Everyone wants to feel safe and secure in their homes -- but it's easy to get carried away and waste resources on over-the-top security measures that may not actually be warranted. In this segment, multifamily security pros discuss how they…
Unlike the residential markets in Manhattan and Brooklyn, co-op and condo sales in Queens have shown some resilience in 2018 -- but signs of trouble may be beginning to materialize. According to Douglas Elliman’s recent fourth quarter …
In a New York TImes “Ask Real Estate” letter from last December, a co-op shareholder lamented the sorry state of her 10-unit building: the board president was abdicating his position with no willing successor, and the managing agent w…
Updated 2/19/19 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wasn't the only person disappointed about Amazon pulling out of the controversial deal to bring its second headquarters to Long Island City. The online retailing giant’s surprising reversal…
The Financial District and Williamsburg aren’t the only neighborhoods in New York City brimming with residential development these days. Not just the home of a booming Asian population and the New York Mets, Flushing, Queens…
Whether you’re just tired of looking at the same old cupboards and countertops, or looking to sell your apartment, a kitchen upgrade doesn’t have to require depleting your bank account or taking a second mortgage. Rather, modest and well-co…
Saving energy -- and thereby cutting costs and reducing a building community's carbon footprint -- is a concern for an increasing number of boards and residents. In this quick clip, a conservation pro talks about technologies and innovation…
A townhouse that belonged to Law & Order: SVU actress Mariska Hargitay was among some of the notable New York City luxury residential properties that signed into contract last week amid an ongoing trend of lackluster sales for that pa…
Q. I’m on the board of a complex of three buildings housing about 282 units. Our insurance company is pressuring the property manager to get us to raise our insurance coverage level to cover the cost of completely rebuilding our buildings…
Q. What can be done when a co-op building has pipes in the building that proved to be positive for asbestos, and the building refuses to release the test results to shareholders who are affected? Are they entitled to get results ? …