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trying to process the real estate market in NYC As someone who’s default sentiment is optimistic, times like these require a little patience. Instead of some monolithic market from top to bottom, I am watching lots of mini-markets that do not operate in sync with one another. We have the most recent absorption reports thatRead more

Happy Almost Spring! This month I’m thinking about the artisanal. When not working with buyers and sellers, I’ve had some fun making pickled things. Like these beans, for instance. Dilly Beans – The Artisanal reaches the Upper West Side On the Upper West Side, restaurants like Jacob’s Pickles have popped up to celebrate the artisanalRead more

Over 2014, my firm’s chief economist felt a growing divergence between new development sales and the resales of condos and cooperatives, in terms of new development sales skewing closing information, both in being averaged into all other sales, and because of the delays between signed contracts and closings. Our monthly and quarterly reports now reflectRead more