How long do you have to own in NYC for your investment to be worth it?

… to explain the popularity of our citys market with foreign buyers looking for places to stash their cash And in large … to be less volatile than real estate in other cities But buying an apartment is a lot more complicated than snapping up some stocks or stashing …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 29, 2017 - 1:00PM
Thinking your first home purchase should be outside the city? You're not alone (but read this first)

… Sometimes buying in the city is just out of reachor too large a financial commitment … for the weekdays Its an idea wed venture to guess most New York renters consider at some point or another especially … Tom Freda of Matthew J Freda Real Estate  in Callicoon a town in the foothills of the Catskills suggests …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 7, 2017 - 9:59AM
Any regrets? A check-in with a first-time buyer who chronicled her agonizing apartment-hunt for Brick

… for us years ago in our Diary of a FirstTime Buyer column Elle Bee not her real name spent two years of onandoff again … attorneys and three brokers and recorded it all for us Elle ended upspoiler alertbuying a onebedroom in a prewar … more limiting than I thought In terms of the neighborhood Elle says she probably wouldnt choose to live there again …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 6, 2017 - 12:59PM
Real-life buyers on the mistakes they made and what they learned from buying in NYC for the first time

… and the only people who can give true concrete advice are those whove gone through it Below firsttime NYC buyers … Alisa Park Slope I wish we had known that no maintenance fees on the house didnt mean there would be no maintenance … up 100 percentour most recent purchase they picked up half Worth asking Melissa Gramercy … You Might Also Like … …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 6, 2017 - 8:59AM