While the numbers being put up by the residential real estate market in NYC are - and have long been - the envy of other regions across the country (with the possible exception being the Bay Area, where Silicon Valley tech money has morphed…
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While prices for both resales and newly-built condos and co-ops in Manhattan have seen a decline of as much as 30% as a result of the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, prices for units in Brooklyn and Queens seem to be holding th…
The Real Deal reports that Sush Torgalkar is leaving his role as CEO of Extell Development not even two years after coming on board from Westbrook Partners. It is the latest in a series of high-level departures from the prolific New Y…
As New York continues its efforts to reopen its economy as safely as possible amid the continuing (and in many states, intensifying) COVID-19 crisis, there is concern about what the residential housing market—which had experienced a decline…
Architectural Digest reports a new trend in amenities for multifamily residential buildings: on-site healthcare facilities or services that allow residents to receive medical testing or treatment at home. In this peri-pandemic era whe…
A lot has been said this spring and summer about wealthy New Yorkers and other urbanites ditching their metropolitan high-rises and townhomes for second homes (or brand-new ones) that offer more space, greenery, and social distancing. Sourc…
The arrival of COVID-19 has wreaked havoc with the residential real estate market for both rentals and sales. Few people are enthused about the idea of moving in the middle of a pandemic, and pundits across the spectrum have projected doom …
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with traditional in-person apartment showings off the table for pretty much the entire spring season, many in the residential real estate industry scrambled to incorporate “virtual” components into …
Occasional clashes over questionable grass-mowing technique or noisy neighbors notwithstanding, according to the 2020 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey , a new report conducted by the Foundation for Community Association Research (FCAR) …
On Thursday, July 16, NBC 4 New York reported that a scaffold on a residential building in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood collapsed onto a sidewalk shed below, killing one worker and seriously injuring three others. All four men w…