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Earlier this spring, plans were announced for One Montague Square, which will be one of the tallest buildings in Brooklyn upon completion. The Brooklyn Heights project is being developed by Landau Properties, and renderings of the design by Hill West show a tower with a pale facade and oversized ...
Finding an apartment in New York City is hard enough. Between limited inventory, high rents, broker fees, co-op and condo approvals, and tight move-in windows, getting the keys can feel like the finish line. But in New York, the next challenge can be just as stressful: actually getting your belon...
Memorial Day weekend may have been a washout, but the unofficial start of summer has arrived all the same. And while not every New Yorker can slip away to the Hamptons, Hudson Valley, or Jersey Shore on demand, the city has its own version of the seasonal escape: a private patch of outdoor space ...

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In the first quarter of 2026, Manhattan’s apartment contracts totaled $6,906,075,016 in ask volume across over 2,500 deals, with the average asking price coming in at $2.681M and an average of $1,709 per square foot. The buildings that accounted for the most activity tend to follow a familiar pa...
New York City experienced its first heat wave of 2026 about a month before the summer solstice, and the National Weather Service is predicting significantly above-average temperatures for June, July, and August. Fortunately, there are ample opportunities to beat the heat in New York City. Several...
Roy Stillman, president of Stillman Development International, has spent decades creating some of the most architecturally ambitious residential buildings in New York City. A third-generation developer with a background that spans construction, law and design, Stillman approaches development less...
From May 12-18, 2026, over 300 condos, co-ops, condops, and townhouses in core New York City areas experienced price reductions. The number of price-reduced listings held relatively steady week-over-week, and it must be noted that comes at a time of greater inventory and when many people would pr...
New York City is home of many historic districts, but whether these districts support both preservation and affordability is an ongoing debate. Surprisingly, depending on who you ask, historic districts are either a way to protect the city’s architectural and cultural heritage and rent stabilized...
On the week ending May 16, 2026, 136 residential apartment sales were recorded in Manhattan. This marks a noticeable week-over-week decrease, though robust contract activity suggests that a lag in reporting by the NYC Department of Finance might account for this rather than a market slowdown. New...
From May 11-17, 2026, 268 residential contracts were signed in Manhattan. This marked a small week-over-week increase in both the number of contracts signed and aggregate dollar amount. The top deals of the week showed an even split between apartments and townhouses, not to mention a wide variety...
New York City's neighborhoods' demographics are almost constantly evolving, and that is especially evident on a stretch of Lexington Avenue between East 25th and 29th Streets. Over the past 150 years, it has gone from from "Little Armenia" to "Curry Hill" to the home of centrally located, highly ...
Governor Kathy Hochul has just released new details about her pied-a-terre tax proposal, announcing that it will apply to an estimated 10,000 second homes and raise $500 million in annual revenue. The real estate industry and some of New York's wealthiest have come out in opposition to the plan, ...
In recent years, Queens has seen an influx of new construction in transit-friendly neighborhoods like Long Island City and Astoria, as well as further afield, with high-end interiors and well-thought amenity packages, but prices more attainable to a typical buyer. Public transportation options an...

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