Brick Underground

This week we are putting the spotlight on Brooklyn in a conversation with Lindsay Barton Barrett, a top broker with Douglas Elliman.

Bolster renovators share what Covid-related hurdles they expect to encounter in 2021.

Co-ops take complaints about short-term Airbnb rentals very seriously because they are concerned about strangers having access to the building, additional keys being handed out, and the potential for residents to be put in danger. 

The latest edition of the Elliman Report for the January Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens rental markets found that for the fourth consecutive month, new lease signings in Manhattan rose to their highest level for the current month since the Financial Crisis 13 years ago.

RentHop’s annual report on heat complaints finds that tenants who live in the Erasmus neighborhood of Brooklyn; Norwood, the Bronx; and Hamilton Heights, Manhattan tend to suffer year after year.

The burst of activity for Manhattan is the second annual increase since the lockdown ended, according to the latest edition of the Elliman Report, which looks at new signed contacts and new listings on a monthly basis for co-ops, condos, and one- to three-family houses and covers Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island, Hamptons, North Fork, Westchester County, Fairfield County, and Greenwich, CT.