Blog

In This Month’s Video I discussed the missed opportunity in New York, that is ignoring more than half of the population here. That is, women! Women are buying properties for themselves. No one is waiting anymore to get married to buy real estate, least of all so many successful women. This includes our many amazingRead more

To speak to Scott about buying or selling, click here Let’s talk about buyers again this month and buyer psychology. I have been selling properties for over 16 years, and buyers seem as skittish as they have ever been. What gets buyers off the sideline is a sense of value. But what gets them toRead more

Well, it’s official! Our firm has a fresh new face and a tag line that sums up the way that I and my team, and our firm, do business. Bold. Honest. Smart. The marketing team has summed things up in a simple, elegant way that says it. For almost 16 years, I have run myRead more

I am usually loathe to depend too much of quarterly reports as indicators of the current market. I stand by this, because closings don’t accurately reflect where things are NOW, but where they were 3-6 months ago, when the units went into contract, or earlier if sales were in new developements. What makes this quarterRead more

Read more

What do sellers do that hurts their chances of achieving the highest price on the sale of their apartment? I touched on it in my video this month: It’s timely, in the sense that sellers are thinking right now about selling in the New Year. Maybe it’s a little scary how often sellers make theRead more

If you’re reading this, I want to thank you. You are certainly among the special folks who prefer reading their news to watching on video. She likes to read my blog; he likes the videos. I’ve had a lot of fun recording the videos of the last couple months, and will continue creating content forRead more

Cranes are everywhere. Whether it’s the proliferation of glass towers in Long Island City, or the highest of the high end along 57th Street, where the Nordstrom Tower aims to set a record of $4BB in sales in one building. Downtown, along Houston Street and Delancey, the Lower East Side is exploding with new projectsRead more

I have been reading a lot of articles about millennials and their issues. Specifically, I think about those issues that impact their ability or interest in buying apartments. What Did I Find? Recently, a lot of conflicting articles. Are millennials having trouble buying? Are they stepping up their purchases? The WSJ seems to be writingRead more

As Real Estate Agents, I have been looking for reasons to justify why 2016 was a slower year for sales volume. We can blame Trump for it- It seems like a popular move these days. But looking at other reasons, I was featured in a recent Bloomberg article where I discussed the notion of “OffensiveRead more