What we have learned advising buyers and sellers, written up: the taxes, the boards, the timelines and the paperwork.
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Buying
Manhattan's office-to-residential pipeline is the largest it has been in decades. Here is how 467-m and City of Yes are driving it, which conversions are condos,…
Renting
How relocating executives and their companies secure a furnished luxury apartment in Manhattan: the 30-day rule, building lease restrictions, broker fees under the FARE Act, corporate…
Selling
A scored checklist for Manhattan sellers who value privacy, showing when a quiet sale saves money, when it costs money, and which of four selling paths…
Buying
We put numbers on the Central Park view premium using published appraiser research and market studies, then explain how floor height, exposure, view quality and building…
Buying
A buyer's step-by-step look at how off-market and pocket listings in Manhattan really trade, from the types of private inventory and the rules that govern them…
Buying
Ten downtown condominiums where four and five bedroom homes actually trade, with each building's highest recorded sale, recent large-home sales and what the space costs per…
Selling
Spring gets the headlines, but the data shows Manhattan's $5M+ market signs contracts in every season. Here is how each part of the year behaves and…
Buying
The third quarter 2026 reports show Manhattan sales rising while luxury listings fell 14.1% and new development supply hit multi-year lows. Here is what the numbers…
Buying
A block by block guide to the quietest streets in the West Village, measured with a year of 311 street-noise complaints, and what two years of…
Co-ops
A question-by-question way to decide between a co-op and a condo in Manhattan, built around the real tradeoff between downtown condo pricing and Upper East Side…
Condos
Eleven full-service condominium buildings in Tribeca, the West Village, Greenwich Village and Hudson Square where homes trade below $20 million, with each building's record sale, the…
Buying
Four condominium sales near $10 million, two in Tribeca and two in SoHo, side by side: size, price per square foot, carrying costs and how far…
Buying
A technical guide to SoHo loft buildings: published ceiling heights, how the neighborhood's party wall construction decides which residences get light, what Landmarks allows for windows…
Co-ops
Seventeen pre-war co-ops on Fifth and Park Avenue, most with a real record of $20 million-plus sales: who designed them, what the apartments are like, and…
Buying
A straight comparison of owning a West Village townhouse versus a condo: carrying costs, maintenance, staffing, renovation, and how easily each one sells.
Pied-à-Terre
Twenty Manhattan condominiums that work as a second home, ten downtown and five each on the Upper East and Upper West Sides, ranked on the thing…
Condos
A candid look at eleven Tribeca condo buildings: what buyers actually paid per square foot, what each costs to carry every month, and our honest take…
Buying
Two conversions, a condo tower rising on Broadway, a proposed supertall, and a distressed site with approved plans. Here is what is coming to Tribeca and…
Renting
At the top of the market, renting is a strategy, not a fallback. How the $50,000-a-month NYC rental market actually works, why the best apartments never…
Selling
The real question is not public or private. It is which approach gives you the most control over privacy, price, timing, and leverage. How off-market and…
Buying, Pied-à-Terre
Starting July 28, 2026, NYC co-op boards face hard deadlines: 15 days to acknowledge a purchase application, 45 days to decide. The buyer side of the…
Buying
Local Law 11 can wrap your future building in scaffolding for years and put a five-figure assessment on your statement. Before you sign, here is what…
Buying, Pied-à-Terre
If you serve on a NYC co-op board, the pied-à-terre tax is the building’s problem, not just the shareholder’s. The mechanics are not fully clarified, and…
Buying
NYC buyer closing costs run 2 to 5 percent of the purchase price. The biggest lines (mansion tax, mortgage recording tax, title insurance) are not reducible…
Buying
A Manhattan townhouse is a different transaction than a condo or co-op: no board, full building ownership, a longer diligence list, and a market that frequently…
Buying
The NYC mansion tax runs from 1% on a $1M condo to 3.9% on a $25M+ townhouse, applied as a cliff to the entire purchase price.…
Buying, Co-ops
For a NYC pied-à-terre, condo vs. co-op is usually decided before you tour a single apartment. Most co-op boards restrict part-time, non-primary-residence use. Here is how…
Buying
Yes, foreign nationals can buy NYC real estate with no residency requirement. The practical guide to which buildings accept you, how to pay, and the taxes…
NYC, Pied-à-Terre
What the NYC pied-à-terre tax is now that it has passed, who pays, the rates and exemptions, and the phase-two trap that hits many condo and…
Buying, Selling
What "off-market" means in NYC, why sellers and buyers use it, and how to get access, from a team that has closed over $500 million off-market.
