How I cut my monthly mortgage payment in half so I could keep my Staten Island home

… turned that thing around  Editors Note Brick Undergrounds Inside Stories feature firstperson accounts of interesting … reallife New York City real estate experiences Have a story to share Drop us an email We respect all requests for …   … Buy … Negotiating + Financing … Inside Stories … mortgage … How I cut my monthly mortgage …

By Celia Young |March 4, 2024 - 9:30AM
The outrageously priced Brooklyn condo that I thank god we didn't end up buying

… better or for worse And that includes spaces to live both rentals and sales to which you just couldnt commit whatever … context … At the time we were living in a big belowmarket rental in Cobble Hill with our threeyearold daughter The … to StreetEasy the median asking price across all types of housing in Greenwood was $11 million  Wed flirted with the …

By Mimi OConnor |November 1, 2023 - 3:30PM
My NYC rental felt unsafe, but a squatter using the basement as a bathroom was the last straw

… school Lillian a pseudonym left student housing and moved into an apartment in Crown Heights with two friends While she … said Im so sorry Ive never had this happen before but apparently the old tenant is refusing to move out and they cant … the lease and sent over all our deposits Rent was $3100 per month for the three bedroom We thought that everything was …

By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM
How the 'real estate whisperer' won a 30-way bidding war and landed his dream house

… Years ago my husband and I won a sevenway bidding war for a Brooklyn condo … relief I felt sick to my stomach I turned to my husband to ask What have we done My assumption was that we had been a … of deals involving bidding wars was 489 percent and buyers paid an average premium of 5 percent more as a result …

By Jennifer White Karp |January 18, 2023 - 9:30AM