage interest deduction is one of the most expensive tax breaks on the books, but its benefits are distributed unevenly across the country, according to a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts.Posted: 5/10/20132 clicks

96,000 borrowers shortchanged Due to a processing error, borrowers received checks for less than what they were owed under a mortgage settlement reached with 13 mortgage servicers, the Federal Reserve said.Posted: 5/9/20130 clicks

America's Best Places to Live These terrific small cities offer what American families care about most -- strong job opportunities, great schools, low crime, quality health care, and plenty to do. And they're true communities tooPosted: 10/15/20124 clicks

City seeks development partners for Sandy rebuilding The Bloomberg administration has launched a program to help speed up the restoration of New York City waterfront communities that were battered by Superstorm Sandy.The city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development released a request for qualifications last week seeking developers who would help...Posted: 5/13/20131 click

Billionaire behind major projects An Israeli-born investor with deep pockets is behind a lot of the new condo developments across the city. Billionaire Eyal Ofer has put a lot of the equity in projects being built by major developers such as the Rudin family and the Zeckendorfs, according...Posted: 5/13/20132 clicks

MoMA reconsiders a demolition The Museum of Modern Art has a change of heart. After weeks of protest, MoMA said Thursday it would reconsider its decision to demolish its next-door neighbor, the former home of the American Folk Art Museum, to make way for its expansion, according to...Posted: 5/10/20130 clicks

City affordable projects get boost from state Eight affordable housing projects in the five boroughs will benefit from nearly $10 million in state funding, thanks to a new program meant to streamline where and how the state spends its limited housing resources.The state's Department of Homes and Community Renewal announced Tuesday...Posted: 5/9/20132 clicks

Time Warner ready to move Time Warner Inc. is finally ready to make a decision on whether it will remain at Columbus Circle or move to Hudson Yards. And the media giant is leaning toward moving its 1 million-square-foot headquarters to the far West Side of Manhattan, according to...Posted: 5/9/20130 clicks

A hipper South Street Seaport This summer South Street Seaport will be getting a new pop-up mall housed in a refurbished shipping container. In an effort to breathe life into the stodgy seaport, developer Howard Hughes Corp., along with the city and popular event organizers, will bring pop-up boutiques,...Posted: 5/8/20130 clicks

Online apt. searching boasts new tool: humans From Aptsandlofts.com to Zillow, tech entrepreneurs in recent years have been talking about transforming, or "disrupting," the way people find a home online. Urban Compass, a new downtown-based startup that officially launched Tuesday, has a novel idea for how technology can bring the apartment...Posted: 5/8/20130 clicks

Schumer calls for bonds Sen. Charles Schumer has his own suggestion for the controversial midtown east rezoning plan. He will propose Tuesday morning that the city issue bonds to pay for future transit and infrastructure upgrades in the Grand Central area, according to the New York Post.Critics of...Posted: 5/7/20130 clicks

City proposes limiting Garden to 15 more years While executives at Madison Square Garden celebrate the recent successes of the Knicks and Rangers, things don't look to be going so well with the fate of the "the World's Most Famous Arena" itself. At a meeting of the City Planning Commission Monday, the...Posted: 5/7/20131 click

AG says banks violated mortgage accord New York's attorney general on Monday accused Wells Fargo and Bank of America of violating the terms of last year's national mortgage settlement by failing to process hundreds of refinancing requests promptly.Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has notified the national monitoring committee established to enforce...Posted: 5/6/20130 clicks

CurbedWire: Guggenheim's Rotunda Reinvention; 'Burg's Affordable Housing UPPER EAST SIDE-Starting June 21, the Guggenheim's signature FLW-designed circular rotunda will be the site of an installation by artist James Turrell. He takes the curved properties of the museum's main hall and complicates matters with shifting natural and...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Linkage: GoogaMooga Damage in Prospect Park; Weiner Likes Citi Bike , Photos of the GoogaMooga carnage to Prospect Park's lawn *sob* , New mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner likes Citi Bike , Toys R Us is leaving Times Square. Anyone need a ferris wheel? , This, er, interesting building in...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Coming Attractions: Will Alfa's Next Project Go Green Or Veer Steampunk? The ink is officially dry on Alfa Development's $12 million purchase of 117-119 West 21st Street-just down the street from its ecotastic condo development Chelsea Green, which topped out in February. Formerly a Hershey factory warehouse, the site can accommodate...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Real Estate Deathmatch: $6+ Million Hudson Street Condos Go Head to Head Imagine you have around $7,000,000 to spend on a place and you've narrowed it down to two apartments in the same neighborhood. How do you make up your mind? The answer is simple: you shove them into a metaphorical cage...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Eye on the Bike: It's not a song, but rather... It's not a song, but rather a bike-share saga that doesn't end. There are officially another 10,000 rants about 'n' half-hearted defenses of the city's fast-approaching CitiBike program, which kicks off Monday. Making two-wheeled headlines today: displaced street vendors are...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Scandalous Real Estate: Fraudster's Absurd United Nations Plaza Pad Returns 860 United Nations Plaza #24DE, one half of the golden duplex formerly owned by convicted fraudster Alberto Vilar, is back. Vilar's full apartment-25 rooms of black marble, gold leaf, and other such...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

On Weiner and Affordable Housing: New mayoral candidate and veteran inappropriate... New mayoral candidate and veteran inappropriate photo tweeter Anthony Weiner also has opinions about New York City real estate. They include transferring rent regulatory control from state to city authorities, as well as making tax abatements and upzoning concessions harder...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Pricespotter: How Much for a 2BR Co-op With a Rooftop Terrace On the UES? Where/What: 2BR/1.5BA co-op in the middle of the Upper East Side Square feet: 500+ Maintenance/CC: $1,361 The Skinny: This two-bedroom duplex is located on the top floors of a small walk-up co-op...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Permit Wars: MSG Gets 15 More Years, But Must Compromise To Survive It's just as we suspected yesterday. Capital New York reports that the city granted Madison Square Garden a permit to operate for another 15 years. And, just as the arena wanted, there's the option to extend it in perpetuity if...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Lowline Construction Chronicles: The proposal to create an underground... The proposal to create an underground park in an abandoned trolley terminal at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge has been floating around for nearly two years now. Most people are smitten with the idea, however lofty it may seem,...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Corcoran Group shows how Tumblr is done On its '10 a.m. Special' Tumblr page, The Corcoran Group showcases one jaw-dropping listing every day. The posts are bursting with a colorful mixture of new media that includes clickable photos and graphics, embedded videos, and invitations to follow Corcoran ...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Dropbox integration makes it easy to bring photos and video into Imprev Marketing Center The integration of Dropbox into Imprev's Marketing Center makes it easier for agents to collaborate with others to bring photos, video and documents into their marketing materials, the company said. Professional photographers, for example, can upload photos to a shared ...Posted: 5/20/20130 clicks

