Our deal of the month – When The One That Got Away Didn’t Get Away! 333 East 34th Street PHM


Our Deal of The Month is a story of never giving up. Our story starts Spring 2022. Our seller had just walked away from countersigning a contract. I mean, it was THIS CLOSE! Nothing was wrong, exactly. The price was good ($1.425mm). The terms were acceptable. Problem was that our seller had nowhere to go!
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The Real Estate Trade of the Year: Bail Out of the Burbs & Brooklyn, Make Your Manhattan Move


We can already see the two best real estate trades of 2024: (1) Sell in the Suburbs and buy in Manhattan. Or (2) sell in Brooklyn—and buy in Manhattan. Inventory is so low in New Jersey, Westchester, and Connecticut that it’s driving their prices up. Bidding wars are just the start of it. In Brooklyn,
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Our Team Agent of the Month: Chloe Chasanoff


We “only” have a team of six agents, so we get to highlight their deals more than often. This January, we are shining a light on Chloe Chasanoff. Chloe has been a part of the Harris Residential Team since 2019, making her one of its longest-standing team members. Some perspective about the challenges of being
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Standing on the Edge of the 2024 Spring Market


I have already called the bottom of the real estate market in Manhattan. And as this goes to “print,” I will be doing a webinar all about a real estate market which has been unleashed by lower mortgage rates and higher demand. Now, we’re past MLK, which is the unofficial soft opening of the Spring
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What Kills Developments? Overpricing. Our January Deal of the Month.


Here’s the story behind our recent $10 Million closing at One Highline in Chelsea: Developer HFZ buys a massive parcel at 18th and the West Side Highway in Chelsea for $870mm in 2015, a near-record at the time for vacant land. The plans come together for a Bjarke Ingals-designed building that was named XI, for
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(VIDEO) Keep This One Thing In Mind As We Enter the 2024 Real Estate Market


There’s only one thing you need to remember as you go into 2024, at least as it relates to the New York City Real Estate Market: 99% of what you’ll hear or read has nothing to do with it. That’s right. Manhattan hasn’t been operating like anywhere else. In nearly every other market, buyers vociferously
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The Rare Distressed Sale in NYC- Our Deal of the Month


2023 was a year of twists and turns in the New York City’s real estate market. While we were able to navigate this challenging time for our clients, not every buyer or seller was so lucky. Many buyers expressed frustration about the lack of inventory. Many sellers chased a market down to find the right
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Our Agent of the Month: Hillary Waldstein


Hillary joined the Harris Residential Team from The Corcoran Group in May 2023, and we’re delighted that she ends the year as our team’s featured Agent of the Month- with nearly $3mm in sales! Some background about her: Ms. Waldstein is a third-generation residential real estate agent, with a mother and grandmother in the business
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On Peak Bottom Feeding (with a few Examples)


How do you know you’re at the bottom of the market? We have done all of the above. Heck, we did it last month. That’s right, we already called the bottom. But this month, I prefer to use anecdotal evidence. Yeah, the kind of stuff that people like to poke holes in. The tales that
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(VIDEO) A Thank You To Our Clients and Friends from the Harris Residential Team.


We have a lot to be grateful for.
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Recent Blog Posts

Deal of the Month: When the Third Time (or Agent) Is The Charm
(VIDEO) The Quarterly Report Is Old News
Deal of the Month: How to Know You’re Getting A Good Deal In the Moment—An Upper West Side Purchaser Story
(VIDEO) The One Thing You Need To Know About the Market (and ignore the rest)
My Experience with Fake Renters, aka Section 8 Ambulance Chasers
How Will The NAR Settlement (and its copycat lawsuits) Impact New York City’s Real Estate Market?
What The NAR Settlement Means For the Real Estate Industry
Apply To Be On The Pursuit Of Home Podcast
(VIDEO) What Are You Waiting For? The Manhattan & Brooklyn Aren’t Waiting For Spring to Bloom
The Silent Killer? Building Operation Costs. Here’s What Buildings—and NYC—Can Do About It.

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