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How Staging Can Help You Sell Your Home Faster & For More Money
Staging your home for sale is one of the most reliable ways to ensure it sells for top dollar. A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Realtors found that professionally staged homes sell for 8% more than comparable, non-st...
The Covid churn: Inside resi brokerages’ recruiting games
It’s a long-held tenet of the business that agents switch firms when times are bad — and few years in recent memory have been worse than 2020.
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Homes That Sold for Around $600,000
Each week, our survey of recent residential sales in New York City and the surrounding region focuses on homes that sold around a certain price point, allowing you to compare single-family homes, condos and co-ops in different locales.
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$88M worth of Brooklyn luxury deals inked last week
In the final stretch of 2020, Brooklyn’s luxury market is soaring — and condos are fetching top dollar.
Last week, 26 deals were signed for a combined value of $88.2 million, nearly reaching the previous high point set during the pan...
$5.5M NYC duplex neighboring Matt Damon, John Krasinski hits the market
There’s a reason celeb-magnet The Standish has been cheekily nicknamed “The Standoffish” by Brooklyn locals: Matt Damon closed off an entire city block when he used a crane to move his brood (and a few trees) into the luxury building ...
Seeking “a seat at the table,” Compass’ Aaron Seawood jumps to Triplemint
Triplemint CEO David Walker and Aaron Seawood (Triplemint, Wikipedia)
Triplemint has snagged Compass broker Aaron Seawood and his team to lead the firm’s push into the Brooklyn market.
Though the venture-backed brokerage of 170-odd ag...
Fashion shows, ballroom dancers and Nicki Minaj: What brokers do when an open house isn’t enough
One night, an Upper East Side townhouse turned into a Parisian-style fashion show.
At 251 East 61st Street, a candle-lined runaway stretched across an outdoor courtyard from the property’s main home to a carriage house. Models were dec...
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: All Over The Map
The top listings on Brownstoner this week span the borough from Brooklyn Heights to Mill Basin, and there’s even one upstate in Kingston.
Which would you choose?
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As a Lease Ends, Open Houses Begin
Michael Kolomatsky/The New York Times
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My lease grants my landlord the right to two open houses a week during the 60 days before the end of my lease. Each open house is to be at least two hours long, and I am required t...
Live Across The Street From Michelle Williams In Gorgeous Prewar Co-op For $679k
This attractive corner co-op in a prewar building on Albemarle Road — just across the street from Michelle Williams’ glorious mansion — is newly and nicely renovated, and it offers a chance to live amid the leafy splendor of Prospect ...
Live Across the Street From Michelle Williams in Ditmas Park for $679K
If you think it’s pretty cool that Michelle Williams bought an historic townhouse in Prospect Park South and is restoring it to its former glory, here’s a chance to live across the street at 1409 Albemarle Road– and maybe pick up a fe...
Snag a co-op in Michelle Williams’ Brooklyn nabe for $679K
Michelle Williams’ purchase of “Tara,” a crumbling Prospect Park South, Colonial Revival-style 114-year-old mansion, made this out-of-the-headlines Brooklyn neighborhood chic.
Now a landmarked co-op in a nearby pre-war building is ...