Prepared by PropertyShark.com on 22.5.2012

Top Media Stories

PropertyShark.com has been featured extensively in the local and national media. Some of the publications are listed below. PropertyShark was named by TIME as "one of the best 50 Websites of 2009".


Media Inquiries:
Tel: (718) 715-1758
Email:pr@propertyshark.com



Top Stories - PropertyShark as Seen in ...


The New York Times

April 5, 2012

'Upstairs, Downstairs,' Apartment-Style

These days, two rocks won't buy you much at 907; the Web site PropertyShark.com lists five units for sale, the lowest at $2.7 million. Read More...

Los Angeles Times

March 13, 2012

Dust settles on biggest home sales in L.A. County for 2011

Most of L.A. County’s big home sales from last year have made their way into the public record. Here are the larger sales, compiled using PropertyShark.com data and Times archives. Read More...

The New York Times

March 7, 2012

On Billboards, a Bilingual Call to Nonbelievers

Propertyshark says the building is owned by Stier 109 LLC. Calls to a Kenneth Stier at that building were not returned. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

February 10, 2012

Dumbo Moves Up in Real-Estate Ranks

Dumbo homes sold for a median price of $1.05 million, trailing only TriBeCa, SoHo and Flatiron, according to 2011 sales data compiled by PropertyShark. Read More...

The New York Times

February 3, 2012

Can't Park? Blame a Condo

In the last six years alone, according to data compiled by Property Shark, 92 parking lots or garages have been sold and redeveloped. Read More...

The New York Times

February 1, 2012

Case Against Reassigned Teacher Was Botched, Post Reports

In all, his land is worth more than $6 million, according to city and county records and the Property Shark Web site. Read More...

New York Post

February 1, 2012

Rubber-roomer 'land$' on his feet

In all, his land is worth more than $6 million, according to city and county records and the Property Shark Web site. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

January 30, 2012

Fit to be Leased

Nonetheless, many more buildings are likely to see the wrecking ball next year: the number of demolition periods issued in Manhattan jumped by 50% to 146 from 82, according to a new analysis by PropertyShark.com. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

January 21, 2012

Home-Crisis Program Gets A Late Start

In New York City, about 72,000 residential foreclosures have been initiated since 2007, according to real-estate website PropertyShark.com. Read More...

Aol Real Estate

December 31, 2011

How Large We Live: Average Home Sizes Across the U.S.

Using statistics provided by PropertyShark and listings form Realtor.com, we've compiled a list of five cities that boast some of the nation's largest average home sizes along with five of the smallest. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

November 22, 2011

Behind the Carriage House Doors

The building measures 7406 square feet, according to PropertyShark.com. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

October 18, 2011

Picking Over the Low End

A Wall Street Journal analysis of borough-by-borough data compiled by PropertyShark.com reveals a diverse mix of properties at the extreme low end of the market. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

October 8, 2011

A High Roller Feels the Bite of Foreclosure

According to PropertyShark.com, Mr. Parmar owes $26.3 million on the property in Colts Neck, an affluent enclave about 10 miles from the Jersey Shore. Read More...

The New York Times

October 6, 2011

Helpful Sites

PROPERTYSHARK also provides ownership history, in a more consumer-friendly format. Read More...

New York Magazine

September 18, 2011

New York Exceptionalism

Foreclosures, too, are on the wane, per PropertyShark.com data (see graph). Read More...

The New York Times

September 2, 2011

Big Deal | Chronicle of a Project Foreclosed

The minimum bid on the TriBeCa property must be higher than the lien, which includes the $28.25 million the developers originally borrowed to finance the project, as well as the interest rates, penalties and fees that piled up after they defaulted on the mortgage, according to Calin Onet, a marketing analyst for PropertyShark, which produced a detailed report on the project's financial history. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

August 22, 2011

A Walk-Up Bargain

Fewer than 100 seven-story and eight-story walk-ups remain in New York City, according to data compiled for The Wall Street Journal by PropertyShark.com. Read More...

SmartMoney

August 18, 2011

How to Buy a Home

Knowing that a seller faces past due bills or legal problems could save you thousands of dollars when you're negotiating. Websites Zillow, Trulia and PropertyShark may also have useful information. Read More...

