leadership? not so muchIt’s the day after Election Day* so you will read a lot about Leadership today all over the inter-tubes. But you won’t find any other “pundit” talking today about Leadership in the context of REBNY and one…
Category: manhattan real estate business
the square footage dilemma: REBNY “leads” by protecting brokers, not buyers
Tagged with: Architect, Commercial, Heddings, Measurement, Offering Plan, Rebny, Square Feet, Standards
old story of new building ruining view: a cautionary tale with rules to protect yourself
there goes the view!Twice this week I have used the Lexington Avenue local station at 28th Street & Park, observing that the parking lot on the southwest corner is boarded up and that the building to the south on Park…
the puzzle of pop-up contracts, signed long after Off The Market at 144 West 27 Street and 24 East 21 Street lofts
odd sequenceWhat is missing from these sequences? 144 West 27 Street #9R: June 26, 2009 new $2.2mm Sept 17 $2.295mm Nov 10 off May 20, 2010 contract July 22 sold $2,428,700 24 East…
thieving coop and condo property manager pleads guilty
we were speaking of crooks…A soon-to-be-former-NYS-senator was the foil for Friday’s post about a cynical lack of morality within the Manhattan real estate industrial complex (September 17, the (low) morals of the Real Estate Industrial Complex, politics division); today I…
the (low) morals of the Real Estate Industrial Complex, politics division
the (non) Quote Of The DayIf there’s a word “antidote”, should there be a word “antiquote”? I feel as though we need that word today, in looking at this quote in last night’s piece, Espada, an ally of the real…
visualizing The Market / Manhattan real estate fun at Urban Digs
more to come, he promisesNoah Rosenblatt over at Urban Digs has long been working on data sets, and is getting ever so much closer to being able to publish what will be unique information about the Manhattan real estate market.…
new real estate agency law disclosures coming to Manhattan in 2011
REBNY announcement of A Major Change is a little weirdManhattan Loft Guy is going into the weeds of New York agency law and disclosure a bit, but before I force you to that I will give you the bottom line:…
save our flip tax! are coop flip taxes in danger from Fannie Mae?
odd ducks make for odd rulesInteresting catch by The Miller on his blog on Thursday, [Fannie Mae] Proposed FNMA Rule Change Could Damage Co-op Prices. I had been vaguely aware from national real estate sources that there has been some…
getting emotional (litigious!) over commission on $44 million Manhattan townhouse
it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad worldThe Manhattan residential real estate business is such a wonderful spectator sport because it has everything: big numbers! huge egos! drama queens (and drama kings, and drama knaves)! (Not to mention: spectacular lofts, apartments…
Tagged with: Bhs, Brown Harris, Commission, Contract Terms, Expiration, Litigation, Mansion, Rebny, Townhouse, Wall Street Journal
low-life property manager INDICTED
13 properties, $2.1mm … so farWay back on January 30 I commented on Richard Bassik, a downtown property manager who was accused of stealing $2mm from buildings he managed and was featured in a NY Daily News article from January…
Tagged with: Condo Board, Coop Board, Da, Daily News, Fraud, Indictment, Insurance, Managing Agent, Theft
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