StreetNoise: Should kids run amok in the hallways, finding the perfect starter, and more ...Posted: 1/26/20123 clicks

Stacom: In 2012, Less Debt, Healthier Deals NEW YORK CITY-At a New York Bar Association luncheon Thursday, CBRE's vice chairman Darcy Stacom explained that despite headwinds from the financial services industry, New York itself will remain a stable location to deploy capital -- even with competition from London, Dubai and Tokyo. Posted: 1/26/20122 clicks

Working exclusively with buyers has its benefits Letter to the Editorread morePosted: 1/26/20122 clicks

Must tenants show proof of renters insurance? Requirement may be added to lease only at certain timesread morePosted: 1/26/20122 clicks

Broker bestows a rather unusual housewarming gift ...Posted: 1/25/20122 clicks

The city is quiet. Too quiet. An eerie fog has crept over Manhattan™s office development scene. Take this quiz and feel the chill: Which of the following has been the main source of recent news articles about serious lease negotiations for major new office buildings ” either brand-new, in construction or...Posted: 1/25/20122 clicks

Economists See Ways to Aid Housing Market What more can be done to help the housing market? Economists have some ideas for hastening a recovery.Posted: 1/24/20122 clicks

Deal Gets Closer On Foreclosures State and federal officials hope to announce early next month a deal with five large banks valued at as much as $25 billion.Posted: 1/24/20122 clicks

Latest non-buzz on 8 NY projects We gave owners, brokers, p.r. reps and inside moles a chance to share good news about the following projects, representing billions of dollars of private investment, some bolstered by public subsidies. They™re all excellent buildings from top developers, designed by prominent architects and boasting...Posted: 1/24/20122 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: 1/24/20122 clicks

Cool Stuff: RentJolt gives renters a piece of the broker pie ...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

The Haggle: In new construction, the last buyer gets the discount ...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Then & Now: Despite massive amounts of noise, I still love my rent-stabilized UES apartment ...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Bedbugged! When the critters invade your subconscious and show up in your dreams ...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

StreetNoise: Should kids run amok in the hallways, finding the perfect starter, and more ...Posted: 1/26/20123 clicks

StreetEasy's Most Wanted: A buyer's guide to the most-saved listings of the week ...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Rent Coach: Should I rent an apartment above an empty storefront? ...Posted: 1/26/20121 click

To debit or not to debit? The 411 on automatic mortgage payments ...Posted: 1/25/20121 click

Dear Ms. Demeanor: My neighbor won't stop barking about my dog ...Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Broker bestows a rather unusual housewarming gift ...Posted: 1/25/20122 clicks

Building of the Day: 91-93 Midwood Street Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Semi-detached row houses Address: 91-93 Midwood Street Cross Streets: Flatbush and Bedford Avenues Neighborhood: Lefferts Manor, Prospect Lefferts Gardens Year Built: 1904 Architectural Style: Renaissance Revival Architect: Axel Hedman Other buildings by architect: Hundreds of buildings in PLG, Crown Heig... MorePosted: 1/1/19990 clicks

The Hot Seat: Amy Sananman Welcome to the Hot Seat, where we interview folks involved in Brooklyn real estate, architecture, development and the like. Introducing Amy Sananman, the founder and director of Groundwell Community Mural Project. Groundswell is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit organization that brings artists, youth and community organizations...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

205 Water Street Nearly Half Sold Sales at the Dumbo condo building 205 Water Street have been steady since the building launched this fall. A sales rep tells us the 65-unit Toll Brothers development is more than 40 percent sold and closings should begin this spring. Streeteasy shows units in...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

H&M Marks its Territory on the Fulton Mall H&M signage is up around the Downtown Brooklyn construction site on the corner of Bridge and Fulton. It merely says the store is 'coming soon.' By the looks of the site itself (click through to see) it may be some time before we...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Candy Store Opening on Myrtle Avenue A reader passed along this shot announcing the impending opening of a candy store called Huey™s Chueys at 378 Myrtle Avenue, near the corner of Clermont, noting that it's 'a good use of that space that used to be a hair salon.' We got...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Another Perspective on Hasid’s Anti-Hipster Screed Comment: Interesting to learn that there's such a thing as a Hipster Hasid! Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Open House Picks Clinton Hill 101 Gates Avenue Corcoran Sunday, 1:00-2:00 $1,499,000 GMAP P*Shark South Slope 164 17th Street Triumph Property Sunday, 1:30-3:00 $1,179,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 662 Sterling Place Corcoran Sunday, 11:30-12:30, 2:45-4 $1,099,000 GMAP P*Shark Red Hook 171 Dikeman Street Fillmore Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $849,000 GMAP P*Shark Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Open House Picks: Six Months Later Open House Picks 7/29/11 [Brownstoner] Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Transfer of Admiral’s Row to City a Done Deal Chuck Schumer is holding a press conference this afternoon to announce that an agreement has been reached to transfer Admiral's Row from the federal government to the city. According to the senator's announcement, the project will definitely involve the preservation of two of the...Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

Here’s How the Tweaked Design for 30 Henry Turned Out The Eagle got its hands on the 'modified' rendering for the new condo planned at 30 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, as shown above. The new design, which Landmarks green-lighted last week, is almost a carbon copy of the first rendering for the building....Posted: 1/1/19990 clicks

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: 1/16/20120 clicks

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: 1/13/20120 clicks

Zillow CEO on housing marketPosted: 1/5/20127 clicks

S&P/Case-Shiller Index falls yet again I was on Christmas vacation last week. Here's some housing news that was released while I was gone:Home prices fell for the sixth straight month in October, down 1.2% compared with September and 3.4% a year ago, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller...Posted: 1/2/20124 clicks

National Association of Realtors overstated existing home sales by 16.7% Last week I blogged about the National Association of Realtors overstating existing homes sales over the past five years. At the time we didn't know how much the Realtors overstated the numbers. Now we know they overstated them by 16.7%:Existing home sales during the...Posted: 12/22/20110 clicks

Updated housing graph I have updated my national housing graph. My metropolitan area graphs are still nine months out of date.Posted: 12/21/20111 click

Housing starts spiked in November Housing starts are up 24.3% year-over-year:Home building spiked up in November to the strongest level in almost two years, as record-low mortgage rates and a surge in apartment and condo construction lifted activity.Housing starts shot up to an annual rate of 685,000 in the...Posted: 12/20/20110 clicks