Creating website calls to action that build your real estate business [infographic] Getting people to visit your website presents its own unique challenges: the right keywords, top-notch website infrastructure, modern design, exceptional content, responsive architecture and consistent promotion are all part of the mix. But what happens when someone gets to your ...Posted: 5/20/20132 clicks

3 ways to leverage Facebook threads for real estate Q&As I™m always monitoring social media news, so I was pretty excited when Facebook announced a new comment thread feature for business and brand pages. The feature is available to eligible pages now by opting in inside your page™s admin panel. ...Posted: 5/14/20131 click

How smart photos will change real estate Everything around us is getting smarter.  Phones, cars, televisions, refrigerators, books, thermostats...and maybe even humans.  I find most of these advancements to be very interesting, and quite useful in the daily lives of most people around me. Photographs, however, are ...Posted: 5/9/20131 click

Keyword Research: How to find your real estate customers online [INFOGRAPHIC] We always talk about making it easier for our customers to find us online, and how keyword research is critical to making that happen. If you do any online marketing, SEO, advertising or content creation, the time you put into ...Posted: 5/3/20131 click

The launchpad for innovative real estate startups Meet the Inman Incubator. You may be wondering what all the talk is about. Read on to learn more! The Inman Incubator program is an exciting mentorship, advisory and promotional program to connect up to 25 new companies in the ...Posted: 4/30/20131 click

3 game-changing reasons for getting started with Google Analytics [Infographic] For most people, analytics is one of those subjects that other people pay attention to. There are a number of reasons why this is the case: there™s not enough time, it doesn™t seem important, or maybe it seems way too ...Posted: 4/29/20130 clicks

Paid vs. earned: What™s the BEST media strategy for real estate? Professional marketers aim to solve this problem on a daily basis.  Therefore, it™s not surprising when ordinary folks, like us, get a little confused when trying to discern it. Before we dive in, it™s important we don™t leave out the ...Posted: 4/19/20130 clicks

Circa: News reinvented for your phone You lead a very busy life. A lot of us admit that social media keeps us 'in the know' on events and news, but you need to catch up quick. Maybe you just need to squeeze in some time for ...Posted: 4/17/20131 click

Toys R Us Store in Times Square Hits Market NEW YORK CITY-Although Toys R Us can still decide to renew its flagship store space in Times Square, the owner of the property has Cushman & Wakefield marketing the space for lease at a retail convention in Las Vegas. Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Rockland IDA Approves Incentives for Bloomberg Data Center ORANGETOWN, NY-The Rockland Industrial Development Agency approved a package of sales and mortgage recording tax incentives earlier today for the largest development project in its history—the Bloomberg LP data center—valued at $845.6 million in total investment.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Saks Reportedly Explores Possible Sale NEW YORK CITY-The flagship Saks Fifth Avenue store alone is believed to be worth more than $1 billion, the New York Post reported Tuesday.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

BlackRock to Build $25B Fund NEW YORK—Firm will buy MGPA, bolstering Asian holdings. Terms were not disclosed.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Avison Young Hires Director of Project Management New York City-The growing firm tells GlobeSt.com’s Rayna Katz the hire opens a new market for the company, which is looking to triple the size of its project management group.Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

$30M Loan Helps Finance Building Conversion to Multifamily NEW YORK CITY-Real estate finance firm PCCP, LLC reports it has provided Meadow Partners a $30-million senior loan for recapitalization and conversion of the nine-story multi-tenant office and retail building at 42-15 Crescent St. in Long Island City into a 124-unit, 10-story Class A,...Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Bloomberg Takes More Space at 120 Park Ave. NEW YORK CITY-Bloomberg LP is reportedly taking another 68,000 square feet of office space at 120 Park Ave. here.Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Yahoo Will Plant Flag in Times Square NEW YORK CITY-The tech giant, consolidating from three other Manhattan locations, is eyeing signage rights at Blackstone’s 229 W. 43rd.Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Brooklyn Condo Project Gets $13M Loan NEW YORK CITY-The credit agreement is backed by a condominium development in Clinton Hill.Posted: 5/21/20131 click

RFR Looks to Hit Four Seasons with Huge Rent Hike NEW YORK CITY-RFR Holding, the owner of the Seagram Building, is reportedly looking to raise the rent for the Four Seasons Restaurant by nearly $3 million a year when its lease expires in 2015.Posted: 5/20/20130 clicks

With 1 World Trade Center Topped Out, Industry Expects Rest of Tenants Will Come 1 World Trade Center is topped out at its patriotic final height of 1776 feet. But there's still work to be done as the tower remains at 55 percent occupancy.Posted: 5/21/20131 click

Mid-Sized Midtown Office Buildings Earn LEED-EB: OM Certification Two mid-sized commercial office buildings in Midtown recently earned LEED-EB certification, pushing New York City's total -EB count to 44 properties.Posted: 5/15/20130 clicks

Connecting with 100K: LinkedIn Continues to Expand at Empire State Building LinkedIn's continued and increasing presence at the Empire State Building could have repercussions for technology and media industry tenants that are looking for space throughout the Midtown and Midtown South submarkets.Posted: 5/9/20130 clicks

Midtown South Buzz: Tech Firm Doubles Space in Move to 200 Fifth Avenue BuzzFeed is doubling its office footprint in Midtown South by subleasing nearly 58,000 square feet from Tiffany at the LEED for Core and Shell Gold-certified 200 Fifth Avenue.Posted: 5/3/20130 clicks

