Residential Housing Growth in New York City
In an article earlier this year in the Wall Street Journal, Dana Rubenstein reported that the real-estate group led by developer Douglas Durst would soon be building a $350 million skyscraper south of...
View ArticleMultifamily Housing Has Promising Future
Certainly, any time that growth is expected, especially after a few rough years, it’s good news for the real estate sector. At the moment, investors and business people are reporting that they expect...
View ArticleNYC Real Estate Update
Real estate in any US city is a big business, but in New York, it is especially big. One of the companies who knows this best is Halstead Property. With offices on Park Ave they are the largest...
View ArticleNew York Has Highest Closing Costs in the Nation
New York residents and real estate are undoubtedly aware that the state now has the highest mortgage closing costs in the US. Bankrate.com, the financial research company, has discovered that New...
View ArticleFHA Loans in Today’s Real Estate Market
In today’s economic climate, especially in New York City, it can be a challenge for families to find a way to finance the purchase of a home. Fortunately for families feeling the pinch of difficult...
View ArticleTwo NYC Hotels Are Members of Small Luxury Hotels of the World
Business travelers and tourists alike should be clued into a great club called “Small Luxury Hotels of the World.” This club helps travelers find that perfect place to stay which is not overly large,...
View ArticleFancy Neighbors Moving to Brooklyn
Brooklyn appears to be the up-and-coming hot spot for the rich and famous. And we aren’t complaining – yet. The Truman Capote House on 70 Willow Street sold recently to the Grand Theft Auto video...
View ArticlePat Kiernan Moving Up with TV Spot and Brooklyn Purchase
Pat Kiernan with Kelly Ripa In hot real estate news in Brooklyn, Pat Kiernan is moving in. He recently paid $2.02 million for a three story, four bedroom townhouse on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg....
View ArticleTwo Trees Seeking to Purchase Williamsburg’s Domino Sugar Factory
Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg Real estate developer Two Trees is working on a deal with co-owners of the Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg to purchase the building for about $160 million. Two...
View ArticlePop-Up Park Opens in Brooklyn
Havemeyer is Brooklyn’s First Pop-Up Park Williamsburg will be the new home to an innovative form of biking called ‘pop-up.’ The park, which will be in this location on former Domino Sugar land, will...
View ArticleWhat Every New Jersey Tenant Needs to Know About Paying Rent
Most of what a tenant needs to know about the who, what, why and where of paying rent should be clearly delineated in the rental agreement between tenant and landlord. New Jersey residents should make...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Flexing Muscles Over Domino Sugar Development
In what John H. Mollenkopf, director of City University’s Center for Urban Research says “is curtains up on the first act of the real-estate drama for the new administration,” New York City Mayor Bill...
View ArticleNorthland’s Steven P. Rosenthal – Opportunities and Balance
Steven P. Rosenthal of Northland Investment Corp. Northland Investment Corporation, based in Newton, Massachusetts, utilizes a large number of sources to find deals. They do not hesitate to seek out...
View ArticleNew York Architecture: Old and New
Along with New York’s burgeoning economy, there is a real estate boom. This is having a positive impact on architectures, builders and engineers alike, boosting their businesses. According to recent...
View ArticleTwo Years Later Hurricane Sandy Victim Moves Back Home
Hurricane Sandy Left Many New Yorkers Homeless With the help of volunteers from the Habitat for Humanity non-profit organization, Mildred Davis has finally been able to move back into her home which...
View ArticleConstruction of the World’s Tallest Prefab Stalled in Monetary Mess
Not far from the Barclays Center at 461 Dean Street at Flatbush Avenue, construction of the first of 14 prefab buildings in Pacific Park (formerly Atlantic Yards) has once again come to an unplanned...
View ArticleMethodist Hospital Expansion Facing Park Slope Citizens Opposition
Historic Brownstones in Park Slope photo by GK tramrunner Preserve Park Slope, a neighborhood citizen’s advocacy group, succeeded to win a hearing to postpone the expansion of Methodist Hospital. The...
View ArticleLandmark Brooklyn Bank Building Now for Sale
Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn: Landmark Up for Sale: photo by Beyond My Ken The stately neo-Roman former Dime Savings Bank of New York building is about to make its debut on the real estate market,...
View ArticleHistoric Brooklyn Mansion Listed for Record $40 Million
Brooklyn Heights Promenade Photo by Joe Mabel An 18,000 square-foot, 150 year-old Brooklyn mansion, was put on the market for a stratospheric $40 million. The home is in Brooklyn Heights, at 3...
View ArticleCelebrity Chef Buys Fort Greene Townhouse for $2.4 Million
Tom Colicchio Visits DC Central Kitchen. Photo courtesy of Flickr Tom Colicchio, “Top Chef” judge and owner of Craft Restaurants and high-end Chelsea eatery Colicchio & Sons, just purchased a...
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