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Tracking the NYC suburbs with the most sales during the pandemic
May 13, 2021 - 14:30 PM
An analysis by PropertyShark ranked NYC’s suburbs based on the increase in home sales in 2020 compared to 2019. They found that buyers preferred larger, detached homes further from the city and that coastal suburbs in NJ and CT were the most desirable
Read More My mother died and her board won't let me stay in her co-op while I wind up her estate—can I challenge this?
May 11, 2021 - 12:30 PM
You can successfully challenge a co-op board that won’t allow an estate administrator or executor to stay in the co-op apartment while the estate is wound down. In fact, every co-op proprietary lease has a built-in right to allow an executor to do just that.
Read More The Brick Underground Podcast: Why buying in NYC for the first time can be such a shock
May 11, 2021 - 09:30 AM
In this episode of the podcast, host Emily Myers is joined by Brick Underground’s managing editor, Jennifer White Karp, and Kobi Lahav, director of sales at Living New York, to talk about what the shocks and surprises buyers often experience when they set out to buy in NYC for the first time.
Read More The Brick Underground Podcast: Spotlight on Queens real estate
May 4, 2021 - 12:30 PM
In this episode of the podcast host Emily Myers talks with Compass broker, Bianca Colasuonno, about demand for single-family homes in Queens. Sellers should know that buyers have very little appetite for renovating. That means the condition of your place is more important than ever—and Colasuonno has low budget tips to help sellers get the highest bid.
Read More To revive a dated UWS co-op, this couple needed a 'hands-on' renovation partner
April 27, 2021 - 13:30 PM
Bolster, a NYC design-build firm, shares how they renovated an UWS co-op that had one previous owner and sat vacant for years.
Read More City Council proposes big changes to building codes, new bills for construction safety
April 23, 2021 - 14:45 PM
The 2021 NYC construction codes would include a total of 627 new or expanded changes, along with thousands of minor changes. The last major code revision was in 2014.
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