Transformative East River Waterfront Blueway Responds to Sandy, Design Challenges Later this week, in an effort that could be transformative for the Lower East Side, full details on WXY's East River Blueway waterfront improvement plan will be released.Posted: 5/1/20131 click

In Hudson Yards, Major Tenants to Join Coach at LEED Platinum South Office Tower Two new leases at Hudson Yards have boosted commitments at the project's first planned office tower to nearly 80 percent.Posted: 4/24/20130 clicks

375 Pearl Street Continues Transformation Into Intergate.Manhattan Data Center It was once slated for a $350 million, LEED-rated makeover as an office building that was derided as "disturbing." Now, the former Verizon Building at 375 Pearl Street is on its way to becoming Intergate.Manhattan: the world's most complicated data center.Posted: 4/19/20130 clicks

In the United Kingdom, Major Retailer Unveils Transformative Green Lease Policy In a move that it describes as "transformative," one of the UK's largest retailers has announced a major initiative that will incorporate green lease obligations into all of its new and existing shopping center and retail park leases.Posted: 4/16/20130 clicks

Advertising Agency Expands at Lower Broadway Energy Star Omnicom's recent expansion at the Energy Star-labeled 195 Broadway demonstrates Downtown's appeal to technology and media industry tenants.Posted: 4/8/20132 clicks

With REIT Conversion Still Pending, Shutterstock Makes Move to Empire State Building As Malkin Holdings moves forward with its plan to convert ownership in the Empire State Building into a publicly traded REIT, the image licensing company Shutterstock has signed an 80,000-square-foot lease across two entire floors at the iconic tower.Posted: 4/2/20130 clicks

Investor and cash buying push Las Vegas home sales Homes in the Las Vegas area sold at the fastest pace for an April in seven years due, in large, to investor and cash buying nearing record levels. Sales in the $200,000-to-$500,000 range in the Sin City picked up 81% from one-year prior. read morePosted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Housing recovery fuels investor appetite for looming junk bond deal What started off as a quiet list that was supposed to be sent to a couple dealers spread like wildfire around bond investors. The forthcoming CDO deal is being offered in a large $8.7 billion list comprised of five all-or-none packages.   read morePosted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Flagstar weighs the sale of MSRs Lender Flagstar Bancorp is reportedly considering the sale of $70 billion in mortgage servicing rights. ...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Waypoint Homes Realty files for IPO Waypoint Homes Realty Trust filed with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an IPO.  read morePosted: 5/22/20130 clicks

FeatherStone Investment begins structuring REO-to-rental securitization "Investors that want to participate in a U.S. housing market recovery can get involved in the rental market without having to deal with the hassles of the actual property management." read morePosted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Housing recovery full of mixed emotions Michael Santoli, senior columnist for Yahoo! Finance, says the housing recovery seems to have a new leg based on a scarcity of supply coupled with low interest rates and growing demand. ...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Foreclosures plummet in Dallas-Fort Worth Foreclosures in Dallas-Fort Worth plummeted almost 40% in the first six month of 2013 when compared to year ago levels. ...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

FOMC shows willingness to taper asset purchases The May Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes reveal a number of participants are willing to put the breaks on quantitative easing. read morePosted: 5/22/20130 clicks

OCC: Financial firms should provide options for tornado victims The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a bulletin Wednesday asking national banks and federal savings associations to aid financial institutions located in areas impacted by extreme weather. The push for aid also applies to the banks' clients. read morePosted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Vacation home sales shift to rentals The recession hit homebuying in the Maryland shore area, which actually increased competition in the rental market, but that may be about to change, according to CNBC. ...Posted: 5/22/20131 click

3 game-changing reasons for getting started with Google Analytics [Infographic] For most people, analytics is one of those subjects that other people pay attention to. There are a number of reasons why this is the case: there™s not enough time, it doesn™t seem important, or maybe it seems way too ...Posted: 4/29/20131 click

Calculated Risk: Housing inventory won™t bottom until 2014 [VIDEO] Former tech executive turned blogger Bill McBride was one of the first to suggest that homes were precariously overvalued back in 2005. When he spots a trend, people have learned to listen. McBride - who gets up early every day ...Posted: 4/10/20131 click

New ad campaign highlights California Realtors™ role in state economy The California Association of Realtors announced a new TV, Web, radio and print ad campaign today that highlights the positive impact its 155,000 members have on the state's economy.Two 30-second TV spots, featuring the "ripple" effect that the facilitation of home buying and selling...Posted: 4/1/20130 clicks

National Association of Realtors to release national MLS A national multiple listing service run by the National Association of Realtors should be ready by late summer, the large trade association announced today.NAR has been working for the last decade to put all of the nation's agent-represented homes for sale into one database,...Posted: 4/1/20130 clicks

April Fools™ Day real estate roundup On the first day of April each year, communities, businesses and news outlets come up with stories intended to fool, amuse, and, sometimes, satirize. Here's a roundup of the posts ...Posted: 4/1/20130 clicks

NAR Tech Edge to launch this month The National Association of Realtors will launch its tech-conference tour this month, the trade group announced today. The first event of the tour will be held on April 12 in Fairfax, Va., and others will follow in different locations throughout the summer and fall...Posted: 4/1/20130 clicks

More millennials see homeownership as a good investment Most ...Posted: 4/1/20130 clicks

Study: Neighborhood zoning helped cause crisis A new study published in the journal Housing Policy Debate may have identified another contributing factor to the financial crisis: neighborhood zoning ...Posted: 4/1/20130 clicks

Protect yourself against loan lock scams A price quote means nothing until it is properly locked with the lender. A rate lock, as it is commonly called, is the lender's commitment that it will make the specified loan at the specified price within a specified future period....Posted: 4/1/20130 clicks

8 tips for buying in a tight market It's always hard to predict how long it will take to find a home to buy. Given the current low-inventory environment, it may take you longer than it would in a balanced market that has enough homes for sale to satisfy the...Posted: 4/1/20132 clicks

