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Staging + Open Houses
The best plants for staging your NYC apartment to sell in winter
By Brick Underground |January 13, 2026 - 11:30AM
renovating before selling
Renovation
How much should you renovate your NYC apartment or house before selling?

… price and stand out from other listings Thats the milliondollar question How much should you renovate before you sell  The answer depends …

By Evelyn Battaglia |January 7, 2026 - 10:30AM
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
Red brick Residential buildings in New York City
Getting Ready
Can I review my buyer's application before it goes to the co-op board?
By Celia Young |July 1, 2024 - 10:30AM
Old, outdated kitchen
Negotiations + Closings
How can you tell if a NYC seller is willing to negotiate?
By Brick Underground |May 20, 2024 - 2:30PM
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For Sale By Owner
The building’s broken pipes are forcing me out of my apartment. Can I get my co-op board to buy me out?
By Celia Young |February 20, 2024 - 9:25AM
Brownstones in Park Slope
Sell
Sales drop nearly 32 percent in Brooklyn as median price hovers close to record levels
By Jennifer White Karp |July 13, 2023 - 1:30PM
Upper Manhattan
Sell
Manhattan co-op and condo sales fall 39 percent but the slowdown is not as bad as it seems
By Jennifer White Karp |July 6, 2023 - 9:30AM
brownstone brooklyn
Sell
What sellers need to know about all-cash vs. mortgage-contingent offers in NYC
By Evelyn Battaglia |May 25, 2023 - 2:45PM
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Staging + Open Houses
How much does it cost to stage your NYC apartment or brownstone?

… popular way to get it to stand out from the pack is to hire a pro to stage the property This is especially … more a 2023 study by the National Association of Realtors shows that staging bumps the price point and reduces time on … to take on smaller jobs because that broker gives us so much other business He adds that those jobs are mostly about …

By Evelyn Battaglia |May 18, 2023 - 2:30PM