The Most Expensive Real-Estate in the World
By Robert Frank Associated Press Monaco If you think real-estate in Manhattan or San Francisco is expensive, consider Monaco. The price of real-estate in Monaco — the world’s most expensive locale — is...
View ArticleCo-op / Condo Group Sets Rally to Support Tax-Fairness Bill
Tax Revolt 2012: By Frank Lovece It’s a rite of spring, but this year the composer is Stavisky, not Stravinsky. With the New York City Department of Finance issuing its annual property-tax...
View ArticleNew York Restores Apparel Sales-Tax Break on Items Under $110
By Elizabeth Ody – Mar 28, 2012 2:04 PM ET Those shoes you’ve been eyeing at DSW Inc. (DSW) will cost you less starting April 1 when New York state raises the sales-tax exemption to $110 for clothing...
View ArticleLowest stabilized rent increase in decade infuriates landlords, tenants
Rent Guidelines Board Chairman Jonathan Kimmel (credit: DNAinfo) The Rent Guidelines Board voted last night on the lowest rent increases for the city’s 1 million-plus stabilized rent units since 2002,...
View ArticleManhattan the “New” Brooklyn (Again)?
By Joe Coscarelli “It’s exploding with young people and tattoos,” a woman tells the Wall Street Journal today about the Upper East Side.”These hipsters were moving in — you could tell they were...
View ArticleNew Standards for ‘Safe’ Loans
By LISA PREVOST Mortgages New federal regulations require mortgage lenders to do what should go without saying: verify that prospective borrowers can pay. Yet during the housing bubble, many lenders...
View ArticleArchitecture review: Tootsie Roll conversion brings welcome change to Soho
DDG’s 325 West Broadway will bring condos to former chocolate factory March 21, 2013 03:30PM By James Gardner 325 West Broadway project rendering A particularly ugly part of West Broadway in Soho will...
View ArticleLoans for a Niche Market
The New York Times By LISA PREVOST If interest-only loans were issued too freely before the foreclosure crisis, their availability now is restricted to a privileged few. A staple of the jumbo market,...
View ArticleDomino developer promises bikes, yoga, veggies, books
By Danielle Furfaro via The Brooklyn Paper Courtesy of Two Trees Management Company This is what Jed Walentas wants to build on the Domino Sugar factory site. Here’s one way for a developer to...
View ArticleCity Council approves Hudson Square rezoning
Hudson Square The City Council voted Wednesday to approve the rezoning of Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan. The rezoning will allow developers — including the area’s dominant player Trinity Real...
View ArticleIntroducing Wired City, a New Channel Where Commercial Real Estate and...
By Jordyn Taylor New York City is inching ever closer to rival Silicon Valley as the epicenter of the tech world—and commercial real estate has to match its pace. With more tech start-ups moving to...
View ArticleThe Stack: NYC First Prefabricated Building
INWOOD — One of the city’s first prefabricated residential building to come to Inwood is near completion. The Stack, a 38,000-square-foot, seven-story concrete and steel building, was shipped to 4857...
View Article7-Eleven Goes High-Tech – FiDi
7-Eleven has gone high-tech. The chain’s expansive new Financial District outpost, which sits at the corner of John and Pearl streets, boasts touch-screen ordering, free Wi-Fi, a huge flat-screen TV...
View ArticleAirbnb Slows Hiring Overseas, Shifts Strategy
Fast-Growing Online Rental Service Is Trying Not to Move Too Quickly Abroad Airbnb Inc. is trying to avoid becoming another cautionary tale in international expansion. Airbnb, which is run by CEO Brian...
View Article531 Manhattan Ave – Two Family Townhome for Sale
531 Manhattan Ave – Two Family Townhome for Sale This Harlem Townhome is located just East of Morningside Park and a short walk to Columbia University. This highly desirable location, is home to a well...
View ArticleExclusive Coop for Sale Located in the Trendy Columbia University neighborhood
200 West 108th Street, #14a $1,250,000 FOR SALE 2 beds 2 baths Property Type: Coop Maintenance: $1,827 Pet Policy: Case By Case Located in the Columbia University neighborhood, Pre-war apartment in...
View ArticleThe First Neighborhood
By Alon Gibely Jex Since 2005, when NY Living Solutions first opened its doors, we’ve been located in the Financial District. Not only did we get our start here, but so did New York City itself, when...
View ArticleTHE LAST NEIGHBORHOOD
(THE ABOVE PHOTO IS THE AREA WHICH IS NOW OCCUPIED BY BATTERY PARK CITY) Here at NY Living Solutions, we’re continuing our look at the history of the area that we call home, this time focusing on...
View ArticleRental Incentives during peak summer months in NYC? Sounds too good to be...
New York’s prime leasing season is well under way and there are more choices then ever for prospective renters. Typically, from May through August property owners across New York City have the upper...
View ArticleWill Britain’s impending exit from the European Union affect the New York...
It appears that both luxury buyers and institutional-sized investors may soon be choosing NYC as an alternative to London. Britain’s economic and political turmoil may prove to be good news for New...
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