Manhattan-style condos come to Fort Greene
December 01, 2006 12:00AM By Andy GreenbergGlass and steel projects poised to tower expensively over historic brownstones More
Glass and steel projects poised to tower expensively over historic brownstones More
Buyers pay a premium for soaring heights as builders aim higher More
Growth in new agents drops to a five-year low More
It's unlikely that prestigious Upper East Side co-op buildings like 740 Park Avenue and 834 Fifth Avenue are going to let the riff-raff in any time soon. However, Manhattan co-op buildings as a whole -- despite trumping condos by three-to-one in sheer number -- have been losing a bit of steam as the primary apartment choice in recent years. More
Queens developers are pushing into neighborhoods that in the past rarely inspired high-profile construction. Even as planned development shrinks in the borough, a 58-unit condominium is in the pipeline in Hollis; a 190-unit condo is slated for Jackson Heights; and a 27-unit condo is on the drawing board in Elmhurst.
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The Flatiron Building may be a grand old lady of New York City real estate, but that's not who shops near the Manhattan icon. In the rush to capture those young buyers, rents in the area have increased 25 to 50 percent over the past 18 months. More
Investors expect prices to hit new peaks as $1,000-per-square-ft ceiling breached More
Below-the-radar hotel builder becomes biggest in the city; 40 projects underway More
Prices, sales numbers stay even, though top end rises; brokers expect wave of buying in '07 More
The city's largest and most prestigious real estate group plans to make its thousands of listings accessible to the public, a move the masses may applaud but which some members of the trade association have responded to with mounting anger, accusations of mismanagement and talk of a lawsuit from aggrieved brokers who worry that when they lose exclusive access to proprietary data, they will go out of business.
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Architect's modernist vision of luxury is taking shape in Brooklyn More
REBNY's semiannual tally shows high rents, except on East Side corridors More
Manhattan's dormitory annex gets pricey as apartment shares dwindle in hot rental market More
If you want to get wealthy fast, you better not go into the real estate business. People who enter the industry with a get-rich-quick mentality may be frustrated with immediate earnings that are nowhere near their million-dollar expectations. "The reality is it's not a get-rich-quick scheme," said Gary Malin, COO of Citi Habitats. More
Developers shift to smaller units at higher prices per square foot More
Harder fall drop-off this year More
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