Mortgage lenders suspend evictions for the holidays Merry Christmas, delinquents! You get a free pass for about two weeks:Happy holidays struggling homeowners! Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and several large mortgage lenders have pledged not to foreclose on delinquent borrowers during the Christmas season.For homeowners with loans through Fannie Mae and Freddie...Posted: 12/19/20111 click

Realtors overstated home sales for 5 years The National Association of Realtors has admitted that it overstated existing homes sales numbers for the past five years:If you thought the U.S. housing market couldn't get much worse, think again.Far fewer homes have been sold over the past five years than previously estimated,...Posted: 12/15/20111 click

New-home sales hit a record low Just 302,000 new homes were sold in 2011, 6.2% below 2010 and the lowest number of annual sales since the government started tracking home sales in 1963.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Foreclosures made up 20% of home sales in 3Q Sales of homes in foreclosure comprised 20% of all U.S. residential sales during the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac.Posted: 1/26/20121 click

Romney's real estate deals Out of all of the presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney owns the most real estate -- even after unloading a couple of sizable properties.Posted: 1/25/20121 click

Mortgage crimes are focus of new task force A new special task force to investigate and prosecute those responsible for bad mortgages during the housing boom will be part of President Obama's 2012 agenda.Posted: 1/25/20121 click

Has Obama's housing policy failed? President Obama is expected to once again offer ways to help the beleaguered housing market in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.Posted: 1/24/20121 click

Foreclosures: America's hardest hit neighborhoods The housing collapse has dramatically changed the nation's foreclosure landscape.Posted: 1/23/20121 click

China's housing market is set for a hard landing The numbers are grim: China's property bubble is heading for a spectacular burst, and its effect on the country's economy will be widespread.Posted: 1/22/20120 clicks

Steal this house! 7 foreclosure deals A three-bedroom home for $15,000? These foreclosed homes may be in some of the U.S.'s hardest hit neighborhoods, but the deals may be too good for some buyers to pass up.Posted: 1/20/20121 click

Home sales continue to improve Home sales ended a difficult year on a high note, resulting in a gain in full-year sales volume.Posted: 1/20/20121 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: 1/17/20120 clicks

Lawmakers gerrymander their new districts Jeremy Smerd - State lawmakers made public Thursday the new maps that could determine the boundaries of state legislative districts-and the balance of power in New York. Now, Gov. Andrew Cuomo must decide whether he will hold fast to an earlier pledge to...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Occupy protestors invade Brooklyn courtroom Daniel Massey - Kicking off a new assault on foreclosures, several dozen Occupy Wall Street protestors were arrested Thursday when they took over a Brooklyn courtroom where six properties were scheduled to be auctioned off. Singing, "Mr. Auctioneer, all the people here, we're...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Another Bklyn condo project goes rental Amanda Fung - Despite signs that the market for residential condominiums in Brooklyn may be regaining its feet, one owner is having none of it. The new owner of 75 Clinton St. in Brooklyn Heights, a property that was originally planned as a...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

The RED Wrap: Ain't no money like cheap money Erik Ipsen - The promise-not just the prospect as of Wednesday's Fed announcement-of record-low interest rates for nearly three more years is a great news for many people, including landlords who are buried in debt.Posted: 1/26/20121 click

US foreclosures fall to 20% of home buys Bloomberg News - (Bloomberg) - Foreclosure and distressed sales fell to 20% of U.S. home purchases in the third quarter of last year as legal scrutiny of property seizures reduced the number of deals, according to RealtyTrac Inc. Transactions involving bank-owned property and short...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Hamptons home prices skid, but not to worry Home prices in the Hamptons ended the year well below where they stood a year earlier, but the slippage is nothing to fret about, according to a new report released Thursday. The problem was one of comparison, as prices in the fourth quarter of...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

NLRB asking judge to intervene in Brooklyn lockout Daniel Massey - More than 70 handymen and porters who have been locked out of their jobs at a sprawling Brooklyn apartment complex for more than a year could soon be returning to work. The National Labor Relations Board filed a petition...Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

UES trash barge (finally) comes in Having overcome several legal challenges by Upper East Siders, the city this week put out a request for bids to build a controversial waste transfer station on the East River at East 91st Street, drawing a step closer to making the facility a reality....Posted: 1/25/20121 click

The RED Wrap: Blackstone's distressed assets Erik Ipsen - Three years and counting after the bubble burst, the much-anticipated tidal wave of distressed commercial real estate assets has yet to wash over the market. But that doesn't mean that such mega-landlords as SL Green and Vornado have been sitting idle.Posted: 1/25/20121 click

NY AG to co-lead federal probe of risky mortgages New York's top cop will co-chair a nationwide mortgage crisis unit unveiled Tuesday by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union speech that will investigate wrongdoing by banks that contributed to the financial collapse and real estate crash.State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Flipping Out: Power Culture Couple Knows The Art of The Deal on High Line Art world power couple Perry Rubenstein and his wife, Sara Fitzmaurice engaged in a prudent buy and hold strategy when it came to their 4BR/3.5BA loft at 523 West 23rd Street. Back in 1998 when they purchased the condo...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Battery Park City, $3385 Battery Park 1 BR, 1 BA, $3,385/mo. w/ 1 Month Free! River views, concierge, fitness center 41 River Terrace [Rockrose Development]Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Admiral's Rowned: This weekend may be your last... This weekend may be your last chance to get a peek at the crumbling ruins of Admiral's Row. The federal government finally transferred ownership of the former naval facility to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. That means that it's...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Conversions: First Amity Street Horror Townhouse Hits the Market for $3.85M Click here to view the full photogallery. Amity Street Horror no more-the old Lamm Institute Building at 110 Amity Street in Cobble Hill is in the midst of a makeover into three townhouse-style units. One of those has hit the...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Floorplan Porn: Staid One Sutton Place South Unleashes 32-Window Beast Occupying a full wing of the seventh floor at One Sutton Park South, this recently-listed 13-room co-op is the largest—and most expensive—offering to come out of that storied building since the resolution of the ages-old, but rarely-discussed, private park...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Silver Towers Silver Towers Beautiful studio apartments from $2,690 Pool, sun, terrace, Clay Fitness, café [silvertowers.com]Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

The Sheffield, $2,770,000 The Sheffield, 54D21432 Sq FtNW- views of Central Park and Hudson River$2,770,000 [The Sheffield]Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

New Arrangements: Landlord La MaMa E.T.C. might have... Landlord La MaMa E.T.C. might have a slightly different perspective on the eviction of Millennium Film Workshop from its 66 East 4th Street building. Tamara Greenfield, executive director of Fourth Arts Block and mediator between La MaMa and Millennium, says...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

