Amenities are catnip for the potential condo buyer. Whether we choose to admit it or not, most of us can't help but be enticed by shiny new things. Not a big swimmer? Okay, but it's still nice to know that the pool is there in case you chan…
The Cooperator’s Expo, the largest Co-op & Condo Expo in the New York metropolitan area, brought together over 300 exhibitors and more than 4,000 attendees. The Expo kept three floors of the New York Hilton Midtown buzzing with board member…
Co-op and condo board members, apartment building owners and managers register now for the The Cooperator’s Expo on Wednedsday, April 13, 2016 ( coopexpo.com ) a one-day free trade show being held at New York Hilton Midtown from 9…
The U.S. Treasury Department announced in January that it will begin to track illicit cash purchases of luxury condos in New York and Miami. In New York, the new regulations will apply to cash transactions of $3 million or more. The federal…
The current political landscape may resemble a jungle (or the dark side of the moon), but one thing’s for sure: the unrest and uncertainty on that front hasn’t slowed the brisk pace—or sky-high price tags—of New York City residential develo…
Tis the season to be…watching football! Football seems to dominate American culture at this time of the year. There are pro games every week, preseason, post-season and Pro Bowl games, college, indoor, fantasy football, and of course the de…
(Photo courtesy of nARCHITECTS) Carmel Place, New York City’s first all-micro-unit building, will open in March at 335 East 27th Street. The development started as a pilot program in 2013 under the Bloomberg administration, essentially a c…
Winter in New York can be brutal—piles of slushy gray snow to wade through and frigid winds that keep you inside. So you curl up with a good book, sip a cup of tea and watch the flurries through the window. As the flakes fall, you might fin…
Managing a co-op or condo association can be a challenge. If you’re new to the board of directors or are an old hand at association leadership, you need to know what it takes to keep your community running smoothly. In any type of economic …
Though the practice may have slowed slightly since the apex of the housing market a couple of years back, condo (and to a lesser degree, co-op) owners still sometimes look to expand their own living space by combining two apartments into on…