Tracking the ‘housing recession,’ how to time a move, & more
Nearly two thirds of U.S. cities in RealtyHop’s Housing Affordability Index—including New York City—see a drop in asking prices, which may signal the start of a “housing recession” (press release)
A New Yorker moves from a homeless shelter to an affordable housing complex in East New York with the help of a caseworker and a new embrace of Buddhism (The New York Times)
A Tribeca townhouse with a skybridge finally sells for $24 million—less than half its original asking price of $50 million in 2015 (New York Post)
How to time a move from one apartment to another so you’re not paying for two places or worse, left without a place to live (The New York Times)
Renters at 70 Greene, a luxury Jersey City apartment tower, say frequent flooding and malfunctioning elevators make their lives miserable (New York Post)
The Landmarks Preservation Commission unveils a new website where you can download thousands of historic images (Tribeca Citizen)