Buyers’ brokers in demand 11/03/09 From the November issue: In Manhattan, buyers’ brokers are a secretive bunch. When there’s a
high-profile sale, the listing agent’s name is splashed across the
headlines: Brow...
Buyers back to 'rational' behavior 11/02/09 From the November issue: A year after the financial crisis, Manhattan real estate brokers report that the market is finally returning to normal. But they don’t mean the lightnin...
Hide-and-seek housing 11/02/09 From the November issue: During the boom years, Manhattan real estate seemed like an open book.
As prices climbed higher, news of record-breaking Manhattan deals --
like Harry...
Editor’s note 11/01/09 F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed that the rich aren’t like you and me. (If you are rich, and you are reading this, I guess they are like you, but read on anyway.) For starters,...
Final hours for rental firm? 10/30/09 A few months ago, Michele Colen found the apartment she had been
searching for: a newly renovated, no-fee Upper East Side studio in a
building that welcomed Leo, her golden re...
Gumshoes probe buyers' backgrounds 10/30/09 In post-Madoff, post-Lehman Brothers New York, co-op and condo boards
are taking a turn as gumshoes. Experts say buildings are now conducting
increasingly extensive, and often...
Hide-and-seek housing 10/30/09 During the boom years, Manhattan real estate seemed like an open book.
As prices climbed higher, news of record-breaking Manhattan deals --
like Harry Macklowe's $60 million P...
Elliman sues Hamptons power broker for back pay 10/30/09 Andrea Ackerman, Hamptons brokerWhen Hampton Style interviewed Bridgehampton power broker Andrea Ackerman in May 2007, her outlook on Hamptons real estate was glib. "Things may ...
Buyers back to 'rational' behavior 10/29/09 A year after the financial crisis, Manhattan real estate brokers report that the market is finally returning to normal. But they don’t mean the lightning-fast sales and skyrocke...
Cutting brokers out 10/29/09 Real estate brokers are often stereotyped as shysters and
double-dealers. But in today's rocky market, buyers are sometimes the
ones being deceptive.
Edward Longley, an assoc...
Shh!! The art of selling quietly 10/28/09 In the fall of 2008, real estate broker Michael Garr was approached by a former client who had bought a large apartment in a tony building the previous spring. The client, who w...
Buyers’ brokers in demand 10/28/09 In Manhattan, buyers’ brokers are a secretive bunch. When there’s a high-profile sale, the listing agent’s name is splashed across the headlines: Brown Harris Stevens’ Richard W...
Web hits: The month in review 10/28/09 Developer Youngwoo aims for $2,000 psf at 70 Pine
The developer of 70 Pine Street in the Financial District predicts it will be able to sell residential condominium units in th...
New residential rental report shows weak market fundamentals 10/27/09 New hires with delayed start-dates are helping to temporarily support the rental market, but likely won't be enough to prevent further price declines this winter, according to D...
Dry powder piles up 10/26/09 From the October issue: New York City is at a peculiar crossroads. For months, investors have
marshaled unprecedented amounts of capital, salivating at the prospect
of snappin...
Trophy listings at lower prices 10/22/09 From the October issue: The ranks of Manhattan's super-high-end listings may have shrunk over
the past year, but the city still boasts a number of properties with
sales prices...
Market picks up on East End, report shows 10/21/09 Source: Prudential Douglas EllimanThe residential real estate market on Long Island's East End is looking
better, although the end of the slump is still not in sight. There wer...