SPONSORED POST: Triple Mint Triplex @ The Plaza Listing: 1 Central Park South [Stribling] Details: 4 BR, 5.5 BA, 6,319 sq ft Condo Asking: $33,500,000 | View By Appointment High above the Plaza's sought-after 5th Avenue and Central Park South corner, Penthouse 2009 unfolds across three floors,...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Memo From Management: For those eagerly awaiting our recap... For those eagerly awaiting our recap of last night's episode of HGTV's Selling New York, our deepest apologies. We never received our screener copy-which recapper Molly Reisner uses to write up each episode and snag video clips-so we have no...Posted: 1/27/20120 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: 7/9/20113 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: 7/5/20113 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: 6/29/20113 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: 6/28/20110 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: 6/24/20112 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: 6/22/20110 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: 6/21/20113 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

Meridian Negotiates Recap of 216 E. 45th. St. NEW YORK CITY-The company has arranged the recapitalization of the 160,000-square-foot Midtown building.Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

New York City Office Cleaners Ratify Labor Deal NEW YORK CITY-Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union unanimously approved a four-year contract with the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, guaranteeing a 5.6% wage increase for workers and employer-paid health benefits.Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Stacom: In 2012, Less Debt, Healthier Deals NEW YORK CITY-At a New York Bar Association luncheon Thursday, CBRE's vice chairman Darcy Stacom explained that despite headwinds from the financial services industry, New York itself will remain a stable location to deploy capital -- even with competition from London, Dubai and Tokyo. Posted: 1/26/20122 clicks

Poll: Lukewarm Reception for Cuomo's Convention Center Plan NEW YORK CITY-Most respondents to the latest GlobeSt.com poll are lukewarm on the governor's plan to redevelop the Javits Center land in lieu of a convention center at Aqueduct. The RPA's Hope Cohen points out that tearing down Javits is just one piece of...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

CRE Survey Shows Domestic Phenomenon NEW YORK CITY-A survey of commercial real estate executives indicates they are more likely to invest in their home country, according to speakers at KPMG LLP's and Goodwin Procter's "Forming Real Estate Funds in Today's Environment" seminar Wednesday evening.Posted: 1/26/20121 click

Ad Agency Renews at 488 Madison Ave. NEW YORK CITY-TBWA Worldwide, an advertising agency, has renewed for 107,308 square feet of space at the Feil Organization's 488 Madison Ave., a landmarked tower overlooking St. Patrick's Cathedral.Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

C-III Closes on NAI Global Acquisition NEW YORK CITY-The completed deal follows several other C-III acquisitions and marks 'a significant step forward' in creating a fully diversified CRE services company, says CEO Andrew Farkas.Posted: 1/25/20121 click

Condo Developer Must Return $16M NEW YORK CITY-A Manhattan developer has been ordered to return $16 million in down payments he received, after he claimed his attorney botched the date on the offering plan.Posted: 1/25/20121 click

Schneiderman Tapped By Obama For Mortgage Task Force NEW YORK CITY-The New York State Attorney General has been selected by the President to join a special unit of investigators that will crack down on the misconduct that contributed to the housing bubble and market crash.Posted: 1/25/20121 click

Carlton Revs Up Sales Efforts at 30 Broad St. NEW YORK CITY-The international real estate firm is marketing the 50-story, 450,000-square-foot office building in the heart of Lower Manhattan's Financial District. A source close to the deal tells GlobeSt.com that the property could trade for $142 million, or $300 per square foot.Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

In Oregon Lease Renewal, New York-Based Tenant Negotiates Green Building Upgrades Welch Allyn, a New York-based manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies, was recently able to capitalize on the soft commercial real estate market by negotiating green building upgrades in connection with a 100,000-square-foot office renewal in Beaverton, Oregon.Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Texas-Based ESCO to Retrofit First Commercial Building in New York City During a 10-year contract, a Texas-based energy service company will deliver a free $1.4 million energy-efficient retrofit at 125 Maiden Lane in the Financial District in exchange for the energy savings that the improvements deliver.Posted: 1/23/20120 clicks

2011²s Top 5 Stories in Green Building Law Over at our sister publication, the Green Real Estate Law Journal, we recently took a look back at the top five legal stories in green building from 2011.Posted: 1/20/20120 clicks

SL Green Turns LEED Double Play at 360 Hamilton Avenue in White Plains SL Green's Reckson division has earned a second LEED certification for its suburban headquarters at 360 Hamilton Avenue in Westchester County's White Plains.Posted: 1/18/20120 clicks

Trophy Office Tower Could Bring LEED Platinum to High Line in West Chelsea Designed by Cook + Fox, the 9-story, 175,000-sqare-foot tower is slated for West 22nd Street and 10th Avenue and would feature 160 feet of High Line retail frontage.Posted: 1/13/20121 click

On East 54th Street, Art of American Building Earns LEED-EB Gold The Edward Larrabee Barnes-designed 535 Madison Avenue has earned a LEED-EB Gold rating after a recent $5 million retrofit program that included renovations to its lobby, elevators, and outdoor plaza.Posted: 1/12/20120 clicks

A Closer Look at One World Trade Center™s Green Design Features More details have emerged about the green building technologies that will support One World Trade Center's LEED Gold application.Posted: 1/10/20120 clicks

Top 5 Stories in New York City Green Real Estate: 2011 As the year draws to a close later this week, we take a quick look back at the five of our articles from 2011 that were the most popular (by total page views) here at gbNYC.Posted: 12/28/20110 clicks

Advertising Agency to Anchor Renovated, LEED-Hopeful 3 Columbus Circle After 85 years, in a deal that reminds us that the days of Mad Men are long gone, the advertising agency Y&R has agreed to move its offices from 285 Madison Avenue to the LEED Silver-hopeful 3 Columbus Circle.Posted: 12/22/20110 clicks

Jade8: Sales Launch at Boutique Green Condominiums in Gowanus Described by its Brooklyn-based developer as "eco-chic and modern," the 8-unit boutique Jade8 condominium development in Gowanus has opened its sales office.Posted: 12/21/20110 clicks

Value in seasoned subprime underestimated: Amherst Subprime loans issued in 2004 and earlier possess a higher percentage of better quality re-performing loans when compared to 2006 and 2007 vintages, Amherst Securities said in its latest mortgage insight report. The point of the survey is to remind the market that theres a...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