Taylor Swift pays cash for Rhode Island home This week in celebrity real estate, Taylor Swift reportedly picked up a home in Rhode Island, actor Vince Vaughn bought in La Canada Flintridge, and the original Ozzie and Harriet house hit the market.Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Popular Mechanics' 'House of the Future' still wows The house ” with its open floor plan, large windows, heating and cooling-efficient design ” remains attractive. It's on the market for only the second time in its history, currently listed for $1.8 million.Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Existing home sales hit highest in 3-1/2 years U.S. home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years as surging prices lured sellers back into market, which should support the housing sector and the overall economic recovery.Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

TODAY Chat: Advice for buying or selling a house It™s a seller™s market in many parts of the country right now. That™s a big change from the past six or seven years. With buyers competing for the same property, home prices are going up. It™s a good thing mortgage interest rates are at...Posted: 1/1/19992 clicks

LA home includes sushi bar, private fire dept. Mauricio Umansky has held the listing for Michael Jackson's final home, sold Lisa Vanderpump's massive mansion as well as the Wehba Mansion for $34.5 million. So when he says that he's never seen a property quite like Marmont Manor, you know the home must...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Foreclosure compensation checks anger homeowners Millions of American homeowners who have struggled with foreclosures are now receiving checks for compensation from the companies that serviced their mortgages, payments that some consider an insult that doesn't sufficiently penalize banks that engaged in "deficient" practices.Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Vacation home sales sizzle; rentals book up The recession hit home buying in this area, which increased competition in the rental market, but that may change. Low mortgage rates, returning consumer and investor confidence, and the recent migration from New Jersey could turn this Maryland market around.Posted: 1/1/19994 clicks

US home builders feeling fairly upbeat U.S. home-builder confidence in the market for single family homes rose in May amid rising home prices despite increasing building materials costs, an index showed on Wednesday.Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Celebrity real estate: Jillian Michaels lists LA home This week in celebrity real estate, The Biggest Loser's Jillian Michaels listed her Los Angeles home, daughter of Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard sold her house, and it was revealed that Reese Witherspoon bought the home next door to her spread in Brentwood.Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Mansions in Gatsby country going cheap (relatively)  In Jay Gatsby's time, the mansions along Long Island's Gold Coast were famous for their excess and price tags. Now, they're more famous for their price cuts.Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

The International Exchange How three New York City apartments fare on the global home-swapping block.Posted: 5/19/20130 clicks

Negotiate, Negotiate, Negotiate And other steps to take before signing on the dotted line.Posted: 5/19/20131 click

Rent Here, Not There For those priced out of—or just bored by—the Montauks of the world, six alternative haunts.Posted: 5/19/20130 clicks

Rent the Life An Amish farm, a working lighthouse, an island all to yourself, and other summer-rental fantasies.Posted: 5/19/20130 clicks

Real Estate Déjà Vu Is this 2006 all over again?Posted: 4/12/20135 clicks

Roommate Case Studies Exploring the world of platonic urban cohabitation.Posted: 2/25/20132 clicks

100-Roommate Poll A peek inside the rarely wanted, often strained, and occasionally nurturing relationships of local housemates.Posted: 2/24/20131 click

Splitting the Rent, Fair and Square Appraiser Jonathan Miller calculates how to divvy up the bill based on a typical two-bedroom, $3,200-a-month apartment.Posted: 2/24/20131 click

Divide and Conquer Aesthetically pleasing alternatives to the standard white wall.Posted: 2/24/20130 clicks

Beyond Craigslist Boutique alternatives for roommate hunting.Posted: 2/24/20130 clicks

5WPR Inks Deal for 39,075 Square Feet at Minskoff’s 1166 Avenue of the Americas 5W Public Relations has subleased 39,075 square feet at Minskoff Equities' 1166 Avenue of the Americas. Studley Senior Managing Director L. Craig Lemle and Assistant Director Nick Zarnin represented the tenant. CBRE™s Roger Griswold represented D.E. Shaw & Co., which subleased the space. Asking rents...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Morning links Saks jumps after revenue rise and sale talks emerge [Crain™s] Citi Bike app goes live [Crain™s] Huge Times Square Toys R Us space in limbo [Crain™s] Union Square gets 5,000% return on Tumblr [Crain™s] Weiner declares NY mayoral run on YouTube [Financial Times] For U.S. Companies, Money ˜Offshore™ Means...Posted: 5/22/20131 click

NYC Retail Heat Map New York retail comes in sizes large and small, from spaces of only a few hundred feet in Soho to the city™s massive department stores. As developers continue to find new parcels of land to build upon, new opportunities for retail take shape. Downtown continues to...Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

Five Food Chains That Aren’t in NYC The food options at the Las Vegas Convention Center during RECon peak with a Nathan™s stall and mostly subsist of ubiquitous free mints doled out by booth workers. Still, grub is on a lot of people™s minds at this retail real estate hub. As New York™s...Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

Developers Pay $12 M. for Chelsea Development Site, Plan for Another Chelsea Green Real estate owners and developers Alfa Development and Park-It Management have snagged a development site in at 117-119 West 21st Street in Chelsea for $12 million, where they plan to construct a high-end residential development, The Commercial Observer has learned. The site is currently occupied by...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Chick-fil-A Looking for NYC Landings, New Madison Avenue Luxury Tenant In the Works and More… Chick-fil-A, the controversial fast food franchise, may be expanding in the Big Apple some time soon if retail brokers get their way. From high-end luxury brands to regional food concepts, and, yes, Chick-fil-A, real estate professionals yesterday offered The Commercial Observer hints of deals they hope to...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

James Hotel Sold for $83.4 M. The James Hotel in SoHo has been sold, just three years after its grand opening, city records confirm. (Credit: Nicholas Hunt) Published reports earlier this month quoted the sale at $85 million, but the city officially recorded the sale price at $83.4 million. Global real estate investment...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Victoria’s Secret Moves Upstairs After Kylie Bisutti Finds God One week ago Victoria's Secret Model Kylie Bisutti opened up about her decision to quit modeling in order to make amends with The Man Upstairs “ now her former employer is moving upstairs. The lingerie retailer has signed a 3.5-year lease for an additional 60,000 square...Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Bloomberg LP Leases Posh Penthouse As Mayor Fumes Over Reporting Scandal Have you ever splurged when you™re pissed off, or when someone's pissed off at you? That™s kind of what Bloomberg LP just did. The global media company has leased 68,000 additional square feet of pristine space at 120 Park Avenue on the heels of a...Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Cycling Success: SoulCycle to Quadruple Real Estate Footprint The stylish spinning studio SoulCycle broke into New York real estate through an inauspicious channel: Craigslist. In 2006, co-founder Elizabeth Cutler was scouring available spaces on the go-to online destination for scalped tickets, used furniture and anonymous hookups. We couldn™t get a broker to call...Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Crisis housing advances The city is moving closer to getting emergency housing with the selection of a three-story, three-unit prototype ” complete with balconies ” that will soon be erected next to the Office of Emergency Management in Brooklyn. The prototype includes two, 822 square-foot three-bedroom units on...Posted: 5/21/20131 click

