Why 2017 could be make-or-break for New York's affordable HDFC co-ops

… 2017 is shaping up to be a year of many real estate battles  and a major one to watch will be the debate over the fate of the citys affordable HDFC coops HDFC stands for Housing Development Fund … rare lowpriced coops have found themselves suddenly in the spotlight The heats likely to intensify thanks to   the …

By Virginia K. Smith |January 12, 2017 - 8:59AM
De Blasio is proposing new regulations to keep HDFC co-ops affordable

… have strict income caps on buyers but no such rules about assets which are notoriously hard to track The proposed new … told DNAinfo Its unclear how the city plans to track buyer assets but as far as price caps go with some exceptions for …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 29, 2016 - 1:59PM
How I found my $386K HDFC apartment after a three-year search

… When we decided to move back to New York in 2012 we were eager to buy an apartment but werent sure we … and wound up in Brooklyn with one baby and then another But that was more than a decade ago before a stint in Washington … in the end put her signature on the papers Finally we were NYC homeowners  Related   My exasperating enlightening …

By Craigh Barboza |October 22, 2015 - 8:59AM