D.R. Horton plans return to record home closings in five years Donald R. Horton, D.R. Horton (DHI: 14.14 +0.14%) chairman of the board, said his 'personal goal' is to annually close 50,000 units five years from now, a figure the homebuilder hasn™t reached since 2006, when it set the industry record. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

New federal mortgage fraud task force subpoenas 11 banks The new federal task force led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent subpoenas to the 11 largest financial institutions in the past few days as part of its investigation into possible residential mortgage-backed securities fraud. President Obama formed the task group and announced...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

More CMBS land in special servicing as businesses downsize More commercial mortgage-backed securities loans landed in special servicing at the end of 2011, suggesting the CMBS sector is vulnerable to further spikes in distressed mortgages, Fitch Ratings said Friday. The ratings giant said as more leases expired and retailers consolidated their space, more CMBS...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Barclays Capital doubts REO rental program will work A public-private investment program for renting foreclosed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac properties proved to be a popular, if esoteric, topic at the latest American Securitization Forum conference. In one panel, participants largely supported the idea. In retrospect, Barclays Capital (BCS: 14.09 +1.15%) believes such...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

January consumer sentiment posts 11-month high Consumer sentiment climbed to an index level of 75 in January, the best reading of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan survey in nearly a year. The survey released Friday was revised from a 74 mid-month reading and rose from 69.9 in December. Januarys level also...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

New originations drop 30%, loan delinquencies decline Low interest rates are spurring some activity in the mortgage market, but opportunities for borrowers with low credit scores are limited, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor Report from LPS Applied Analytics. New loan originations, overall, fell 30% year-over-year in November, with LPS reporting 537,720...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

D.R. Horton reports $27 million profit for fiscal first quarter D.R. Horton (DHI: 14.14 +0.14%) started its fiscal year with a double-digit profit increase for the first quarter, as orders for new homes rose. The Fort Worth, Texas-based homebuilder earned $27.7 million, or 9 cents a share, for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

GDP growth rate of 2.8% for 4Q Higher readings on private inventory investment, consumer spending and and residential investment led the Commerce Department to estimate the gross domestic product growth rate at 2.8% for the final three months of 2011. Third-quarter GDP growth was 1.8% and the economy rose at a rate...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Morning Radar: Arizona takes aim at secretive BofA settlements HousingWires Morning Radar provides a look at whats trending across media outlets nationwide. Republican presidential candidates debated (yet again) in Florida Thursday night on everything from Freddie Mac to the moon (not even joking), but well let host CNN take it from here. Elsewhere, as...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Vapor barrier tips for walls, floors Incorrect installation can trap moistureread morePosted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Tucson: real estate gem of the desert? Despite 'emptiest city' label, locale posts impressive growth in jobs, home salesread morePosted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Consequences for lying on rental application Rent it Rightread morePosted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Flashy kitchens seldom make economic sense America's obsession with granite, other gimmicksread morePosted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Top tax deductions for real estate pros Real Estate Tax Talkread morePosted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Must tenants show proof of renters insurance? Requirement may be added to lease only at certain timesread morePosted: 1/26/20122 clicks

3 considerations before abandoning underwater home REThink Real Estateread morePosted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Q-and-A with craigslist founder Craig Newmark From email list to online listings empireread morePosted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Working exclusively with buyers has its benefits Letter to the Editorread morePosted: 1/26/20122 clicks

Pinterest: an Internet pinup board Realtor Notebookread morePosted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Best Month To List Your Home? March. I got a call from the New York Times recently in response to a Redfin study looking at the best time to list a house. Their conclusion seemed to be different than my experience in the NYC metro area, Washington, DC, Baltimore and...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

[Sandy] 4Q 2011 Hamptons/North Fork Sales + 2002-2011 Hamptons/North Fork Decade Reports We released our report on the Long Island sales market for 4Q 2011 this morning. I've been authoring this series for Douglas Elliman since 1994. We also published a companion report, The Hamptons & North Fork Decade 2002-2011 with a revised format, to lay...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

[Sliding] 4Q 2011 Long Island Sales + 2002-2011 Long Island Decade Reports We released our report on the Long Island sales market for 4Q 2011 this morning. I've been authoring this series for Douglas Elliman since 1994. We also published a companion report, The Long Island Decade 2002-2011 is the first of its kind, to lay...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Feedback from post [Using A Comparable With A Hole In It “ Literally] Last week's post on the 'hole in the house' was picked up by Business Insider and the crossfire of coherent comments and righteous indignation ensued. I largely stayed out of it until today. The threads on my original post on Matrix and Business Insider...Posted: 1/23/20121 click

Year of the Housing Dragon Ok, at least it's it's Year of the Dragon, not the Year of the Rat but the Chinese New Year does bring to mind some other associations with housing in the post-credit crunch world. Here are names I have associated with each year since the...Posted: 1/23/20121 click

[Shift In Mix] 4Q 2011 Westchester & Putnam Sales Report We released our report on the Brooklyn sales market for 4Q 2011 this morning. I've been authoring this series for Douglas Elliman since 1994. This report is the first to provide comprehensive insight and analysis for both counties beyond standard MLS stats. Overall...Posted: 1/19/20120 clicks

[Stable] 4Q 2011 Brooklyn Sales Report We released our report on the Brooklyn sales market for 4Q 2011 this morning. I've been authoring this series for Douglas Elliman since 1994. This report is the first to cover the entire borough. There was a 27.6% surge in lower priced co-op...Posted: 1/19/20120 clicks

[Weaker] 4Q 2011 Queens Sales Report We released our report on the Queens sales market for 4Q 2011 this morning. I've been authoring this series for Douglas Elliman since 1994. Queens saw significant price skew from the 127.7% increase in year-over-year sales of lower priced co-ops in response to the...Posted: 1/19/20120 clicks

Using A “Comparable” With A Hole In It – Literally My senior staff appraiser shared the following nightmare story - about a friend of his who is going through a mortgage refinance with one of the big US national banks regarding a house in Long Island, NY. Rather not say the bank name...Posted: 1/17/20120 clicks

[Combining Apartments] 1+1+1=4 is a New Combination Last fall, Vivian Toy of the New York Times wrote a good piece on combining apartments: Combine and Conquer: Your Place and Mine and used the phrase I coined in the first paragraph: ...referring to Manhattan's premium for larger contiguous space on a price per...Posted: 1/17/20120 clicks

