Manhattan buyers, concerned about the difficulty of obtaining a loan in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis, are more reluctant to purchase apartments without a mortgage contingency clause in place. More
Recent bad news for Wall Street may mean good news for Manhattan's congested office markets. More
When Marc Shaw was at City Hall he was a veteran advisor who Mayor Michael Bloomberg relied on to solve complex financial puzzles and pull off bold deals. More
It's been eight years since construction began on Richard Meier's West Side residential towers, ushering in the era of the celebrity architect â€" or, as it is more popularly known â€" "starchitect." Luxury buildings charge a premium for being associated with brand-name designers, and the buildings themselves are often known not by their address, but by their starchitects: the Annabelle Seldorf building, the Jean Nouvel building.
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As brokers and developers ring in the New Year, they are predicting even more shifts for New York's already slowing real estate market. More
President of Brown Harris Stevens, a high-end residential brokerage with more than 300 real estate agents in seven New York City offices. The company has 10 other residential offices in the Hamptons and Palm Beach, Fla., plus three commercial offices in New York State. More
Foreign press heralds dollar's fall as opening door to once elite market More
There's no doubt about it, last year was a roller coaster of a year with extreme highs and lows for real estate. While New York City suffered a slowdown caused by the credit crisis, more pain was felt elsewhere in the country, and there were still plenty of impressive deals that happened here. More
Neighborhood on the rim of Park Slope sees prices slip More
New York City has weathered the national real estate downturn better than most American cities, but how have New Yorkers' favorite vacation destinations stacked up? More
Bestselling novels are written about fictional family titans in turmoil, but few rival the real-life story of the Goldmans, one of New York's richest real estate clans. Patriarch Sol was the spunky son of a Brooklyn grocer. He acquired his first properties at age 16, buying foreclosures by offering $500 cash per building. More
Five proposals for Hudson Yards are in. Two of the bids â€" from the Extell Development Company and Brookfield Properties â€" have been looked upon favorably by the public and/or architectural critics. Yet it is the other three that are reportedly the favorites. And all three have something in common: High-profile tenants lined up. More
Despite early winter doldrums and concerns about smaller bonus payouts, brokers are hoping that things will look up in January. More
Despite the recent slowdown in the real estate market, there are companies and individuals that are finding an upside. The current troubled credit market has inspired a number of initiatives on the part of opportunistic New York City-based companies hoping to make lemonade from lemons. More
Seven years of bad retail leasing luck ended last month when River Place I, the massive apartment complex at West 42nd Street and 12th Avenue, filled its commercial space, striking the property from an unofficial roster of sites that can't seem to find (or retain) tenants. More
Land use Council chair Melinda Katz gears up for comptroller's race More
Designer does interiors at rentals, Jersey condos More
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