Bloomberg adding space What Bloomberg LP scandal? We can™t compete with our colleague Mark DeCambre™s May 10 bombshell revelation that Bloomberg reporters were using confidential data from company computers to spy on Goldman Sachs ” which opened the floodgate to a far-ranging panic involving other banks. But we can...Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Just sold! Manhattan CLINTON $1,475,000 635 W. 42nd St. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,070 square feet, with Sub-Zero refrigerator, marble bath and washer/dryer; building features doorman, valet parking, pool and basketball, volleyball and tennis courts. Common charges $776, taxes $557. Asking price $1,525,000, on market 10 weeks...Posted: 5/17/20130 clicks

Kelly ˜Rentsimon™ The downtown pad that Kelly Bensimon, a former star of Bravo™s The Real Housewives of New York City, has been calling home is on the market. The unit in the famed Police Building at 240 Centre St. is for rent at $20,000 a month....Posted: 5/16/20130 clicks

Shower of power You use your bathroom every day, so it™s no wonder the faucet can get a bit leaky and the showerhead a bit clogged. Thankfully, it™s not hard to whip your bathroom back into shape. * Fix a leaky faucet Leaky faucets are both annoying and wasteful...Posted: 5/16/20130 clicks

Quinn there Comedian Colin Quinn is holding a long, scary dagger that looks like it could cow any tough crowd. How badass is that knife? he asks, with a glint in his eye, removing it from its sheath. We agree. Very badass. It™s an Afghani knife, Quinn adds. It...Posted: 5/16/20130 clicks

Hotels hitting hipster ™hood The hotel wars are headed to Williamsburg. Andrew Zobler™s Sydell Group has closed on a large parcel in Williamsburg, where sources say he intends to develop a Freehand hotel aimed at capturing the energy of an upscale youth hostel. Ron Burkle™s Yucaipa Cos. is...Posted: 5/15/20131 click

Talk of the Town I™m the senior managing director of sales at Town Residential, a brokerage firm I helped found in 2010. I manage more than 150 brokers and agents ” handling more than $1 billion in annual sales. In a way, real estate found me. In 1998,...Posted: 5/14/20130 clicks

Top View Gamut Photos Inc. When your terrace alone dwarfs Manhattan™s average apartment, it™s good to be home. What makes home even better at this three-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom penthouse duplex atop 50 E. 89th St. is that the 1,450-square-foot wraparound terrace in question lets you look down...Posted: 5/14/20130 clicks

Living on the Edge There™s no need for devotees of contemporary design to travel the world in search of the cutting edge. NY Design Week, which runs through May 21, has all the bases covered. The marquee event is the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), showcasing 517 exhibitors from...Posted: 5/14/20130 clicks

In the Garden: The Hard Road to a Vegetable Plot Before planting a vegetable garden, a plot of land must be cleared. The author™s challenge involved dislodging old beach rose shrubs with stubborn roots.    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

On Location | Southampton, N.Y.: In the Hamptons, Where There™s Less to Mess A call to order led a couple to trade their sprawling house for something smaller and more immaculate.    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Meticulous Downsize Charles Gold Peri Wolfman™s perfectly arranged, and mostly white, Southhampton home.    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Shopping With Mirko Benzo: Wine Racks A London sommelier leaves the restaurant cellar to consider wine racks to use at home (or on your bicycle).    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Property Values: Real Estate for Real Estate for $5.9 Million A modern house in Studio City, Calif; an ancient Colonial in Massachusetts; and a two-building compound in Charleston, S.C.    Posted: 5/22/20131 click

Homes for $1,995,000 A modern house in California, an ancient Colonial In Massachusetts; and a two-building compound in Charleston, S.C.    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

International Real Estate: Real Estate in Morocco A traditional Moroccan house with five bedroom suites, a multilevel roof terrace and a courtyard.    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

House Hunting in Morocco A restored 19th-century riad in Marrakesh, with five bedroom suites, is on the market for $1.3 million.    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

I Was Misinformed: Come See Me in the Country This Summer. I™m Begging. I have a thing about summer in the country which is kind of a Don Juan complex with grass: I want it, I want it, I want it, and then when I get it I™m bored.    Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Square Feet: Ambitious Paris Project Takes Shape in the Suburbs The 133-acre Clichy Batignolles, named for the adjoining neighborhoods in northwest Paris, will include offices, housing, a park and a court complex.    Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

Aftermath of Sandy Although the Grunt lost heat and power for a couple, I consider myself quite fortunate and very grateful. Even though subway service is almost fully restored, since yesterday  I have seen people boarding shuttle buses. In fact, the next couple of days is going...Posted: 11/4/20123 clicks

11 years ago We will never forget.Posted: 9/11/20121 click

Mad Dash Back in 2007 I wrote a piece about how brokers needed to take advantage of the wealth in China. A Better Tomorrow It looks like someone was reading my article Why Brokers Study Chinese The article profiles Kevin Brown...Posted: 9/10/20121 click

The Food and Real Estate Connection There have been some changes on Blogger and I am still adapting to them. Please excuse the current format. Three years ago, I blogged about a controversial landlord who had sold his portfolio of buildings right before the real estate market imploded, leaving the...Posted: 8/6/20122 clicks

Dealing with the unknown The Grunt is feeling a little tense right now. It is not because of the market or the economy. It is because the Grunt is expecting a new next door neighbor.Back in 2009, the Grunt wrote about another noisy neighbor.A letter to another 800lbs...Posted: 7/2/20120 clicks