Banks may not like new mortgage task force In the Wild West of the ongoing mortgage mess, there™s a new sheriff in town. And he™s not handing "Get Out of Jail Free" cards in return for a $25 billion check. Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

JPMorgan CEO says foreclosure deal threatened JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said President Barack Obama's decision to expand investigations into home lending and sales of mortgage securities could stop settlement talks with the states over foreclosure practices. Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

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New home sales end dismal 2011 on sour note Sales of new homes dropped in December for the first time in four months, ending a gloomy 2011 for the housing industry. Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

The homes of Zuckerberg and other tech titans The new tech titans are building the tools that influence our daily lives, giving us games like Words With Friends, and the ability to stream our favorite TV shows wherever we are, on whatever gadgets we choose. Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Old mortgages rise from dead, haunt homeowners More and more, homeowners say that mortgages they thought were dead and buried are springing back to life, sometimes haunting them all the way into foreclosure. Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Foreclosures keep pushing house prices lower Foreclosure-related properties, which made up roughly one in five home sales in the third quarter of last year, sold for an average 34 percent less than homes that were not ˜distressed sales,™ new data show. Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Obama: New push to aid troubled homeowners President Barack Obama launched  a bid to help more  homeowners get cheaper mortgages, a move that could provide a boost to the struggling economy but is likely to hit stiff opposition from Republicans. Sponsored By: Win New Customers   Ads by Pheedo Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Pending home sales fell in December Pending sales of existing U.S. homes fell more than expected in December, industry data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a moderation in home sales after recent hefty gains. Posted: 1/25/20121 click

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Start Here Hot zones for your first apartment search.Posted: 1/22/20120 clicks

Life Swap: What If You Left? The median price of a Manhattan one-bedroom co-op is $555,000. What’s its trade-in value?Posted: 1/22/20122 clicks

Making the Most of It Six starter apartments that squeeze more square footage from fewer dollars.Posted: 1/22/20120 clicks

The Homestead Calculator Live where the numbers lead you.Posted: 1/22/20120 clicks

What I Wish I?d Known First-time buyers share what they learned the hard way.Posted: 1/22/20121 click

The Starter Apartment The moment for first-time buyers may be right now.Posted: 1/22/20122 clicks

Who Wouldn?t Want to Occupy It? Never mind the construction, the human megaphones, and the tourists: A more livable lower Manhattan is emerging.Posted: 12/14/20119 clicks

Downtown for (Somewhat) Less Find rentals and properties for sale in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood.Posted: 12/11/20111 click

Fame Slept Here This was the home of George Voskovec, who played juror No. 11—a European watchmaker—in Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men.Posted: 12/4/20112 clicks

On Your Feet, Mister After West Side doormen are barred from sitting down on the job, tenants offer a seat.Posted: 12/4/20111 click

Watts up Power couple Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber™s extensive downtown home hunt has ended with the purchase of a full-floor loft on Washington Street in TriBeCa. The acting duo have closed on the 4,315-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom co-op for $3.95 million. The dramatic loft, which has 14-foot...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Tech savvy When she gets up early enough, Gwen Wilson can take in nearly all of Brooklyn from her 489-square-foot studio on the 32nd floor of the Brooklyner rental building. I have the Brooklyn view, Wilson says. The sun rises on this side ” it™s so beautiful...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Just sold! Manhattan CLINTON $450,000 393 W. 49th St. Studio condo, 461 square feet, with marble bath and central AC; building features doorman, roof deck, gym and laundry. Common charges $575, taxes $494. Asking price $475,000, on market two weeks. Broker: William Bone, Bond New York UPPER WEST SIDE $470...Posted: 1/26/20121 click

Revisiting the Poconos If you were born before the 1970s, the Pennsylvania Poconos likely conjures up memories of a cheesy honeymoon destination with heart-shaped bathtubs and mirrored ceilings at the beautiful Mount Airy Lodge. Hit refresh! Nearly all the Catskills-style resorts are gone. The Mount Airy Lodge was replaced...Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

CBRE™s pride of the Hudson Office offerings are starting to make their way into the 2012 market as a new gem bubbles up in Hudson Square. This 10-story building at 325 Hudson St. is being pitched by Darcy Stacom and Bill Shanahan at CBRE, who are also out with...Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

The city is quiet. Too quiet. An eerie fog has crept over Manhattan™s office development scene. Take this quiz and feel the chill: Which of the following has been the main source of recent news articles about serious lease negotiations for major new office buildings ” either brand-new, in construction or...Posted: 1/25/20122 clicks

Latest non-buzz on 8 NY projects We gave owners, brokers, p.r. reps and inside moles a chance to share good news about the following projects, representing billions of dollars of private investment, some bolstered by public subsidies. They™re all excellent buildings from top developers, designed by prominent architects and boasting...Posted: 1/24/20122 clicks

So You’re Priced Out. Now What? Five pairs of neighborhoods that look and feel alike, without costing the same amount. Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Mortgages: Mortgages - On Troubleshooting As of this month borrowers have another place to vent: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

On Location: The Brooklyn Design Firm Nightwood Remakes a Town House The design firm Nightwood fills a Brooklyn apartment with refurbished furniture covered in soft fabrics in muted colors. Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Streetscapes | Readers’ Questions: Streetscapes/Readers’ Questions - Automats Under Wraps Queries about the covered facades of old automats and an abandoned stairway on 172nd Street. Posted: 1/27/20121 click

New York Real Estate Question & Answer Who should fix a plumbing problem; conflicting views on sponsor status; owing maintenance after a short sale. Posted: 1/27/20121 click

In the Region | Long Island: Long Island/In the Region — Best Time to List a Home? Midweek Informal surveys indicate that on the Island, listing a home on a Wednesday in March results in the quickest sale. Posted: 1/27/20121 click

The Hunt: The Hunt - Off-Campus, With Elbow Room Michael Igyarto and Mangesh Kulkarni, both law students, wanted to share a rental apartment with two bedrooms and a large living room. Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

In the Region | Westchester: Westchester/In the Region — Trackside Developments Catch On Transit-oriented communities are planned for Mount Vernon, Harrison, Poughkeepsie, Wingdale and Harriman, N.Y. Posted: 1/26/20121 click

In the Region | New Jersey: New Jersey/In the Region — Historic Long Branch Farm Sold A 740-acre property was divided into two parts, both of which will be preserved permanently for agriculture use. Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

