Market Insight
Sunken living rooms are a distinctive feature in many New York apartments, with origins dating back to 1927 when Kansas-born architect Bruce Goff introduced the idea in an Art Deco-style house with a “conversation pit.” This design element, which had never been seen before, quickly gained popular...
Tall and slender, finials are employed in architecture to add drama to the edges or tops of buildings. Imagine a spear sticking straight up out of the ground, or an uncarved totem pole, or even a periscope without a twist at the top. They are the exclamation points of architecture!
During spooky season, creaking floorboards and ominous shadows as a result of poor lighting are commonplace in staged haunted houses. But in some fixer upper homes, such features are in place beyond Halloween night. Some of these homes need repairs simply to be made inhabitable — see a recently a...
The Calvert Villas
is a six-story, ten-unit boutique condominium located on a tree-lined block at 624 New York Avenue in Brooklyn's Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The building is part of a two-building development called The Calvert Collection, designed by Palette Architecture and developed by Kings...
Manhattan Sales:
For the week ending October 25, 2024, $333,168,510 worth of transactions across 184 condo, condop, and cooperative deals were recorded
95 condo sales came to an aggregate price of $194,495,769
Four condop sales came to an aggregate price of $9,928,241
85 co-op sales came to...
In the wake of a 2017 rezoning, Midtown East has experienced a residential building boom of new development condominiums. These homes are located in excellent proximity to Midtown offices, public transportation, and popular restaurants and retail, but are situated so as to offer some respite from...
With early voting underway and Election Day fast approaching on November 5, 2024, voters are preparing to choose between two presidential candidates with fundamentally opposed visions on nearly every issue.
While the national stage is set for major decisions, the Upper West Side has its own intr...
In an age of sleek, open-plan modernism, prewar apartments offer a refreshing return to the charm of elegant traditional design. While new construction sometimes attempts to evoke this classic style with high ceilings, hardwood floors, generous spaces, and defined rooms, many modern interiors sti...
Between restoration to a full business week and a large number of high-priced contracts signed during this time, the New York real estate market experience a week-over-week bump from October 21-27, 2024. It was a particularly good time for new development penthouses, which accounted for four of M...
Purchasing a home is both incredibly exciting and often a stressful endeavor. But finding a home in “the city that never sleeps” has all the added excitement and stress to give you bouts of insomnia. In addition to being a fast-paced housing market with what seems to be ever-rising prices, there ...
While legal basement apartments are rare in New York City, garden-level apartments are much more common and often come with appealing built-in features at competitive prices. In this article, we define what garden-level units are, examine their key advantages and potential drawbacks, and spotligh...
Fifth Avenue, New York City's most iconic avenue, is moving ahead with a major transformation. Late last week, Mayor Eric Adams revealed plans for a $350 million redesign that will turn the stretch between Bryant Park (40th Street) and Central Park (59th Street) into a more pedestrian-friendly bo...
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Get To Know
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- From Astoria Why NYC's rental market traditionally cools at the end of the year + New rentals with grand opening offers Saturday, October 19, 2024
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Market Reports & Research
- From Monthly Market Reports CityRealty's Q3 2022 Manhattan Residential Market Report + Best-Selling Residential Buildings Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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- From Annual Market Reports NYC's Best-Selling Buildings of 2021 + CityRealty Q3 Manhattan Residential Market Report Friday, December 17, 2021
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Great Listings
- From Great Listings Pre-war NYC apartments with cozy step-down living rooms Thursday, October 31, 2024
- From Great Listings 21 fixer uppers include spacious Soho penthouse with private terrace Thursday, October 31, 2024
- From Great Listings Behind the Calvert Collection: Bruce Henderson on selling value in Prospect Lefferts Gardens Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- From Great Listings Manhattan Sales: Over $350M in sales includes former Times publisher's UWS penthouse; Financier takes loss on Park Avenue co-op Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- From Great Listings Price Cuts: "Star Wars" actor Oscar Isaac trims price of Brooklyn penthouse; Price reductions in Midtown East Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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Carter's View
- From Carter's Perch Great Parks: Tribeca's cozy and cute Duane Park and luxury listings nearby Tuesday, October 8, 2024
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- From Game Changers NYC's best new residential buildings of the current economic boom Thursday, February 13, 2020
- From Behind The Buildings As the Waldorf Astoria prepares for new chapter, revisit the legendary history of Manhattan's greatest Art Deco hotel Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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