New York Magazine

July 10, 2011

The Underwater Penthouse

Matthew Haines, founder of PropertyShark.com, which tracks lis pendens (the legal term for pre-foreclosures) and foreclosures, says co-op owners rarely lose their homes to the bank and almost never in hyperexclusive buildings like 740 Park. Read More...

Yahoo!

July 6, 2011

Finding Your Home's Value Online

For example, if you live in a subdivision where all the homes were built at around the same time from a few standard plans and not many renovations have been made to the homes, the estimate could be reasonable, said Matthew Haines, founder of PropertyShark.com, a property research site that aggregates real-estate data. Read More...

MarketWatch

July 5, 2011

Finding your home's value online

For example, if you live in a subdivision where all the homes were built at around the same time from a few standard plans and not many renovations have been made to the homes, the estimate could be reasonable, said Matthew Haines, founder of PropertyShark.com , a property research site that aggregates real-estate data. Read More...

The New York Times

June 24, 2011

For a Few Developers, It's Hammer Time

Foreclosure auctions disposed of 6,621 apartments, single- and two-family homes last year in New York City, according to PropertyShark.com. Read More...

The New York Times

May 27, 2011

Big Deal | Storied Sloane Mansion on the Auction Block

The storied mansion then began its journey to becoming the city's most expensive residence to go to a foreclosure auction, according to PropertyShark. Read More...

The New York Times

May 26, 2011

Big Deal | Storied Sloane Mansion on the Auction Block

The storied mansion then began its journey to becoming the city's most expensive residence to go to a foreclosure auction, according to PropertyShark. Read More...

New York Magazine

May 22, 2011

Search Party

To that end, there are dozens of sites aimed at local house hunters—StreetEasy (which powers the listings on New York's site), Zillow, Trulia, Urbandigs, RentJuice, Natefind, PropertyShark, and the New York Times, to name the most prominent—each offering its particular brand of slice-and-dice. Read More...

Los Angeles Times

May 21, 2011

The Daily Mirror

Property Shark is a free service, but it requires registration. Read More...

Inman News

May 5, 2011

Facebook founder 'likes' homeownership?

Price history information from PropertyShark shows the neighborhood's median sold price in 2010 was $2.7 million, with a median square footage of 2,790. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

May 4, 2011

Smaller Buildings Plow Ahead

The number of homes sold in 2010 fell to 72 in Bedford-Stuyvesant and to 112 in Clinton Hill from 291 and 309, respectively, in 2006, according to real-estate website Property Shark. Read More...

The New York Times

April 8, 2011

Big Deal | The White Gloves Are Off

By 2010 the price was $3,153 at the Plaza and $4,579 at 15 Central Park West, where prices have nearly doubled since 2007, according to the PropertyShark data. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

April 6, 2011

Troubled Apartment Building on Auction Block

The number of commercial properties in the city that were scheduled for foreclosure auction spiked to 398 last year, according to real-estate website PropertyShark.com. Read More...

The New York Times

March 31, 2011

New Online Tool Helps Buyers Keep Track of Properties

Other real estate sites like StreetEasy, PropertyShark and Nytimes.com allow buyers to save properties they are considering in a list or a folder, and will send updates when there is activity like a price change. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

March 31, 2011

Multifamily Homes Face New Curbs

In 2006, there were 639 homes sold in the neighborhood at a median sales price of $466,400, according to real-estate website Property Shark. Read More...

MarketWatch

March 30, 2011

Multifamily Homes Face New Curbs

In 2006, there were 639 homes sold in the neighborhood at a median sales price of $466,400, according to real-estate website Property Shark. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

March 23, 2011

To Raise Cash, MTA May Sell Some Buildings

Properties in the area have fetched about $300 a square foot in recent months, according to real-estate website PropertyShark. Read More...

Newsday

March 17, 2011

Rich Cribs: UK pol selling in East Hampton, and more

According to PropertyShark.com, it was the priciest listing in Suffolk last week. Read More...

Forbes

March 1, 2011

Gerova Financial RIP (if only)

Stillwater nevertheless appears seriously troubled, with properties it appears to own going into foreclosure, according to PropertyShark.com. Read More...

