Ridgewood is still a middle class haven (and is making a return to its boozy roots)

… to the south And while it does have relatively cheap rents and some loftworthy warehouses theres a whole lot more … airy and attractive built inexpensively enough to be affordable to the average working family The apartments … as it has historically been murky so real estate brokers arent totally to blame for the blurry overlap between the two …

By Emily Nonko |September 15, 2015 - 9:59AM
14 years later, where do things stand in Lower Manhattan?

… horrific events of 911 lower Manhattan is dramatically different From the immediate months after the tragedy to the … Insights vice president Sofia Song who lived in Tribeca between 2003 and 2011 Adds Warburg broker Deborah Lupard … youre looking for you have more options than you did in the last couple of years says Downtown Alliance President …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 11, 2015 - 8:59AM
What you can buy in Upper Manhattan, where prices are catching up with the rest of the borough

… as an affordableish alternative to the madness of the rest of Manhattanand Brooklyn now too Welp it may already be too late While price growth is slowing in the rest of Brooklyn and Manhattan price growth spiked by 119 … released last week Thats almost twice as fast as the rest of the borough With home buyers being priced out of not …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 31, 2015 - 8:59AM
Think you might be a gentrifier? Here's how not to be a jerk about it

… to a socalled emerging neighborhood in search of cheaper rent chances are you could be considered a gentrifier And … policy decisions that can affect your neighborhoodzoning affordable housing minimum wageto help ensure that imminent … youre not being used by the landlord as a tool to jack up rents Google your building this is a good idea  any  time …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 28, 2015 - 10:30AM
Is East New York really Brooklyn's next big thing?

… shopping center Gateway Center in the neighborhood just last year bringing in popular chains like Home Depot Target … 210unit apartment complex and Pinnacle Group grabbed up 318 rental units in a 19building East New York residential … for residents applying for these types of units is between $42000 to 67000 per year per Gothamist but in East …

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner |August 26, 2015 - 11:59AM
9 of our favorite historic NYC streets worth exploring

… Heights does not want for historic and charming thoroughfares but a stroll along Columbia Heightsthe street that runs … more interesting says Janice Silver a Bellmarc broker who lives on East 57th It used to be this quiet little street … Berman understands the appeal of a penthouse and cant live without his bodega … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 18, 2015 - 8:59AM