The Appraisal: Rent-Controlled Paradise Above a Greenwich Village Theater Above the Cherry Lane Theater in the West Village are alluring apartments, some rent-controlled and some not, with high ceilings and a genial landlady. Posted: 1/24/20120 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: 11/6/20110 clicks

10 Years Ago Today We will never forget.Posted: 9/11/20111 click

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: 7/28/20112 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: 6/1/20110 clicks

"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: 5/21/20110 clicks

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: 5/10/20112 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

Social search versus Web search This article by CNET, Why Google is Ditching Search, prompted me to look for empirical research supporting the author's premise. And I found this gem of a research paper, #TwitterSearch: A Comparison of Microblog Search and Web Search. The Stanford and Microsoft researchers compared how...Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Recent research on social CRM principles Following is a series of research articles focusing on social CRM. These articles explore different facets of the concepts underpinning social CRM. Interactive digital advertising versus interactive community (download). This article focuses on what motivates individuals to participate in social networks and what causes...Posted: 12/13/20110 clicks

Value based CRM aligning marketing IT and finance functions This article discusses values-based CRM concepts in regards to aligning marketing, IT, and financial functions. An interesting point made by the authors [F]ocusing just on the ability of IT to support strategy and processes bears the risk of not utilizing the full potential of...Posted: 12/5/20110 clicks

Opportunities in online lead capture and close Here's a short article from the Harvard Business Review on lead capture. The stats: $12.5 billion in 2005 to $22.7 billion in 2009: The amount of advertising dollars spent generating leads 2,241 U.S. companies: The number of companies measured in the study to test...Posted: 11/22/20112 clicks

Innovation in social analytics Data analysis is the new plastics. Remember this scene from the movie the The Graduate? Below is a curated list of articles from this week of innovative social analytics and business intelligence initiatives. In this article from O'Reilly Radar, we learn that social network...Posted: 11/12/20110 clicks

Jobless Claims Rise; Durable Goods Orders Jump 3 percent Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

New Home Sales, Prices Fall in DecemberPosted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Euro Zone May Yet Escape Recession as Services JumpPosted: 1/24/20120 clicks

Jobless Claims Plunge; Home Starts Slump; CPI FlatPosted: 1/20/20120 clicks

NYC jobless rate rises as recovery loses steamPosted: 1/20/20120 clicks

Builder Confidence Rises to Highest Level Since June 2007Posted: 1/18/20120 clicks

Mortgage Applications Surge on Refi DemandPosted: 1/18/20120 clicks

Producer Prices Ease on Drop in Oil, Food; Core UpPosted: 1/18/20120 clicks

US Mortgage Applications Picked Up Last WeekPosted: 1/11/20120 clicks

Unemployment Falls to 8.5 percent ; 200,000 New Jobs CreatedPosted: 1/6/20120 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: 1/24/20122 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: 1/10/20124 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: 1/3/20121 click

Our 3rd Annual New York Real Estate Jingle: the 2011 edition T™was the night before new years™, and for the third year in a row New Yorkers relaxed with a glass of Bordeaux. ˜not that real estate blossomed or soared to new highs Nor that our dear economy was back on the rise. No, this...Posted: 12/22/20111 click

We’re calling it: the return of bidding wars! What™s that? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it™s the return of the bidding wars.  That™s right “ we™re bold apples “ we™re courageous “ we™re putting a stake in the ground and calling the beginning of bidding war season.  We™re...Posted: 12/21/20114 clicks

Whether bull or bear, are you prepared accordingly? It™s hard to tell nowadays which end is up.  One day we™re headed towards economic Armageddon and the next day we hear of steady growth and inflation threats. It™s enough to give you whiplash, to be sure.  Instead of becoming one of the many...Posted: 12/14/20112 clicks

Brooklyn’s housing market galloping along like Santa’s reindeer It used to be that Brooklyn was the safe bet for phenomenal purchase deals versus the Manhattan value proposition ... those kind of deals that those who bought in Manhattan back in the 80′s can brag about to the envy of their friends.  Bragging...Posted: 12/8/20113 clicks

What % of deals fall apart after the signed contract? It may be news to some of you but no deal is a deal until that contract is signed by both sides and then delivered to the buyer™s attorney.  Translation:  an accepted offer is not legally binding and does not warrant an exhale from...Posted: 11/30/20113 clicks

A MasterCard Moment for all you renters out there So now you™re probably thoroughly depressed after understanding the state of the rental market today.  And yet there™s always a reason to be thankful, turkey or not.  And here is that reason: if there™s any price negotiation to be had, it™s during the holiday...Posted: 11/28/20112 clicks

When landlords go for the bling bling: upgrades come with up-prices Not so long ago, we declared the extinction of the mom-and-pop landlord.  We did so based on the luxuryification of rental buildings (think condo-quality Class A rental inventory) and the high cost of maintaining them competitively.  What we™re now seeing is a swath of...Posted: 11/8/20112 clicks

City takes control of Navy Yard™s Admiral™s Row Admiral's Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard has finally been transferred to the city, the New York Times reported, clearing the way for the 74,000-square-foot supermarket residents of the three nearby housing projects have long coveted. Nine of the 11 homes that comprise Admiral's...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Tensions rise as one arts organization evicts other LaMama E.T.C., the arts organization that runs a theater on East 4th Street and owns a block of buildings it rents to other art organizations along the street, has sent an eviction notice to tenant Millenium Film Workshop, the Village Voice reported. Millenium Film, at 66 East...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Transit-oriented communities underway upstate It's been a long time since upstate New York developers placed proximity to train stations on the top of their lists of priorities for new projects, but, with train ridership on the rise, that may be changing, the New York Times reported. In fact,...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

LI market dances to its own tune Long Island real estate is a complex, emotional and counter-intuitive game, the New York Times reported. According to surveys and analyses from firms like Redfin and Miller Samuel, many generalizations, often thought to be 'truths' of real estate, are off when it comes to selling on the...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Priciest, cheapest units to hit the market From left: 785 Park Avenue and 301 East 63rd StreetThe priciest unit to hit the market this week is songwriter, and Clinton pardonee ex-wife Denise Rich's 785 Fifth Avenue spread, which is asking $65 million, as the New York Post reported this morning. According...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

New 600-page Brooklyn book looks at trends neighborhood by neighborhood A new, 600-page book that details every aspect of every neighborhood in Brooklyn has hit bookshelves, the New York Post reported. The Brooklyn Neighborhood Report, was produced by non-profit Brooklyn Community Foundation, in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Brooklyn at Brooklyn...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

