2017 real estate forecast: The Trump effect, concessions-mania, Bronx hype, the battle for the BQX, and more

… saw a slowdown code word softening at the top of the luxury sales and rental markets while everyone in more downtoearth price brackets continued to battle it out for reasonably priced housing options that are few and far … particularly true in developmentheavy areas like downtown Brooklyn Long Island City and the Hudson Yards area But …

By Virginia K. Smith |January 2, 2017 - 11:55AM
Here's how incomes—and rents—are REALLY calculated in NYC's affordable housing

… Yorkers are clamoring for a spot in one of the citys rare affordable 8020 rentals often when you look into a buildings … when most people think of affordable housing they think about helping people making less than $30000 or $20000 a … eligible for a $1621month studio Morse explains But I took home approximately $1550 every two weeks so that would have …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 15, 2016 - 8:59AM