Douglas Elliman exec returns to Corcoran after 7 years
Garret Lepaw is returning to Corcoran Group as the senior managing director of its Brooklyn Heights office after more...
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Broker confidence rebounds in the new year
Broker confidence hit record lows at the height of the pandemic, but a year later, agents are feeling more hopeful about the future. During the first quarter, brokers’ overall confidence was 6.7 out of...
Webb & Brooker co-founder Eugene H. Webb dies
Euguene H. Webb, a co-founder of the prominent New York real estate firm Webb & Brooker, died on Wednesday...
No-fee rentals surge in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Brokers fumed over guidance earlier this year which temporarily put apartment fees in limbo, but now the share of...
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First black “Bachelor” for ABC comes from real estate world
The newest “Bachelor” isn’t just the first black man to hold the role in ABC series history. He also...
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Small Talk: I Am the Other Person Interested in Buying This Home
Hi there. It’s me, the other person the broker told you was interested in this property. Yes, that’s right:...
Broker-fee ban could boost some startups, doom others
As rental agents descended into apoplexy after a state agency ruled that tenants need not pay their fees, one...
Here’s what TRD’s Instagram followers are saying about the broker fee ban
The sudden reversal of New York’s tenant-pays-broker-fee system last week prompted fierce reaction from agents. In the hours and...
Rental commissions are back — for now
Rental commissions are back! A New York judge granted a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon, halting a Department of State guidance barring tenant-paid rental commissions from going into effect. The guidance, circulated Feb. 4,...
TRD on TV: Erin Hudson talks broker-fee shocker on CBS
TRD reporter Erin Hudson broke the news Wednesday that New York landlords, not tenants, would be obliged to pay...