See The Bachelorette winner and construction manager™s Midtown home: VIDEO Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum of "The Bachelorette""The Bachelorette" star Ashley Hebert and her J Companies exec fiancé J.P. Rosenbaum have moved into the 48-story Atlas New York building (see video above), the longtime Garment District home of Project Runway, Us Magazine reported. The 374-unit...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Jade 8 condo launches sales in Gowanus A new eight-unit green condominium building called Jade 8 has debuted in Gowanus with one contract already signed, according to Warren Lewis Realty, the exclusive marketing and sales agent for the property. The building, at 186 8th Street, features two-bedroom simplexes with private balconies,...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

At the desk of: Charles Cohen From the January issue: It shouldn™t come as a surprise that eye-catching marble panels line the elevators at 750 Lexington Avenue, the headquarters of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation. After all, the development firm™s best-known buildings are five national design centers, including the Decoration &...Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Denise Rich lists city™s priciest co-op at $65M Fresh off the sale of Sandy Weill's $88 million 15 Central Park West condominium, songwriter Denise Rich is listing her 785 Fifth Avenue co-op for $65 million, the New York Post reported, making it the most expensive co-op in the city. The 12,000-square-foot duplex...Posted: 1/27/20120 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: 9/23/20115 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: 6/25/20111 click

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: 2/26/20084 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: 2/24/200810 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: 10/6/20072 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: 9/17/20074 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: 9/5/20075 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

Trulia Insight Helps Agents Identify Quality Leads One theme that we commonly hear from real estate professionals is a request to improve the varying quality of leads they receive from online sources.   As a response to this agent need, today Trulia is proud to announce Trulia Insight, our newest product that...Posted: 1/12/20121 click

Trulia Data Pledge for Listing Syndication and Display At Trulia, we work hard to balance the needs of both the consumers who visit our site and the agents, brokers and MLS organizations we partner with.   Ensuring data accuracy and integrity is paramount to delivering an exceptional search experience for our users. Trulia™s...Posted: 1/11/20120 clicks

The Trulia PR Team™s Favorite Homes on Trulia At Trulia, we spend a lot of time looking at houses. When you see so many amazing homes on a daily basis, it's hard to pick a favorite. We challenged our mighty PR team of Ken, Daisy, Cristin and Vanessa to pick their favorite...Posted: 12/31/20110 clicks

5 Events that Rocked Housing in 2011 Before we welcome in the New Year, Trulia's Chief Economist looks back at 5 events that really mattered for housing in 2011 - and beyond. Government, the mortgage industry and forces of nature all shook the housing market in 2011. They had both an...Posted: 12/30/20111 click

Trulia™s List of Anxious Athletes Looking To Sell 2011 will forever go down in professional athlete history as the year of strikes. No, not strikes as in baseball strikes. Strikes as in long, drawn out labor disputes with both the NFL and NBA, which left poor sports fans in a state of...Posted: 12/30/20111 click

Living Large: Trulia™s Most Massive Estates for 2011 Have Americans completely renounced their love for McMansions? Well, if you were to do a national consumer survey (which we did), only 6% of Americans would actually say that their ideal home size is bigger than 3,200 sqft. Given this, you would expect smaller...Posted: 12/28/20111 click

Trulia™s Top House Hunter Cities of 2011 Earlier this year on Trulia Insights, we learned that house hunters aren't searching for their dream home at all hours of the day - instead they concentrate most of their efforts during work hours (guess Facebook isn't the only distraction that employers need to...Posted: 12/22/20110 clicks

Trulia™s Real Estate Crystal Ball for 2012 As we wrap up 2011, Trulia™s Chief Economist looks ahead at what™s in store for the battered housing market and which cities have a big reason to celebrate the New Year. My crystal ball is never as crystal-clear as I™d like, but I do think...Posted: 12/21/20112 clicks

Trulia Launches First-Of-Its-Kind iPhone App for Real Estate Agents Today we™re very excited to announce the newest addition to Trulia™s lineup of mobile applications, the Trulia for Agents iPhone app.  Trulia for Agents is the first national mobile application designed specifically for the residential Real Estate Industry.  The free app integrates mobile, social...Posted: 12/21/20111 click

Trulia™s 2011 List of Stars Stuck In a Housing Struggle For celebrities, you'd think real estate would be nothing but a breeze. From decorating and designing their massive estates to renovating and expanding their compounds, it's hard to envision difficult times for celebs and their real estate. Although it may not be the first thing...Posted: 12/21/20110 clicks

Talking Comps Analysis / The SE Condo Index A: I find myself getting into more and more talks about comps analysis lately and just wanted to put some thoughts into an article. My main point will continue to be: perform a comparable market analysis using the least amount of adjustable variables as...Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Manhattan Neighborhood Supply Trends A: As we get into the final days of January, lets take a quick look at how supply trends have been faring across Manhattan. In this post I will show you the "% CHG" in Active Supply trends for all Manhattan neighborhoods over the...Posted: 1/22/20120 clicks

How to Interpret The Trend: The Anatomy of a Chart A: Interpreting real-time Manhattan charts could at times be very confusing, leaving us to wonder what the ultimate market signal is that we may be missing. Between positive and negative correlations and seasonality, are the charts telling us that the market is weakening, strengthening...Posted: 1/18/20120 clicks

Bonus Bummer: Another Test for the Manhattan Market A: Wall street bonuses are starting to creep in and talk is that comp is down between 20%-60% or so, a huge range. Job losses in credit at the big banks are concerning as fixed income got whacked. All the worries about regulation post...Posted: 1/17/20121 click

Tribeca Co-op vs Condo Market / Flaws of Small Sample Size A: Wanted to have a quick discussion about a common problem that I often encounter when discussing UD real-time data tools with fellow brokers and clients. Lets use the Tribeca market as an example so the discussion can be a market update as well....Posted: 1/15/20121 click

So...How's the Market Doing? Expect Ticker to Jump A: So the market managed to pull out 702 new deals in December. This is relatively flat compared to last December but down 17% from December of 2009. The 2009 market was crazy volatile and saw a delayed seasonality as buyers waited for stability...Posted: 1/13/20123 clicks

Checking in on Manhattan Price Action A: With Q4 in the books and the major brokerage firms releasing their quarterly reports, lets take a quick peak at Median & Average Sales findings and trends. Also, please consider the Q4 price action as a preliminary estimate, subject to future revision as...Posted: 1/5/20123 clicks