New York Magazine

February 27, 2011

Shiny Blight

In Manhattan alone, at least 46 condo buildings built or converted in the past five years have 69 empty retail spaces, according to PropertyShark.com. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

February 25, 2011

Upper East Side Shows Its Age (Younger)

Median home prices in the area fell from $975,000 in 2008 to $850,000 at the end of last year, compared with $800,000 for Manhattan as a whole according to Property Shark. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

February 10, 2011

Paperwork Rule Slows Auctions

This froze many foreclosures in their tracks, and a report released Wednesday by PropertyShark.com showed that the number of foreclosure auctions scheduled has fallen each month since. Read More...

MarketWatch

February 9, 2011

Paperwork Rule Slows Auctions

This froze many foreclosures in their tracks, and a report released Wednesday by PropertyShark.com showed that the number of foreclosure auctions scheduled has fallen each month since. Read More...

The New York Times

February 4, 2011

The Lucky Break of Rent Stabilization

Matthew Haines, the founder of PropertyShark.com, which aggregates real estate data from hundreds of private and proprietary sources and puts the information online, is no stranger to tales of New York City real estate woe. Read More...

The New York Times

January 27, 2011

At William Beaver House, Unsold Condos Now for Rent

About 100 closings took place in 2008 and 2009, according to PropertyShark. Read More...

New York Post

January 26, 2011

Go figure

121 Units sold in Brooklyn condo Be@Schermerhorn, the city's top-selling building in 2010 according to PropertyShark Read More...

The New York Times

January 26, 2011

A Guide to Houses No Gentleman Would Dare to Frequent

But PropertyShark suggests on its Web site that the sooty-looking, four-story building only went up a century ago.Read More...

Inman News

January 18, 2011

Secrets of the real estate mega-agents

With (online search portals) PropertyShark and StreetEasy there are less buyers who feel they need the existence of a broker.Read More...

The New York Times

January 7, 2011

Suddenly, a Brooklyn Skyline

Still, it is some consolation to have the best-selling building in the city in terms of units sold, at least according to a Crain's New York Business analysis of numbers from PropertyShark. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

December 15, 2010

Freeze Slows Auction Pace

Newly scheduled foreclosure auctions citywide dropped by 39% in November from October and by 24% from a year earlier, according to statistics released by real-estate data website Propertyshark.com.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

December 4, 2010

Wilting Price for Flowers Mansion

In addition to his record purchase price for any residential sale in Manhattan, according to data from StreetEasy.com, Mr. Flowers has spent at least another $4 million to gut the building and demolish the foundation, Propertyshark.com records show.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

October 19, 2010

New Foreclosures Decline Citywide

And compared with this year's second quarter, new foreclosure activity dropped by 1% citywide, according to the data released by real-estate data website Propertyshark.com.Read More...

New York Magazine

October 3, 2010

Your New Neighbor, Inc.

Well-off individuals are used to structuring their investments this way, says Stribling's Kirk Henckels, adding that they also have been upset by websites like StreetEasy.com and PropertyShark.com, which have stoked a hunger for information about other people's transactions. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

October 1, 2010

Manhattan still a star in apartment market

There were 9,234 listings in Manhattan at the end of the third quarter, a 1.7% decline from the last quarter, according to a report by Corcoran and PropertyShark.com. Read More...

Los Angeles Times

September 27, 2010

Sacha Baron Cohen's busy real estate world

The answer to that question is not yet available from the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office, where purchases often take months to appear on public records. But real estate listing and data aggregator PropertyShark.com shows it sold for $14 million.Read More...

New York Magazine

September 10, 2010

Be a Quant

UrbanDigs.com is entering an increasingly crowded analytics field, dominated by four sites: PropertyShark.com, Trulia.com, and StreetEasy.com, plus the city's ACRIS database.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

August 25, 2010

Neat in Hamptons: $25.5 Million

The seller is Carol Morgan, according to real-estate research firm PropertyShark.com.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

August 19, 2010

Low-End Homes in 5 Boroughs

A survey compiled by PropertyShark.com for The Wall Street Journal reveals a snapshot of the extreme low end of the housing market in the five boroughs.Read More...

The New York Times

August 13, 2010

City Cemeteries Face Gridlock

Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

August 5, 2010

Foreclosure Buyer Gets Hudson Blue

CapitalSource Bank, which launched a foreclosure action more than two years ago, holds an $18.9 million lien on the condominium development, according to Propertyshark.com.Read More...

