New York could see a double dip in residential market 11/05/09 From the November issue: While prices and sales activity have picked up in New York in the last couple of months, a number of analysts are predicting a second round to the downt...
New York could see a double dip in residential market 10/30/09 While prices and sales activity have picked up in New York in the last couple of months, a number of analysts are predicting a second round to the downturn here, with prices lik...
Battery Park gets battered 10/12/09 From the October issue: Despite its prime waterfront location and its disproportionate amount
of cutting-edge "green" architecture, Battery Park City is getting
slammed by the...
Dogged by the 'dog' line 10/12/09 From the October issue: They're known as "dog" lines: the vertical row of apartments in a condo
building that are hardest to sell. They may lack a view, be oddly laid
out, or ...
Battery Park gets battered 09/30/09 Despite its prime waterfront location and its disproportionate amount
of cutting-edge "green" architecture, Battery Park City is getting
slammed by the downturn more than many...
Dogged by the 'dog' line 09/30/09 They're known as "dog" lines: the vertical row of apartments in a condo
building that are hardest to sell. They may lack a view, be oddly laid
out, or be smaller than their ne...
Economists differ on models for recovery 06/01/09 When economists first began talking about the V-shaped — meaning fast
and strong — recovery from a recession, they had no idea they would
spawn an entire alphabet ...
Gap financing to the rescue 05/26/09 From the May issue: Real estate experts are speculating that some
form of gap financing may be integral to the recovery of the commercial
mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) mar...
Bidding solo rental deals goodbye 05/18/09 From the May issue: With the rental apartment market flagging,
landlords are being forced to change the way they handle their rental
listings, and brokers accustomed to "exclu...
Gap financing to the rescue 04/30/09 Real estate experts are speculating that some form of gap financing may be integral to the recovery of the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market, and ultimately th...
Bidding solo rental deals goodbye 04/30/09 With the rental apartment market flagging, landlords are being forced to change the way they handle their rental listings, and brokers accustomed to "exclusives" may be in for a...
To prevent bailing buyers, becoming a developer in name only 04/21/09 From the April issue: Lenders who are thinking of kicking
developers off a failing condo project may want to reconsider. Boot the
developer, and you might lose all your buyers...
Buyers and sellers playing new head games 04/20/09 From the April issue: Without any hard numbers yet reflecting closing prices of deals struck last fall, apartment sellers are finding themselves in a tough spot as they face off...
Buyers and sellers playing new head games 04/01/09 Without any hard numbers yet reflecting closing prices of deals struck last fall, apartment sellers are finding themselves in a tough spot as they face off against capricious bu...
To prevent bailing buyers, becoming a developer in name only 03/31/09 Lenders who are thinking of kicking developers off a failing condo project may want to reconsider. Boot the developer, and you might lose all your buyers.
As a result, some...
Labor unions play nice as jobs dry up 03/16/09
From the March issue: New York has long been known as the most
expensive city for construction in the country, largely because of the
high labor costs here. But recently ...
Labor unions play nice as jobs dry up 02/28/09
New York has long been known as the most expensive city for construction in the country, largely because of the high labor costs here. But recently the construction industry ...
For sellers, giving back some gains 02/26/09
From the February issue: As prices drop in Manhattan, sellers
are inevitably feeling like they are losing money because they can get
less for their apartments now than they...