2011 Manhattan Co-op vs Condo Neighborhood Review A: So which neighborhoods outperformed and which underperformed in 2011? Lets take a quick look at 1YR demand trends for Manhattan neighborhoods below 96th Street that UrbanDigs tracks to see if it was the co-op or condo segments that shined. I broke down these...Posted: 1/3/20125 clicks

Latest Thoughts on the Manhattan Real Estate Market A: As we close out the year, lets take a quick look at the freshest data that is rolling in. The last few weeks of the year are usually seasonably slow in terms of new deals signed, new listings activated, and new closings...Posted: 12/27/20112 clicks

Preparing for the Q4 Report / Happy Holidays! A: I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very Happy Holidays and upcoming New Year! May 2012 be a safe, healthy and prosperous one!! The Q4 Manhattan report is due out January 2nd and will be powered by sale closings...Posted: 12/23/20110 clicks

A Contractor Spills His Secrets A builder of luxury homes reveals how he created his weekend retreat on a budget.Posted: 1/27/20121 click

Restored Tuscan Farmhouse This six-bedroom Italian villa has been entirely rebuilt using the original stones to incorporate many modern features.Posted: 1/27/20121 click

Tim Headington Asks $25 Million in South Beach Tim Headington asks $25 million in South Beach, Phil Mickelson relists in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Mats Wilander puts his Idaho estate up for sale.Posted: 1/26/20121 click

A Waterfront Home in Rhode Island A Jamestown, R.I., home of about 6,500 square feet, with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and two half-bathrooms, is asking $5.8 million.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Fight Awaits New Mortgage-Fraud Unit The Justice Department's plan to create a mortgage-crime unit with state authorities is likely to face the same difficulties earlier task forces hit in bringing charges against bank executives.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Club Med Looks West For Fresh Powder To cap a companywide renovation that started eight years ago, Club Med has chosen an unlikely destination: the ski slopes of North America.Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Deal Gets Closer On Foreclosures State and federal officials hope to announce early next month a deal with five large banks valued at as much as $25 billion.Posted: 1/24/20122 clicks

Economists See Ways to Aid Housing Market What more can be done to help the housing market? Economists have some ideas for hastening a recovery.Posted: 1/24/20122 clicks

Lehman to Block Zell's Archstone Deal The estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is planning this week to use $1.33 billion in cash to buy a 26.5% stake in apartment giant Archstone.Posted: 1/23/20120 clicks

Lehman's Estate Gets Montana Resort The estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is now the owner of a Montana ski and golf resort, after assuming control of the assets of Moonlight Basin Ranch LP.Posted: 1/22/20120 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: 3/18/20114 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: 3/18/20110 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: 3/11/20110 clicks

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: 3/11/20113 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: 2/7/20114 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: 8/18/20101 click

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

Justice unit to probe mortgage-backed securities (AP) AP - Federal and state law enforcement officials announced Friday they have launched a fraud-fighting unit, starting with 55 prosecutors and investigators, to root out wrongdoing in the market for residential mortgage-backed securities.Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

World stocks slide as US growth data disappoint (AP) AP - World stocks turned lower on Friday after official data showed the U.S. economic recovery was not as fast as many had hoped.Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

D.R. Horton profit beats on higher home orders (Reuters) Reuters - D.R. Horton Inc , the top U.S. homebuilder, posted a first-quarter profit that beat market expectations, helped by a surge in orders indicating a stabilizing housing market, and said it was looking at spring selling season with "cautious optimism."Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Gingrich, Romney attack each other on foreclosures (AP) AP - Rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are trading barbs over their income from mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Posted: 1/27/20120 clicks

Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage rises to 3.98 pct. (AP) AP - The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week for the first time this month, though it remained below 4 percent for the eighth straight week.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP) AP - Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glancePosted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Candidates unloved in FL town hit by foreclosures (AP) AP - At Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, the conversation often centers on real estate. Once taboo details — home values and what people paid for their properties — are casually discussed, and there appears to be little shame in walking away from a...Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Bank of America extends drop in mortgage rankings (Reuters) Reuters - Bank of America Corp was the fourth-biggest U.S. mortgage lender in the fourth quarter of 2011, continuing its descent in the rankings after it stopped buying loans made by smaller banks.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Foreclosures account for 12 percent of La. sales (AP) AP - Foreclosures made up for 12 percent of all Louisiana homes sold in the third quarter of 2011.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

16 percent of Q3 Ill. home sales were foreclosures (AP) AP - Sixteen percent of homes sold in Illinois in the third quarter of 2011 were in foreclosure or owned by a bank.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

How Does a Court-Confirmed Probate Sale Work in Real Estate? Properties sold in probate court can be a good deal, as they™re often priced lower than other homes. But there are risks, and probate sales often take longer than traditional real estate transactions.Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

A San Francisco Treat, Storied House-On-Hill Listed at $29 Million At a list price of $29 million, it might be a stretch to call this fabled San Francisco-area property a bargain. But considering the history and quality [...]Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

Desert Home of President & Betty Ford Listed in Rancho Mirage The modestly presidential desert home of Gerald and Betty Ford has hit the Rancho Mirage real estate market. The $1.699 million listing proves that the sporting [...]Posted: 1/26/20120 clicks

State of the Union and Obama™s Plan for Housing Last night, President Barack Obama took to the podium to deliver his annual State of the Union address before a packed house of his Congressional peers, [...]Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Who Needs Super Bowl Tix When You™ve Got a Man Cave? Whether you're rooting for the Giants or the Patriots this weekend, we've rounded up a group of amazing man caves ideal for any Super Bowl Sunday celebration.Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Fed Announces Low Interest Rates Through 2014 The Federal Reserve announced today that they will keep interest rates low until at least late 2014 in an effort to help jump-start the sluggish economy [...]Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Rumor Has It: Jennifer Aniston Buys Bel-Air Home The latest celebrity real estate rumor is that Jennifer Aniston bought a home in Bel-Air.Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Z Speaker Series: Senator Maria Cantwell Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) was the latest guest to appear in the Zillow Speaker Series and her timing couldn't have been more apt. As a strong [...]Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Scary Spice Melanie B. Lists Tarzana Home for Sale Just like that famous Spice Girls song says: If you really 'Wannabe' the owner of this Tarzana home for sale, better grab your sparkly platforms and [...]Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks

Costly Real Estate Turnovers for Soon-To-Be-Single Kobe Bryant Turns out that the $4 million diamond ring Kobe Bryant gave his wife after his extramarital affairs became public years ago was only a warm-up act. [...]Posted: 1/25/20120 clicks