The New York Times

July 22, 2010

Trump Jr. Sells West Side Condo

According to Property Shark, the apartment has two bedrooms and about 1,450 square feet of space.Read More...

Aol Real Estate

July 2, 2010

Buy or Rent? Which Is Right for You?

Some of her favorite resources are Zillow, Property Shark and HomeGain.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

June 29, 2010

Brokers Seek Edge With Listings

Websites like Streeteasy.com and Propertyshark.com have been offering comprehensive listings for years Read More...

The New York Times

June 3, 2010

How to Be a Brainy Renter

And there are sites that contain mountains of useful data on buildings and neighborhoods, like propertyshark.com. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

June 4, 2010

Neighborhood Watch: Harlem

Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

May 28, 2010

Clinton/Hell's Kitchen

Read More...

Los Angeles Times

May 05, 2010

Beachfront property in Malibu

It's no surprise that a beachfront house in Malibu will take a huge bite out of the bank account, but PropertyShark does the math.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

May 01, 2010

Brooklyn's St. Elias on Block

"We've had some people who were serious," said Mr. Hirsch, who bought the property in 2007 for $3.5 million, according to PropertyShark.com.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

May 01, 2010

Neighborhood Watch: Upper East Side

Read More...

MSNBC

April 27, 2010

Today's Real Estate

To help determine an offering price, check closing costs of comparable homes on websites such as Propertyshark.com and Zillow.com....

USA Today

April 25, 2010

5 key steps to buying your first home, tax credit or no

To help determine an offering price, check closing costs of comparable homes on websites such as Propertyshark.com and Zillow.com.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

April 09, 2010

Diane Keaton Relists Home After Dropping Price 16%

The couple, who had a baby in August, bought a four-bedroom home plus guest house in San Francisco's Noe Valley last year for $2.4 million, according to PropertyShark.com.Read More...

Bloomberg

April 2, 2010

Manhattan Apartment Sales Jump, Buyers Seek Bargains

The Corcoran Group, which conducts its survey with research company PropertyShark.com, said the median price dropped 11 percent from a year earlier.Read More...

Inman News

April 1, 2010

Yardi Systems buys PropertyShark

Investment and property management software company Yardi Systems has bought out real estate data Web site PropertyShark.com, the company announced Thursday."Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

March 17, 2010

Developers Back Off on Grand Harlem Plans

Kimco, a shopping center real-estate investment trust based in New Hyde Park, N.Y., and Sigfeld Group acquired the 110-year-old building on 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard for $30 million in 2007, according to PropertyShark.com.Read More...

Inman News

March 5, 2010

The inexact science of square footage

"When it comes to square footage in New York City, it's the Wild West," said Bill Staniford, the CEO of real estate data Web site PropertyShark. "It's measured in so many different ways."Read More...

MSN Real Estate

February 17, 2010

9 real-estate deal breakers

Prospective homeowners should factor in expenses such as groceries, gas, child care and even property taxes, which can vary widely across the country. (Compare property taxes at Property Shark.)Read More...

Los Angeles Times

February 17, 2010

Hot Property: Biggest L.A.-area home sales of 2009?

Here's a look at the top five most expensive residential sales in the Los Angeles area last year, as identified by real estate data provider PropertyShark.com.Read More...

Los Angeles Times

February 2, 2010

Malibu home sales stayed steady in 2009 while prices took a tumble

The founder of PropertyShark.com, Haines and his team dug into third-quarter numbers to help pinpoint the five areas of prime Manhattan that have been toughest on sellers.Read More...

San Francisco Gate

January 27, 2010

Google makes home viewing up close and personal

Property Shark with its historical data on the home's previous sale transactions, and of course Google Maps with those clever but somewhat intrusive street view. Read More...

Newsday.com

January 25, 2010

Initial foreclosure notices up 84% in Hamptons

Hamptons and other East End homeowners appear to be increasingly at risk of foreclosure, according to statistics compiled by the online real estate Web site Propertyshark.com. Read More...

New York Post

January 25, 2010

Foreclose threat hits Hamptons big shots

The number of property owners on the East End of Long Island missing three mortgage payments skyrocketed 230 percent in the last quarter of 2009, compared with the same period a year before, according to court filings compiled by PropertyShark.com Read More...

