buying

elevated street view at sunset in Chelsea quarter – Manhattan, New York
Co-ops
Cheap trick: How much you can save when buying an older property in NYC
By Celia Young |September 4, 2025 - 11:30AM
100 West 141st St., #16, in Central Harlem
Co-ops
Buy a co-op at a discount: All about HDFCs and how to get one
By Evelyn Battaglia |August 11, 2025 - 10:30AM
NYC seen from the water
Rent
Brick Underground’s best advice from New Yorkers who lived through real estate drama
By Brick Underground |April 25, 2025 - 9:30AM
This is a photograph of a street in the Upper West Side in NYC viewed from the Summit in Central Park through bare tree branches.
Renovation
Fewer buyers, steeper rents, and costlier renovations: How tariffs could impact NYC real estate
By Celia Young |April 17, 2025 - 11:30AM
View from the High Line Park to the Buildings of 10th Ave Manhattan
Buy
Mansion or not, you can't escape the so-called mansion tax
By Jennifer White Karp |April 14, 2025 - 10:00AM
An image of an apartment building in West Village Manhattan New York
Affordable Housing
Could a proposed bill to help New York tenants buy their building finally become law?

… an opportunity to buy your rental building A New York state bill the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act TOPA would make … Zellnor Myrie who sponsored the bill and is running for NYC mayor   TOPA is an important tool to ensure our … at 438 and 440 West 45th Streetwho have complained of hot water outages pests and broken locks according to city …

By Celia Young |March 28, 2025 - 9:30AM
Focused working woman wearing wireless headphones taking notes while doing remote work at home sitting on sofa. Serious looking student attending online class on modern laptop.
The Search
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By Celia Young |February 5, 2025 - 4:30PM
Hochul addresses a crowd of elected officials, union leaders, and other audience members at her State of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 15th.
Rent
Hochul takes aim at institutional housing investors and rent-fixing software in State of the State
By Celia Young |January 15, 2025 - 11:15AM