Dec 28th 2009 @ 8:00AM
Many feared that New Yorkers would flee the city after September 11, 2001 – but a report from the Independent Budget Office shows this concern was unfounded. While a study of IRS tax filings between 1989 and 2007 shows a growing number of people moving out of New York, the number of people moving in has increased ... Continue Reading »
Dec 24th 2009 @ 3:00PM
At the ripe old age of 64, Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz has finally become a man – at least in real estate terms. On November 30, Markowitz and his wife, Jamie, bought their first home for $1.45 million on a tree-lined, Windsor Terrace street, just one block from Prospect Park. "I've always been a ... Continue Reading »
Dec 23rd 2009 @ 8:00AM
When you live in a small home, you always hear the same advice: Pare down your belongings and invest in storage to hide everything else away. Clutter, it's presumed, will make the space feel claustrophobic. But Ryan Korban, a 25-year-old interior designer, has taken the opposite approach. Korban, who has designed the ... Continue Reading »
Dec 21st 2009 @ 8:30AM
What does Real Estate sound like? We've certainly been short on "ca-ching" and heavy on "crash," "bang," and "ker-splat" this year. But ask indie kids – particularly those from New Jersey – and they'll say Real Estate has the sound of a beachy, breezy summer day. No, this isn't a reflection of New Jersey's ... Continue Reading »
Dec 18th 2009 @ 3:00PM
There is a "full symphony of pain" in store for New York State in 2010, according to Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky. And alarm bells certainly sounded this week, with the approval of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's "Doomsday Plan" to slice service routes and nix programs providing schoolchildren with Metrocards. ... Continue Reading »