Bloomberg

January 21, 2010

Brooklyn Home Prices Decline for Ninth Quarter on NYC Job Cuts

Corcoran's information was based on data collected by PropertyShark.com. Read More...

Inman News

January 8, 2010

High-cost homes turned on their heads

The Real Deal examined foreclosure data provided by PropertyShark, RealtyTrac and NYU's Furman Center and found that across the board -- from houses on cul-de-sac streets in Staten Island to tony co-op apartments on the Upper West Side -- foreclosures in the five boroughs have quietly started creeping into more well-to-do neighborhoods.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

January 5, 2010

Manhattan Residential Real Estate Now 'Reasonable'

Buyers defied the typical seasonal slowness and pounced, sending closings soaring by nearly 50% from a year earlier, according to fourth-quarter data from brokerage The Corcoran Group and PropertyShark.com.Read More...

Reuters

January 5, 2010

Plunging home prices pull Manhattan buyers back in

"The credit issue will undercut demand without a doubt", said Bill Staniford, CEO of PropertyShark.com, a foreclosure data website that collaborates on the Corcoran report. Read More...

Bloomberg

January 5, 2010

Manhattan Apartment Prices Fall as Finance Jobs Lost

The Corcoran Group, a New York-based broker that conducts its survey with the research company PropertyShark.com, said the median apartment price fell 15 percent. Read More...

The New York Times

January 1, 2010

In Real Estate Industry, Remembering a Year Worth Forgetting

Queens, was by far the hardest-hit neighborhood, with 1,000 properties currently in foreclosure, according to Propertyshark.com. Read More...

NBC

December 15, 2009

You Probably Can't Afford To Live Anywhere On This Map

The latest map by the folks at PropertyShark charts Manhattan's affordability by comparing the median list prices in each neighborhood to the median household income. Read More...

Los Angeles Times

December 4, 2009

L.A. County sales of $5 million or more at your fingertips

The founder of PropertyShark.com, Haines and his team dug into third-quarter numbers to help pinpoint the five areas of prime Manhattan that have been toughest on sellers.Read More...

New York Post

November 29, 2009

Manhattan's double dip

The housing price decline coupled with the nasty unemployment rate has resulted in a 13 percent jump in pre-foreclosure condominium court filings -- known as lis pendens -- in the third quarter across the city compared to the previous quarter, according to preliminary statistics from PropertyShark.com. Read More...

NBC

November 25, 2009

Sad State of NYC Storefronts

We're a bit obsessed with PropertyShark's latest ambitious map experiment, despite it dragging us into the depths of commercial real estate boredom. Read More...

New York Magazine

November 22, 2009

The Non-Hot Hot Spots

The founder of PropertyShark.com, Haines and his team dug into third-quarter numbers to help pinpoint the five areas of prime Manhattan that have been toughest on sellers.Read More...

Fox Business

November 13, 2009

More trouble ahead the condo market

"I actually thought it was starting to look better last quarter, but the data is still pretty weak", said Bill Staniford, chief executive of PropertyShark.com, an online real estate research company.Read More...

The Real Deal

November 11, 2009

Property shark moves into costar territory

The six-year-old online real estate data firm PropertyShark.com is opening a new front in the commercial listing wars by publishing free local retail and office listings, in a direct but limited challenge to market leaders Costar Group and Loopnet.Read More...

Economic Times

October 3, 2009

Manhattan apartment prices drop for second quarter

“The Corcoran Group, which conducts its survey with research company PropertyShark.com, said the median dropped 18% from a year earlier. Read More...

CNN Money

October 2, 2009

Manhattan home prices flattening

Bill Staniford, CEO of PropertyShark.com, which compiles Corcoran's data, is also predicting that prices could drop a bit more, though not substantially. Read More...

Bloomberg

October 2, 2009

Manhattan Apartment Prices Drop for Second Quarter

The Corcoran Group, which conducts its survey with research company PropertyShark.com, said the median dropped 18 percent from a year earlier. Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

October 2, 2009

Falling apartment prices jolt manhattan market

The market-wide median price fell 18% from a year ago, going from $971,000 to $799,000, while dipping 6% from the quarter earlier, according to a joint report from real estate brokerage The Corcoran Group and PropertyShark.com. Read More...

