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Real Estate Information
More Articles from Real Estate Information: MORE RESOURCES: Lights! Camera! Ka-Ching! Some New Yorkers rent their apartments and houses to film crews for between $500 to $10,000 a day. Living In | Amityville, L.I.: Nothing Cookie-Cutter About It Amityville is a potpourri of Victorians, colonials, Capes, cedar-sided contemporaries and small ranch homes built over generations. The Hunt: The Long Wait Allen Yee put down a 10 percent deposit on a one-bedroom in the Aqua Condominiums in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 2006 but didn?t close until 2008. Habitats | Scarsdale, N.Y.: The Sweet Spot Seth Greenberg, the son of a legendary Upper East Side baker, makes schnecken, lemon bars and more in his Scarsdale home. Streetscapes | Exchange Place: An Early Tower That Aspired to Greatness Fifty-nine stories does not seem like much now, but when planned in 1929, the City Bank-Farmers Trust Building was to be the tallest skyscraper in the world after the Empire State Building. Posting: Attention, First-Time Renters A company called Insurent offers to insure the rent on an apartment, helping freshly minted college graduates and professionals relocating from overseas get apartments in New York. In the Region | Connecticut: Sold Unfinished; Vision Required The sale of unfinished homes, most of them empty shells, is another sign of distress in a sliding market. In the Region | New Jersey: For People Who Think Price Matters City officials in Jersey City, discerning that their municipal employees are being priced out of living in the community, are increasingly feeling the need to do something about it. In the Region | Long Island: ?Walkable Community? Is a Hard Sell Jerry Wolkoff is trying to convince planners that his design for a project in mid-Suffolk County will get more Long Islanders walking, biking and bus riding. Ventures: Landlords, if Only by Accident The housing market morass has created a new class of real estate investors: the unintentional landlords. Big Deal: Rangel?s Rental Looking Glass Lawyers in the world of rent stabilization say that in past decades landlords routinely allowed tenants to rent more than one apartment. Big Deal: From Russia With Rubles Despite the uncertain economy, there may be hope for up-and-coming brokers in Manhattan, especially if they speak Russian. Big Deal: Looking for Luck Keith Jacobson is hoping to sell his two apartments in 173 Perry Street that he bought in 2004 for $3.74 million for $12.5 million. Giuliani Firm Plans Real Estate Investment Fund Entering the real estate market at a time of profound turmoil, Rudolph W. Giuliani?s company is planning an investment fund based on commercial and residential properties. At Home in the Florida Sizzle As owners of vacation homes face the financial realities of having that special South Florida getaway, they?re often making something of a devil?s deal. Away: A River Perch Where Words Flow John Casey uses his spartan cabin on the Delaware River in Pennsylvania as a serene office for his writing. Havens | Marathon, Tex.: Where Cowboy Hats Meet Birkenstocks Marathon has lost its industry but found new life as a quiet but thriving second-home community. Your Second Home | Marina Living: On the Water A boat can make a lot of sense for people who don?t mind bumping into each other in close quarters. High & Low | Quebec City?s Old Town: An Old-World Feel on the St. Lawrence The charms of Quebec City make it a destination for Americans and Western Canadians who wish to own, in the form of real estate. Breaking Ground: Jumby Bay Estate Homes and Icon Brickell New residences at a private island resort off Antigua in the Caribbean, and a resort and residential enclave in Miami. |
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