Lack of inventory? It depends on which market. For the past couple of months the real estate media has been screaming about the lack of inventory on the market. However, all information has been tangled up in a lot of broker speak and dramatic hand wringing. My objective is...Posted: 6/25/20129 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: 11/6/20114 clicks

10 Years Ago Today We will never forget.Posted: 9/11/20114 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

Wall Street Bonuses, Staff Levels to Rise in 2013: ReportPosted: 5/17/20130 clicks

NYC unemployment rate hits 4-year lowPosted: 5/17/20130 clicks

Slow Growing: Bad News for Jobs, Housing; CPI TamePosted: 5/16/20130 clicks

US Home Builder Confidence Rises, Tops ForecastPosted: 5/15/20130 clicks

Key Manufacturing Index Slides; PPI Inflation TamePosted: 5/15/20130 clicks

Retail sales gain shows some strength in economyPosted: 5/14/20130 clicks

Job growth beats expectations in AprilPosted: 5/3/20130 clicks

Claims at Five-Year Low; Trade Gap Falls, TooPosted: 5/2/20130 clicks

Home prices rise, seen helping economic recoveryPosted: 5/1/20130 clicks

Mortgage Applications Rose Last Week as Rates FellPosted: 5/1/20132 clicks

Your purchasing power, revisited For those among you wondering what your potential purchasing power is for the rent you are paying, we have just the number crunching for you.  We don™t blame you if you™re starting to balk at today™s rental prices, as so many of the buyers...Posted: 5/29/201210 clicks

Up in ARMS: why many are foregoing the 30-year fixed mortgage With interest rates remaining near historical lows, it™s no wonder that many buyers are looking to lock in a 30-year fixed rate mortgage for their property.  What™s there not to love, right?  The guarantee of cheap money for the next three decades:  hooray!  However,...Posted: 5/24/20125 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: 5/17/20125 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: 5/9/20126 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: 4/20/20128 clicks

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: 4/5/201210 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: 2/16/201210 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: 2/7/201212 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: 1/31/20125 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: 1/24/20128 clicks

Tech tenants sign almost 90 percent of Times Square leases in last 18 months Times Square may be experiencing a mini technology boom, with tech companies including Yahoo and Microsoft snapping up 633,000 square feet of space in the neighborhood over the last 18 months, according to data provided to The Real Deal by the Times Square Alliance,...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

NYC™s residential skyscrapers go on a diet High demand for super-luxury homes has tilted the scales, if you will, in favor of tall, skinny residential developments, the Wall Street Journal reported. With buyers shelling out $3,000 per square foot for apartments perched in the sky, it makes financial sense for the...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

City OKs Madison Square Garden™s 15-year permit, West Village townhouse asks $10.8M ¦ and more [caption id="attachment_245775" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Fort Tilden in Queens (Credit: Urban Ghosts Media)[/caption] Madison Square Garden gets 15-year permit. Townhouse at 294 West 4th Street asks $10.8 million. Starwood Capital Group in talks to buy seven malls from Westfield Group for $1 billion. The Muppets...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Trevian Capital opens with plans to finance up to $150M in bridge loans in coming year From the May issue: A new Manhattan financial firm plans to originate between $100 and $150 million in loans in the coming year, founder Michael Hoffenberg told TRD. Newly launched Trevian Capital specializes in high-yield bridge loans ” first mortgages or other senior secured loans...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Boerum Frills: Stribling celebrates office launch: PHOTOS Some 250 brokers and guests crowded into Stribling & Associate™s new Boerum Hill office last night, though the residential brokerage sent out only 150 invites to the opening of its first Brooklyn location. Perhaps the attendees were there to scope out a space, at...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

New Broadway Triangle judge spurs concerns of biased rulings A development watchdog group has raised concerns that a new judge overseeing a challenge to the Broadway Triangle apartment complex in Williamsburg will be biased in favor of the project, the New York Daily News reported. While the Broadway Triangle Coalition has not lodged...Posted: 5/22/20131 click

ICSC™s RECon 2013 marked by high attendance, slower deal volume: PHOTOS New York Developers party poolside at the Bellagio hotel The International Council of Shopping Centers™ four-day RECon retail convention and party marathon wraps up today in Las Vegas. Though some brokers told The Real Deal that the show felt busier than last year ” and...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Existing home sales rise 0.6 percent, missing expectations Existing home sales rose 0.6% to a rate of 4.97 million units in April. This is the highest pace since November 2009. This was slightly below expectations for a 1.4% month-over-month (MoM) rise to a rate of 4.99 million units. March's numbers were revised...Posted: 5/22/20131 click

Weiner™s real estate platform includes more affordable housing, shifting rent regulation to city control Anthony Weiner, the former 'sexting'-embroiled Congressman who today announced he is running for mayor, would make some substantial changes to city housing policy if he wins the race, Brownstoner reported. Weiner™s plan for affordable housing would grant upzoning and tax abatement benefits for properties...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Time Warner Center condo owner sues Russian ex-pol over noisy two-year reno An owner of a Time Warner Center condominium, who is leasing the unit to upstate philanthropist and businessman Sam Nappi, has filed a lawsuit against the wealthy Russian family that owns the apartment above, seeking to halt their allegedly noisy construction work, the New...Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

432 Park Avenue The latest in what is becoming a corridor of extremely tall condo towers along 57th Street in Manhattan is Rafael...Posted: 5/19/20130 clicks

Rudin West Village Condos Update We happened to notice that five web domain names relating to the condo project on the former site of St....Posted: 3/31/20131 click

150 Charles Street West Village The new condominium going up at 150 Charles Street in the West Village has been in the works since before...Posted: 3/17/20130 clicks

56 Leonard Postscript When we last left this story the dark clouds of the financial crisis and the recession were descending on Manhattan...Posted: 1/13/20132 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: 9/23/201114 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: 6/11/20119 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: 2/24/200812 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

Trulia™s iPhone Rental App Helps Reunite a Long-Distance Husband and Wife In today™s volatile job and housing markets, more and more Americans have found themselves forced to relocate to pursue new employment opportunities or seek lower cost of living. When a round of layoffs hit San Francisco Bay Area native Kari and her husband Shane,...Posted: 5/22/20132 clicks

