Gumshoes probe buyers' backgrounds 11/17/09 From the November issue: 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
increasi...
Shh!! The art of selling quietly 11/16/09 Nikki Field of Sotheby's International Realty at a listing for $7.5 million at 455 Central Park West From the November issue: In the fall of 2008, real estate broker Michael Gar...
Prodigy replaces Marketing Directors at Cassa 11/13/09 In a bid to attract more foreign buyers, the developer of Midtown condominium-hotel Cassa has hired brokerage Prodigy International to handle sales, replacing new development fi...
Cutting brokers out 11/12/09 From the November issue: Real estate brokers are often stereotyped as shysters and
double-dealers. But in today's rocky market, buyers are sometimes the
ones being deceptive.
...
C21 NY Metro absorbs small Queens firm 11/11/09 Marc Lewis, president of Century 21 NY Metro and MQ Realty head Cesar Guevara
In a continuing bid for aggressive expansion, Century 21 NY Metro told The Real Deal today...
So many reports, so little time 11/11/09 Looking to drum up some business in these tough times? Try issuing a
market report.
During the roller coaster ride that has been the residential real
estate market of t...
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 ...
