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I am in that kind of reflective mood, and I would guess that between parties and large meals, you might want to think about something different than just the normal fare that I present in my newsletter. Not that I am writing normal fare. So maybe I don’t need to qualify it at all. SoRead more

Buyers usually show two sides: The homebuyer side and the analytical side. Usually, it’s the homebuyer side that shows the truth. A buyer is trying to move forward in her life, for any number of reasons. Time to expand, time to downsize, and everything in between. Home is open, excited, and ready to find what’sRead more

I’ve written about how buyers have gotten a bit accustomed to TV shows, where every house in Waco, Texas looks like a West Elm catalog. In the case of New York City, buyers have started to see more, more, and more staged apartments. West Elm Goes to Texas The expectation then becomes that every apartmentRead more

I think WE all are watching the implosion of We(Work) with curiosity. Beyond their chief co-working offering, I found the educational experiment of WeGrow fairly interesting, and my limited experience with Adam Neumann and his wife Rebekah, who were fellow parents at my school for a year, gave me some insight into what they wereRead more

  This month I’ve been thinking about washers and dryers. What are they worth in a property? What is the discount if they aren’t allowed? This is such a NYC video. Almost everyone outside of New York City has laundry in their homes, but here, having a washer/dryer inside your apartment is subject to buildingRead more

There have been a lot of theories about why there’s been any kind of slowdown in the New York City Real Estate Market: Higher Income Taxes, Higher Real Estate Taxes, Rising Mortgage Rates (though not presently), Donald Trump, Uncertainty, a Rising Stock Market, concerns about a Falling Stock Market, tough coop boards, prices got outRead more

This month, I take a look at a pristine property in the West Village and think about what home means to people. We continue to brand our listings in this way, just as we “brand” our buyers as we help them find their perfect home. In the midst of our deep thinking, we’re marketing aRead more