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It’s that time of the summer when buyers are particularly tuned out from, well, most things. So, it’s not entirely surprising to get “please update me” questions about the real estate market. What seems odd is the question I’m getting quite often right now: “Do you expect the real estate market to drop 15-20% ifRead more

Sellers of cooperative apartments who are seeing their properties linger are wondering what they can do. You can take a look at our reports here and here for a bit more color about inventory and the market. I can point out a few trends which hurt the resale prospects of older, less renovated properties: BuyerRead more

When I discovered that there was a way for my clients to pay nothing for their attorney in the real estate transaction, yet get a qualified, seasoned attorney to represent them- I got excited! This is a wonderful “freebie” for people working at corporations, or any company that decides to participate in what’s called aRead more

This month, we discuss current pricing in the market. It seems that Winter has sellers and buyers in somewhat of a holding pattern, and I want to shake things up a bit! I really am looking for buyers ready to pull trigger on purchasing decisions. Presently, sellers are not always cutting their asking prices whenRead more

I did a fun video this month that talks about the market, but without too much detail. If I can put a little more color around it, I thought it might be fun. First, the summer is just about over, for better or worse, and we’re seeing a lot of activity in the market. ARead more

The question that I continue to be asked is why the market in New York remains sluggish. One agent told me he thinks it has actually been slower for longer than it was in 2008 into 2009. One factor which could cut either way- that is, could either be causing a continuation of a slowdown,Read more

As I wrote about last month, Streeteasy rolled out a customized version of a program for real estate agents, similar to what they are doing branded as Zillow or Trulia across the country. March 1st, agents were able to “purchase” zip codes. Actually, they were able to purchase a percentage of the time that theirRead more

This entry seems to be an evergreen blog post idea at this point, but wow. A lot has happened in the past few months. My running partner and I had not been over the 59th Street bridge to Long Island City in some time, not since the NYC Marathon in November- when we were runningRead 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

One of my favorite phrases to come out of finance- and there are plenty of them, given that my works puts me in contact with many men and women in finance- is the notion of “talking your own book.” What this means is that someone is essentially something in their own interest, or book ofRead more