Category : Residential

By Jonathan Pappas Shortly after 9/11, Adam Neumann moved to New York City’s Financial District from his native Israel with his sister to live and experience the American dream. With little money in their pocket, they settled in to a place near the World Trade Center site when apartments were...

The west side of the Hudson River has always had a unique relationship with the empire on the other bank. New Jersey and its 6 million residents more than hold their own. It is both a hub of commerce and a desirable place to live. The state has its own...

Residential market veteran Alan Pfeifer has joined Rutenberg, a brokerage he said “whose values and work ethics are exactly aligned with mine.” Pfeifer is Chairman Emeritus and founding member of REBNY’s advanced post graduate real estate course, NYRS. As well as being a REBNY instructor, he teaches at the Academy for Continuing Education, which partnered with...

Alexander Hamilton, the unlikely star of a hit Broadway musical, will take center stage again this weekend when the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) hosts it’s 2016 Uptown Open House Expo. The Founding Father’s legacy is built into Harlem where  his home, Hamilton Grange,  still stands  today. This weekend,...

Compass, a technology-driven luxury real estate company led by veterans of Goldman Sachs, Bain Capital, and Twitter, announces the launch of its new Aspen brokerage with the acquisition of the assets of Shane Aspen Real Estate. Steven Shane, the #2 top-producing agent in Colorado according to Real Trends and The Wall...

In response to increasing local interest by Chinese homebuyers and investors, Houlihan Lawrence has launched a Traditional Chinese-language version of its website. The site offers a seamless browsing experience for Chinese viewers by pairing a curated selection of properties with deep links to its premier listings translated on LuxuryPortfolio.com. “We...

“It’s not often a client gets a second opportunity to purchase their dream home,” said Citi Habitats agent Gil Givoni. “So when they do, it pays to act fast.” Givoni recently helped her friends from Israel purchase a unit  at 954 Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. This one-bedroom, one-bath condo sold...