Category : Residential

Brokers keep feeling the pain as virus keeps Chinese buyers at bay
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Brokers keep feeling the pain as virus keeps Chinese buyers at bay

Sabina Mollot
by Sabina Mollot3091
Chinese purchases in New York residental market falls with virus fears. The Chinese nationals interested in seeing apartments canceled appointments, either deciding not to fly to the U.S. out of precaution or because they were unable to get a flight because of Coronavirus concerns.
Who’s News: Appointments in residential real estate
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Who’s News: Appointments in residential real estate

REW
by REW7118
Basis Investment Group LLC has announced that founder and CEO Tammy Jones has been appointment as the chair of the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Executive Council (REEC), a professional trade association formed to promote the interests of minority executives doing business in the commercial real estate industry. Jones is the first female...
Have You Heard? ‘Chopped’ winner will be live-in-chef at RXR Realty building
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Have You Heard? ‘Chopped’ winner will be live-in-chef at RXR Realty building

REW
by REW6420
Three-time winner of the Food Network series “Chopped,” Adriana Urbina, also the only Latin American female chef to have won the title, will now be a live-in chef at RXR Realty’s rental building in Brooklyn, 475 Clermont. Beginning this month, 475 Clermont residents can attend dinners and wine pairings hosted...
Done Deals: At home on Billionaires’ Row
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Done Deals: At home on Billionaires’ Row

REW
by REW5043
Billionaire Chairman of Hochschild Mining Eduardo Hochschild recently bought a three-bedroom, 3-bath condo in the MoMA Expansion Tower in the heart of Billionaires’ Row. Elegran agent Chris Fry represented the buyer in the purchase of the $8,450,000, 3,500 s/f home, 53 West 53rd Street, which was originally listed last April....
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Is it a support animal… or a wolf? New rules take stress out of pet screening

REW
by REW5979
The stress and strain of city living is driving more New Yorkers to share their home with outlandish pets they claim bring them “emotional support.” They are cozying up with everything from tarantulas and snakes to wolves and wild cats and setting their climate-controlled units to equatorial temperatures to make...
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New push to train apartment agents on housing law

Sabina Mollot
by Sabina Mollot2705
Following a bombshell report by Newsday that showed a disturbing pattern of discrimination by real estate agents against people of color in Long Island, the state legislature swiftly announced new regulations pertaining to the training of agents. The new rules, approved by the New York State Real Estate Board before...
New Development: UWS development recognized for design
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New Development: UWS development recognized for design

REW
by REW4276
● GID Development Group UWS development wins three design awards Waterline Square, the three-tower, residential development on the Upper West Side, was recognized by the National Association of Home Builders and the recipient of three awards. As this year’s most-decorated development, Waterline Square, owned by GID Development Group, won three...
2020 will be a better year for U.S. housing market: Redfin report
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2020 will be a better year for U.S. housing market: Redfin report

REW
by REW3963
The U.S. housing market is off to a strong start in 2020 as a deepening shortage of homes for sale and surging homebuyer demand are set to push prices up at the fastest rate in years, according to a new report from Redfin. Buyers may be coming out of winter...
Done Deals: A standout studio
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Done Deals: A standout studio

REW
by REW2813
A team of Compass agents recently made easy work of selling a Greenwich Village studio, closing in nine days and above ask, in a building where similar units were selling for less or not at all. 49 West 12th Street Apt. 5H, ended up selling for $725,000, (after asking $695,000)...