This co-op in the west 60s is attractive and, below $600,000, pretty well priced. But notice the kitchen’s placement next to the entrance and essentially in the living room. Some time ago, perhaps years, I wrote that kitchen trends inevitably change. We can walk into a property and immediately classify that room as a [...]
RealPartner.com – Can’t We All Just Get a Loan?
December 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
Banks continue to restrict lending and services while squandering billions in tax payer monies The answer to this play on pop culture question is no, but nor should we. Nowadays however consumers who can’t get a mortgage are seen as ”not viable”, but it’s for the wrong reasons. Let’s go back, but not too far back, to a [...]
RealPartner.com – The Taxman Goeth
December 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Quite Ridiculous Use of QR Codes
December 15, 2010 By 12 Comments
Contributor: Stephen M. Fells Last months NAR conference was noticeable for lots of bad reasons. My good friend Matthew Ferrara put together a great video detailing his thoughts on the event, here are some of my low-lights (not in order): 1. Attendance was noticeably lower for the third year. I spoke to many vendors and [...]
QR Code Overload
December 13, 2010 By 4 Comments
I do endeavor to be semi on top of things, and upon occasion I get a well meaning request from a friend for technical help with something they are doing on their computer or online. But I am really not that great a techie. I can type; I rely on others for web design. I therefore did [...]
What buyers, sellers and brokers don’t know about rooms could fill a book. . . and it does!
December 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
Granted you are more likely to worry about the amount of square footage in a co-op, condo or townhouse than the precise number of rooms when judging the price. But room count is neither irrelevant nor debatable in the eyes of the New York City Administrative Code. Nor is it acceptable–legal or ethical–for a broker [...]
Shameless Self-Promotion: Wall Street Journal
December 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
Home Sales Slide Manhattan Still Outshines Other Areas By JOSH BARBANEL The pace of co-op and condominium transactions in Manhattan continued to lag in November, setting the stage for the lowest rate of quarterly sales since the depths of the economic slowdown last year. But brokers say the market is far less bleak than the [...]