The New York Times

September 25, 2009

Amid a Citywide Slump, a Local Exception

Meanwhile, Bedford-Stuyvesant has been hit hard by the recession, frequently ranking among the city's top 15 neighborhoods in the number of preforeclosures, according to PropertyShark.com. Read More...

Time

August 24, 2009

The PropertyShark database, searchable by address, tracks price history, comparables, tax-roll information, owner names, demographic information, flood and fire maps and more. Read More...

The Telegraph

August 17, 2009

Houses go for a song in the Hamptons

But, according to Bill Stanford, chief executive of property information group Property Shark, these numbers may only be the tip of the iceberg. Read More...

Newsday.com

August 4, 2009

NYC foreclosures drop but some areas struggle

The report from real estate data service PropertyShark.com shows nearly two-thirds of the auctions were in Queens, which accounts for less than a third of the city's population. Read More...

MyFox New York

August 4, 2009

NYC foreclosures drop but some areas struggle

The report from real estate data service PropertyShark.com shows nearly two-thirds of the auctions were in Queens, which accounts for less than a third of the city's population. Read More...

Los Angeles Times

July 20, 2009

Out of house and home

In the second quarter of 2009, foreclosures in Los Angeles were up significantly from the first quarter of the year, to 9,263, according to PropertyShark.com, a real estate data site that tracks first-time residential foreclosures.Read More...

The New York Times

July 14, 2009

Struggling Landlords Leaving Repairs Undone

Of the 200 properties on the 2008 list, at least 77 were in foreclosure from January 2005 to October 2008, according to data from PropertyShark.com. Read More...

The New York Times

July 7, 2009

On a Harlem Block, Boarded-Up Buildings and a Changing Mood

But at 245, where it appears that renovations began with new windows, a foreclosure auction is scheduled for next week, according to data tracked by PropertyShark.com.Read More...

CNBC

July 2, 2009

NY City Apartment Sales Down More Than 50%

A report by the Corcoran Group and Property Shark.com showed the number of sales rose 10 to 15 percent from the first quarter with resales up 30 to 35 percent.Read More...

CNN Money

July 2, 2009

Manhattan home prices plunge

But there are a couple of positive factors prompting many entry-level buyers to get into the market, according to Bill Staniford, CEO of PropertyShark.com, which compiled Corcoran's statistics.Read More...

Reuters

July 2, 2009

NY City apartment sales down over 50 percent

A report by the Corcoran Group and Property Shark.com showed the number of sales rose 10 to 15 percent from the first quarter with resales up 30 to 35 percent. Read More...

Bloomberg

July 2, 2009

The Corcoran Group, which conducts its survey with the property research Web site PropertyShark.com, put the decline at 13 percent. Read More...

The New York Times

June 5, 2009

Short Sale, Long Wait

From January to April, there were 2,520 lis pendens - or notifications of foreclosure - in Suffolk County and 1,888 in Nassau, according to propertyshark.com.Read More...

The New York Times

May 30, 2009

Mapping Foreclosures in the New York Region

A New York Times analysis found that foreclosure rates in the region were highest in areas with high minority populations. Read More...

The New York Times

May 15, 2009

My New House? I Met It Online

He also checks out sites like PropertyShark.com for the most recent sales price and ownership information on specific listings.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

May 7, 2009

Has Los Angeles Hit Bottom?

Of course, as we've been blogging here, the same can't be said for the rest of the state, which PropertyShark doesn't analyze. Read More...

The New York Times

May 1, 2009

Affordable Homes, via Foreclosures

According to Propertyshark.com, an online company that tracks real estate data, there were 943 new foreclosures on the Island in the first quarter of this year, a two-year high, up 77 percent compared with the first quarter of 2008.Read More...

The New York Times

April 10, 2009

Trying to Replace Brokers With Auctioneers

Power will not be concentrated in a gavel-wielding hand; instead, an engine built by PropertyShark.com will register online and in-person bids and essentially run the auction.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

April 10, 2009

'Walkable' Communities Regain Favor

Contributor Matthew Haines of the real estate Web site PropertyShark.com sent us this map of New York City yesterday. Read More...

Seattle Times

April 10, 2009

Historic drop for Manhattan housing market

"It's a breathtaking drop compared to what we've seen in the last five years," said Matthew Haines, chairman of PropertyShark.com, a real-estate Web site.Read More...