In Addition to Hiking and Traveling, Trulia Becomes One User™s Fun Leisurely Hobby Ashley traveling in Venice, Italy. In 2010, Ashley and her partner bought their first house in Oakland, CA. As the two settled in and learned more about their community and surroundings, Ashley became fascinated with the Oakland real estate market. More and more she found...Posted: 5/8/20130 clicks

Trulia to Acquire Market Leader Trulia to Acquire Market Leader, Combining Trulia™s Massive Consumer Audience with the Leading Comprehensive SaaS Solution for the Real Estate Industry We are very excited to announce that Trulia has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Market Leader, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEDR, Market Leader),...Posted: 5/8/20132 clicks

Congratulations to our #TruliaOpenHouse Winners! Trulia is happy to announce the five lucky winners of our Twitter contest in honor of Nationwide Open House Weekend! The five winners each tweeted a photo of an open house they visited over the weekend with the #TruliaOpenHouse hashtag, and now each will...Posted: 4/26/20131 click

Finding The Right Neighborhood with Trulia™s Interactive Maps Matt had always viewed the house hunting process as  a hassle. A few years ago when his wife Amber mentioned they should start thinking about buying a home, Matt began to really feel overwhelmed. Not long thereafter, Matt found Trulia, right in time for his first...Posted: 4/24/20130 clicks

Trulia Revamps iPad App To Give Mobile Users Everything They Need and Want Today we are excited to announce that Trulia™s top-rated iPad app has received a major overhaul. We listened to feedback from our users and incorporated user behavior data from our updated iPhone app to identify which features users love and interact with the most....Posted: 4/23/20133 clicks

Win a Visa Gift Card This Weekend with #TruliaOpenHouse Photos You could just use your phone to find open houses this Nationwide Open House Weekend, but why stop there? You could use it to win an extra $50 - just by tweeting photos of any open houses you visit this weekend to #TruliaOpenHouse. Every...Posted: 4/19/20130 clicks

Trulia Refreshes Consumer Products Ahead of Red-Hot House Hunting Season The weather is heating up, and so is the real estate market, with many people finally getting off the sidelines to buy or sell a home. Perfectly timed with the market resurgence, Trulia has completed a period of rapid innovation on a suite of...Posted: 4/18/20130 clicks

Trulia™s Android App Helps Make One Couple™s Christmas Miracle Holiday season is always one of the most stressful parts of the year. From battling shopping malls to fighting over parking spaces, house hunting is typically the last thing on someone™s mind. But for Nick and Meghan not even the holiday rush could stop...Posted: 4/10/20130 clicks

Boost Your Online Reputation with Sale Successes on Trulia A strong online reputation is critical for an agent to succeed in today™s market. Trulia Agent Profiles have become a leading place for agents to build their reputation by adding client recommendations, posting home tours, and showcasing previously sold homes. Trulia offers many opportunities...Posted: 3/28/20130 clicks

Manhattan April Market Report -- Deal Volume Continues to Surge A: Deal volume across Manhattan continued to surge as we finished up the month of April, rising 15% from the month prior and booking 24% 'more deals' when compared to April of last year. Supply on the other hand is showing its first signs...Posted: 5/2/20135 clicks

Q1-2013 in the Books -- Buyers Facing Inventory Shortage A: Manhattan active inventory stands at 4,826 units, down 30% from this time last year. At the same time Manhattan's Pending Sales, the measure of real-time demand, stands at 3,154 contracts awaiting closing; this is up 24% from this time last year. On a...Posted: 4/2/20134 clicks

Can Little Cyprus Cause Bigger Problems? A: I want to get away from the red-hot Manhattan real estate story today, not only because its been the same story for so long now and I'm tired of talking about the same thing over and over, but more so because of the...Posted: 3/17/20130 clicks

February Manhattan Market Report A: And the deals just keep on coming! If it feels like its very active out there, your right, and the data shows it. This February saw another high in 'deal volume' (contract activity) as we booked 1,099 new contracts signed -- the previous...Posted: 3/6/20135 clicks

"Very Strong" Pace of Deal Volume Continues A: Most brokers are bombarded daily by their buyer & seller clients asking "How's the Manhattan market doing right now?". It's not such a simple question to answer because price action doesn't reveal itself for a good 4-6 months or so when deals signed...Posted: 2/14/20134 clicks

Quarterly Manhattan N'hood Performance Check A: Lets take another look at the rolling 3-month trend for all 16 Manhattan neighborhoods/submarkets that the UrbanDigs' system tracks in real time. Shown below are each neighborhoods' pending sales trends (a measure of deal volume/demand) and active inventory trends (a measure of supply)....Posted: 2/12/20131 click

January in the Books -- Manhattan stays Hot -- Tips for Buyers & Sellers A: With January in the books lets take a look at the monthly Contract Activity and New Supply and see how we performed when compared to January production in years past. In seasonal markets, its best to measure monthly performance on a year-over-year basis...Posted: 2/1/20132 clicks

Depleted Manhattan Finally Sees An Uptick in New Supply -- But Will it Last? A: A glimmer of hope is starting to appear in the daily Manhattan supply numbers. Its way too soon to call this a trend, but the past 7-8 days has seen a welcomed uptick in new supply coming to market. Anyone tied to the...Posted: 1/15/20131 click

Ringing in the Manhattan New Year / Rates to Surge?? A: Manhattan rings in 2013 with 4,495 active listings marketed for sale by brokers in the Rebny Listing Service, and 2,334 units in contract awaiting closing. I would look back at 2012 for Manhattan residential real estate and call the year 'the strongest since...Posted: 1/4/20133 clicks

3-Month Manhattan N'hood Report Check A: I know many are curious how the downtown markets are doing post-Sandy, so lets take a look at how all 16 sub-markets as UrbanDigs systems define them have performed over the last 90 days. Data is below and the last check was on...Posted: 12/5/20122 clicks

A Modern Carriage House in Brooklyn At first glance, this home looks like another stately 19th-century Brooklyn home, but it was completed less than a decade ago as a modern mansion with a historic feel.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

