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Negotiating + Financing

What are the differences between jumbo and conforming loans?

By Brick Underground |December 4, 2024 - 2:30PM

brightly colored apartment buildings surrounded by trees in Upper East Side, Manhattan

Affordable Housing

What is the ‘asset limit’ for NYC’s Housing Lottery applicants?

By Celia Young |December 3, 2024 - 10:00AM

Affordable Housing

What exactly is the 'AMI' that's used to determine affordable housing rents?

… or AMI defines the median incomes for households of different sizes within a certain geography The Department of … which critics say artificially inflates AMI and as a result rentstabilized rents The AMI for a single person in NYC is $108700 this …

By Celia Young |October 22, 2024 - 9:30AM

construction workers standing on a street in New York

Affordable Housing

What is a 'major capital improvement' and how does it affect the rent?

By Celia Young |September 11, 2024 - 10:30AM

Getting Ready

What does 'right of first refusal' mean when you are selling a NYC condo?

By Brick Underground |May 16, 2024 - 2:30PM

New York, NY, USA - December 21, 2015 - Home alone above the former L’ Greta Spa in New York City.

Negotiating + Financing

What's a reverse mortgage—and how common are they in NYC?

By Celia Young |April 2, 2024 - 3:30PM

a row of new york city apartments with trees in front.

Sell

What’s the average flip tax for a condo or co-op in New York City?

… you should watch out for when you sell a flip tax if you live in a coop or a transfer fee if you live in a condo … selling the units to make a quick profit Today they are mostly used to raise revenue for coop buildings instead of … version of this article was published in October of 2018 We are presenting it again with updated information for …