CNBC

April 2, 2009

Manhattan Apartment Prices Fall in First Quarter

The median resale price of an existing Manhattan apartment fell 11 percent to $749,000 in the first quarter, according to a report from PropertyShark.com, a foreclosure data Website and The Corcoran Group, New York City's largest brokerage.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

April 2, 2009

Manhattan Real-Estate Market Skids as Sales Slump

Sales of units in newly constructed buildings dropped 67% in the first quarter, and closings slid 52% compared with a year earlier. Inventory climbed 29% to 12,336 listings in March, the highest level in more than eight years, according to a report by real-estate brokerage The Corcoran Group and PropertyShark.com.Read More...

Reuters

April 2, 2009

As Wall Street suffers, Manhattan apartment prices fall

The median resale price of an existing Manhattan apartment fell 11 percent to $749,000 in the first quarter, according to a report from PropertyShark.com, a foreclosure data Website and The Corcoran Group, New York City's largest brokerage. Read More...

Associated Press

April 2, 2009

Historic Drop for Manhattan Housing Market

"It's a breathtaking drop compared to what we've seen in the last five years," said Matthew Haines, chairman of PropertyShark.com, a real estate Web site. Read More...

San Francisco Gate

April 2, 2009

When a New Listing is Not Quite What it Seems

It pays to know a home's sales history. If the listing doesn't provide background information on the property, use online tools such as Property Shark, Redfin or Zillow to gather data -- or simply ask the agent for a full disclosure. Read More...

The New York Times

March 11, 2009

A Cold Season in the Hamptons

Lenders filed around 260 default notices, the first step in the legal process of foreclosure, against Hamptons property owners in 2008, according to PropertyShark.com, a research serviceRead More...

The Wall Street Journal

February 25, 2009

High Maintenance: The Reason a Manhattan Studio Costs Only $189K

We recently added residential listings to PropertyShark.com, and as a way to spice that up, we added a little section we were going to call "The Bottom Feeder", listing the 10 cheapest studios, one bedroom and two bedroom apartments in Manhattan and other boroughs.Read More...

Newsday.com

February 18, 2009

Homeownership harder to attain, retain in Levittown

John Reid can do tricks with doves, rabbits and playing cards. He can transform balloons into a princess with a quick turn of his hands. Read More...

Cnet News

February 16, 2009

5 services to help you buy a house

...That's when PropertyShark provides the most value. Read More...

The New York Times

February 6, 2009

The Downside for Condos in a Downturn

According to figures provided by the online research company PropertyShark.com, condo lien filings more than doubled in Brooklyn during the second half of 2008Read More...

MSNBC

February 4, 2009

How to snag a house at auction

Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

January 28, 2009

The Day the New York Real Estate Market Lost Its Nerve

But we at PropertyShark think it was the downward plunge of the stock market that began at the end of September and continued for the next two weeks.Read More...

Newsday.com

January 14, 2009

Hempstead Town tops in foreclosure auction scheduling

John Reid can do tricks with doves, rabbits and playing cards. He can transform balloons into a princess with a quick turn of his hands. Read More...

Reuters

January 7, 2009

L.A. foreclosures up 69 percent from a year ago

Fourth-quarter home foreclosures in both Los Angeles and Miami dipped from the previous quarter but rose versus a year ago, said real estate research firm PropertyShark.com, which warned the weak economy would spawn more foreclosures.Read More...

CNBC

January 6, 2009

Manhattan Apartment Prices Fall Nearly 4%

According to the Corcoran/PropertyShark report, median existing sales prices fell 4 percent year over year to $759,000 in the fourth quarter.Read More...

Reuters

January 6, 2009

Manhattan apartment prices fall, will drop further

According to the Corcoran/PropertyShark report, median existing sales prices fell 4 percent year over year to $759,000 in the fourth quarter.Read More...

The New York Times

January 6, 2009

Striking Declines Seen in Manhattan Real Estate Market

"The worst is yet to come; there is a blood bath coming", said Matthew Haines, a founder of the real estate site Propertyshark.com who prepared the Corcoran report.Read More...

The Wall Street Journal

January 6, 2009

Manhattan's Sterling Real-Estate Market Begins to Tarnish

Read More...


(For all media inquiries, please contact (718) 715-1758 or pr@propertyshark.com)