French Riverside Home This 19th-century house on the banks of the River Indre comes with separate guest accommodation in a converted mill building.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Starwood Capital Goes Shopping for Malls Starwood Capital Group is in talks to buy seven U.S. shopping malls from Westfield Group for more than $1 billion, a deal that would mark the latest in a flurry of big-ticket acquisitions of retail property.Posted: 5/21/20131 click

Pleasures and Pitfalls of Frank Lloyd Wright Homes There are 20 Frank Lloyd Wright homes now on the market, and some are available at a markdown. But owning an architectural treasure can come with significant headaches.Posted: 5/18/20131 click

Can This House Sell for $190 Million? An eye-popping price tag in Greenwich, Conn., is a new test of the ultra-high-end property market.Posted: 5/17/20132 clicks

When Crisis Hits During a Move Coping tips for handling the unexpected while selling a homePosted: 5/17/20132 clicks

Artists Aim for the Heights in Jersey City An arts district approved for a section of Jersey City's Heights neighborhood could spur new development and bring more creative types to an area that is already home to many artists.Posted: 5/17/20130 clicks

Home for Water Toys in Austin A home on Lake Austin is surrounded by natural beauty, but it's also a short kayak ride to the local coffee shop.Posted: 5/16/20130 clicks

Historic Palladian Mansion in Virginia The Brandon Plantation, a National Historic Landmark with a detailed history tied to the Civil War and Washington politics, is scheduled for auction in June.Posted: 5/13/20130 clicks

Prospect Park South Keeps 'Rural Beauty' Prospect Park South, a landmarked Brooklyn neighborhood of detached houses spread out along gracious tree-lined streets, is drawing more young families priced out of surrounding areas.Posted: 5/13/20131 click

Gone are the low lying fruit of real estate investing Back in 2009, you could do a simple search in the multiple listing service and take your pick from dozens of deals that were good potential rehab (flip projects). I, and most other real estate investors, treaded lightly in fear of a variety...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Tips on making a winning offer for your next home Paul Valentino, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage of Greater Washington, writes an occasional column offering insights into the real estate market.This is the second of two pieces examining how buyers can better stand out among competitors in a multiple-offer situation....Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Virginia open houses this weekend Here's a list of open houses taking place this weekend in Virginia. We've divided the list by counties. To learn more about the properties for sale, click on the link underneath the address, which will take you to the listing. As always, feel free...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Mortgage rates show an upturn For the second week in a row, mortgage rates went up, according to the latest data released by Freddie Mac. The 30-year fixed-rate average surged to 3.51 percent with an average 0.7 point. It was up from 3.42 percent a week ago but down...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Real Estate Matters: Low mortgage rates are an opportunity What does it say about our economy that mortgage interest rates are near their lowest point since 1971? Do you remember where you were in 1971? That year, the U.S. had come off the highest inflationary year since the Korean War started, and as...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Real Estate Matters: Loan documents are often missing after mortgage is paid off In a recent column you wrote that when you pay off your mortgage you should receive, among other things, the original note marked "paid" or shown with a zero balance. We paid off our mortgage in 2008, and I jumped through...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Maryland open houses this weekend Here's a list of open houses taking place this weekend in Maryland. We've divided the list by counties. To learn more about the properties for sale, click on the link underneath the address, which will take you to the listing. As always, feel free...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

District of Columbia open houses this weekend Here's a list of open houses taking place this weekend in the District. We've divided the list by quadrants. To learn more about the properties for sale, click on the link underneath the address, which will take you to the listing. As always, feel...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Tips for buyers in a fierce seller's market Paul Valentino, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in the Greater Washington, D.C. Metro, writes an occasional column offering insights into the real estate market. This is the first of two columns examining how buyers can better stand out among competitors...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

House of the Week | Dupont row house for $1.399 million View Photo Gallery ”The Washington Post's picks of distinguished homes on the D.C. area market. Most historical homes come with at least a few downsides -- for starters, limited closet space in...Posted: 1/1/19990 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

November 2010-Current Real Estate Market Stats If you like charts and graphs, you can sign up to receive in-depth market reports for FREE. Check out our Market Stats page click herePosted: 12/7/20101 click

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: 9/15/201010 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: 8/31/20104 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: 7/26/20106 clicks

˜Cougar Town™ Star Christa Miller Relists Brentwood Home The home just hit the market for $10.995 million, well below the $12.6 million the actress and TV producer husband Bill Lawrence purchased the property for in 2007.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

See Zillow™s 2013 Webby Acceptance Speech Zillow Account Executive Michael Botefuhr was on hand to accept this prestigious award, channeling his inner Macklemore in very special Zillow-ized rendition of "Thrift Shop."Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Cabinet Refacing: How to Update Your Kitchen for Less Thinking about giving your dated kitchen a new appearance? Fortunately, there is a cost-effective alternative to replacing your cabinets completely ” you can reface them.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

House of the Week: Popular Mechanics™ 1955 House of the Future Popular Mechanics' 1955 "House of the Future" still contains features desired by homeowners today.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Report: Ellen and Portia Buy in Montecito The comedian and daytime television host goes through properties the way others go through designer shoes ” listing or buying a new property nearly every year.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Dig This Trend: Fast & Furious Garages This week, we're bringing you the fastest, the sleekest, the most furious garages across America from Zillow Digs. Prepare for some serious man-cave envy.Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Sneak Peek: Doory Awards City Stunners Heads up, real estate lovers: Only two weeks remain to vote for your favorite homes across America in this year™s Doory Awards. Cast your vote for your favorites once a day through June 5 for your chance to win $2,000 cash!Posted: 5/22/20130 clicks

Report: Katy Perry Buys Mid-Century Modern Home in Hollywood Hills The pop princess bought three adjoining parcels of land for $11.2 million.Posted: 5/22/20131 click

Christina Aguilera™s Manager Irving Azoff Drops $15.95 Million in Holmby Hills Curious what $15.95 million buys you in prestigious Holmby Hills? For one of the most influential people in the music industry, it's a completely renovated contemporary villa with maid's quarters on 1.5 park-like acres behind a gated entrance.Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks

Get This Look: Furnishing the Bathroom Just because the bathroom is utilitarian, doesn't mean it should be lacking in style.Posted: 5/21/20130 clicks