Market Insight
In the wake of a social media meme, “my Roman Empire” has become shorthand for the small, random things people think about on a daily basis. However, some architects’ Roman Empire actually dates back to this period: Arches appeared prominently in ancient Rome and were primarily used to support mo...
Due to its somewhat remote location, the elegant and staid East End Avenue spent years being overlooked among Upper East Side buyers. However, that has started to change. The street shot to prominence in 2018, when former President Barack Obama was rumored to be moving to the prestigious 10 Graci...
On the southwest corner of 29th Street, 262 Fifth Avenue spent a few years sitting fallow, including at the height of the pandemic. However, the site is anything but quiet now: The concrete structure is fully up, cladding is on the rise, and both professional and armchair architecture critics the...
Buying a home is already an expensive endeavor. To make matters worse, buying invariably comes with closing costs. Closing costs run the gamut from transfer taxes and bank fees to attorney and appraiser fees. The actual tally for closing costs is difficult to determine, since it varies widely dep...
July 2024 will mark five years since New York's mansion tax was passed in the wake of a wave of super-luxe apartment listings with equally jaw-dropping prices. New York City buyers had already had to pay a 1% luxury tax on all home purchases of $1 million or more, but this added a series of progr...
World Book Day celebrations take place all over the world on April 23, but there may be no better place for it than New York City. Not only is the city home to major publishing houses, but more than one public library has been declared a New York City Landmark – the New York Public Library’s Step...
Park Slope is renowned for its family-friendly atmosphere that caters to diverse lifestyles and interests. Many will appreciate its proximity to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Central Library while appreciating the neighborhood's elegant brownstones and stately architecture. Food connoisseurs can...
Manhattan Sales:
For the week ending April 19, 2024, $384,887,728 worth of transactions across 210 condo, condop, and cooperative deals were recorded
101 condo sales came to an aggregate price of $273,518,357
10 condop sales came to an aggregate price of $10,405,597
99 co-op sales came to a...
Between Easter (which fell on March 31 this year), Eid al-Fitr (which fell on April 10), and Passover (which starts at sundown on April 22), spring is a busy time for entertaining that shows no sign of slowing down with the forthcoming Mother’s Day and Memorial Day holidays on May 12 and May 27, ...
If you want to live in a zero-waste building or a building that derives one hundred percent of its energy from green power sources, the city’s newest developments are a great place to start your search. Built in compliance with increasingly strict environmental standards, including the soon-to-be...
As Manhattan contract data shows, the week of April 15-21, 2024 was an especially good one for West Chelsea condos, highlighted by a total of $44,975,000 in contracts at skyline standout One High Line. And yet, for all the excitement surrounding newly hip Downtown neighborhoods, the elegance of p...
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