Archive for June 2010
Gravesend home quietly breaks price per square foot record in the outer boroughs
The recent closing of one of the most expensive (sixth ever!) single family homes in Brooklyn at 2009 East 3rd Street didn’t stir much reaction in the media. Only Brownstoner covered it in its weekly section – Last Week’s Biggest Sale. The most exciting fact about the sale was not necessarily the $7.1 million that…
Read MoreBank Takes Back Two Properties in Exclusive New York Suburbs
It appears that Eastern Savings Bank has repossessed two single family homes in the exclusive New York suburbs of Kings Point and Upper Brookville. As no sufficiently high bids were made, the properties were repossessed by the banks for $3,929,509 and $2,160,000, placing them among the most expensive repossessed single family homes in Nassau County…
Read MoreBrooklyn Home Sales Over One Million Dollars Increase in Q1 2010
The number of Brooklyn residential sales over $1 million increased during the first quarter of 2010. There were 121 such sales in Q1 2010, up 33% from Q4 2009 and up 70% from Q1 2009. Brooklyn Heights had the highest number of sales over 1 million dollars (19) while Park Slope had the highest average…
Read MoreHampton lis pendens (pre-foreclosures) down 27%
There were 36 properties in the Hamptons that received at least one pre-foreclosure filing in May 2010. The number is down 27% from May 2009 but up 16% from May 2008. So far this year there were 29 properties with a lis pendens in the Hamptons with a lien over one million dollars. Here are…
Read MoreRebound for Westchester High-End Market
In line with the widely reported nationwide rebound of the luxury real estate market, Westchester County has seen an uptick in high end property closings since the beginning of the year. Twelve single family homes closed for more than $3 million in the first four months of the year, five of them in April 2010…
Read MoreAdjacent properties on Broadway in Pacific Heights the most expensive of the year
The most expensive homes yet to be sold this year in San Francisco are two neighboring single family homes on Broadway in Pacific Heights: 2342 Broadway and 2350 Broadway. 2342 Broadway closed on March 17th for $13,500,000, just $500,000 below its original asking price reported on SocketSite.com. The property covers 6,500 square feet and its…
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