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Top Stories - PropertyShark as Seen in ...The New York Times April 5, 2012 'Upstairs, Downstairs,' Apartment-StyleThese 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 2011Most 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 NonbelieversPropertyshark 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 RanksDumbo 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 CondoIn 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 ReportsIn 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 feetIn 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 LeasedNonetheless, 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 StartIn 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 DoorsThe building measures 7406 square feet, according to PropertyShark.com. Read More... The Wall Street Journal October 18, 2011 Picking Over the Low EndA 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 ForeclosureAccording 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 SitesPROPERTYSHARK also provides ownership history, in a more consumer-friendly format. Read More... New York Magazine September 18, 2011 New York ExceptionalismForeclosures, 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 ForeclosedThe 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 BargainFewer 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 HomeKnowing 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 PenthouseMatthew 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 OnlineFor 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 onlineFor 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 TimeForeclosure 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 BlockThe 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 BlockThe 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 PartyTo 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 MirrorProperty 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 AheadThe 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 OffBy 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 BlockThe 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 PropertiesOther 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 CurbsIn 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 CurbsIn 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 BuildingsProperties 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 moreAccording 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 BlightIn 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 AuctionsThis 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 AuctionsThis 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 StabilizationMatthew 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 RentAbout 100 closings took place in 2008 and 2009, according to PropertyShark. Read More... New York Post January 26, 2011 Go figure121 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 FrequentBut 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-agentsWith (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 SkylineStill, 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 PaceNewly 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 MansionIn 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 CitywideAnd 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 marketThere 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 worldThe 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 QuantUrbanDigs.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 MillionThe 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 BoroughsA 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 Wall Street Journal August 5, 2010 Foreclosure Buyer Gets Hudson BlueCapitalSource 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 CondoAccording 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 ListingsWebsites 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 RenterAnd there are sites that contain mountains of useful data on buildings and neighborhoods, like propertyshark.com. Read More... Los Angeles Times May 05, 2010 Beachfront property in MalibuIt'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... MSNBC April 27, 2010 Today's Real EstateTo 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 noTo 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 BargainsThe 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 PropertySharkInvestment 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 PlansKimco, 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 breakersProspective 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 tumbleThe 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 personalProperty 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 HamptonsHamptons 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 shotsThe 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 CutsCorcoran's information was based on data collected by PropertyShark.com. Read More... Inman News January 8, 2010 High-cost homes turned on their headsThe 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 LostThe 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 ForgettingQueens, 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 MapThe 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 fingertipsThe 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 dipThe 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 StorefrontsWe'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 SpotsThe 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 territoryThe 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 flatteningBill 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 QuarterThe 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 marketThe 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 ExceptionMeanwhile, 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 HamptonsBut, 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 struggleThe 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 struggleThe 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 homeIn 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 UndoneOf 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 MoodBut 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 plungeBut 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 percentA 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 WaitFrom 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 RegionA 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 OnlineHe 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 ForeclosuresAccording 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 AuctioneersPower 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 FavorContributor 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 QuarterThe 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 SlumpSales 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 fallThe 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 SeemsIt 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 HamptonsLenders 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 $189KWe 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 LevittownJohn 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 DownturnAccording 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... The Wall Street Journal January 28, 2009 The Day the New York Real Estate Market Lost Its NerveBut 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 schedulingJohn 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 agoFourth-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 furtherAccording 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 TarnishRead More... (For all media inquiries, please contact (718) 715-1758 or pr@propertyshark.com) |


