Environment for First-Time Buyers Improves - 02/28/08 09:22 AM
In the real estate market of 2007 and prior – doesn't it all seem so
long ago? – first-time buyers were at a distinct disadvantage. The
market was something close to rabidly competitive among buyers, and if you
didn't have all of your ducks in a row, you'd lose out to
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Second Half of 2008 May Present a Gloomy Market - 02/26/08 09:12 AM
Analysts are growing concerned over the potential of a significant deteriation of the New York City real estate market in the second half of 2008.
So far, the city's market has been far and away the most successful at avoiding the damage that the national real estate climate has done to
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Of Love and New York City Real Estate - 02/17/08 05:51 PM
Homes define New York City. More than any of the cultural attractions
the city is known for, the one feature of the city that sticks out in most
people's minds when they visit the city for the first time is the endless – as
far as the eye can see –
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The Oddities of the New York City Property Tax Structure - 02/12/08 08:16 AM
It is, in some of the social circles of the super-rich and super-famous, considered
a necessary status symbol to have a swanky New
York Apartment. You would
expect that, in a civilized society, those who have more income than they know
what to do with would be asked to pay higher
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Manhattan Real Estate Sets Record Year in 2007 - 02/08/08 01:52 PM
There hasn't been a year like 2007 for Manhattan real estate in a long time. And there probably won't be one like it for just as long. It saw a confluence of conflicting trends and market events that were enough to make the most brilliant economists' heads swoon. While the national
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Where New York City Apartments Fall in the Global Economy - 02/01/08 04:44 PM
At the beginning of 2007, when most mainstream economic analysts looked forward
to what 2008 would be like, few of them got their predictions right. They
all predicted slower rates of growth, both globally and in the US. But
their predictions underestimated the effect of the subprime crisis, and for
the
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