Zoom In: NYC Retail Space Vacancy
The NYC retail market, challenged worldwide only by the Hong Kong market, has always done fabulously due to ever-increasing interest from big retailers around the world. But in the past years, the biggest retail corridors have been seeing explosive rents, as if trying to mirror the ascending trend in home prices. As such, nobody had been particularly surprised to see store and office…
NYC Commercial Real Estate: October’s Biggest Sales
How did the NYC commercial real estate segment do in October? Our top 10 list of the most expensive commercial sales reveals which were the latest important transactions in the Big Apple; most of the names referring to Manhattan office, retail and loft deals. Not all, though, as there’s also a building in the Bronx claiming one of the spotlights. Take…
How to Run an Accurate Condo Appraisal in NYC
See how to perform accurate condo appraisals in NYC using precise comparables, comprehensive for-sale inventories, foreclosures, maps & more.
10 Fabulous Homes for Rent in San Francisco Right Now
2015 has been a landmark year for the San Francisco real estate market. The housing shortage and the influx of tech workers have encouraged the median home price to jump over the $1 million threshold and reach an all-time-high of $1.18 million in Q2. And things are not too much different in the rental market. Vacancy rates are quite low, which may…
How to find more leads among condo owners
As a residential broker, building long-term relationships with clients and finding prospects is essential for success in this business. Maintaining a steady flow of leads is closely connected to how much exposure you gain and how you manage to reinforce your presence on the market. Direct-mail is still a very efficient marketing channel when you…
Zoom In: Which NYC Borough Has Seen the Most Crimes in the Last Month?
Whether you’re planning to buy a house or invest in one, you’re probably ready to put in as much time in doing research on the property as you are in learning about the area. To help you decide if it’s safe enough to build or buy in a certain area, we’re inviting you to check out our monthly-updated Crime Map, which tracks…
While Derelict Detroit Buildings are Razed to the Ground, Million-Dollar Listings Make a Comeback
A few weeks back, we’ve looked at how Queens and the Bronx have been reshaped within the past decade by new projects. But what happens when instead of embellishing the local real estate landscape with new developments, funding goes towards razing properties to the ground? No, it’s not opposite day; it’s the case of Detroit,…
Queens Sees All-Time-High in Luxury Sales
Manhattan – Brooklyn – Queens. The search for affordability has been forcing many NYC home buyers to follow this path in order to find a home. As prices are sky rocketing in Manhattan and more than half of Brooklyn, Queens is now stepping into the limelight as the most desirable borough where one can still find an affordable…
How to Research Condos in NYC: Find Building Management & Contact Details, Condo Declarations, Owners & More
Find out how to research condos in New York City the easy way: find management information, unit owners, sales records, condo declarations and more.
11 Now-and-Then Images Show a Transformed NYC: The Queens and Bronx Edition
If Manhattan and Brooklyn have always been the talk of the town in terms of real estate development, it’s time for Queens and the Bronx to step into the limelight. Backed up by strong demand and low vacancies, construction activity has been picking up in less hyped areas of New York City, with major new…
Shark Sightings This Fall: Real Estate Events We’re Attending!
Busy times ahead! As the industry is pushing towards a strong finish in 2015, we will be attending several real estate events in New York. We hope to use these opportunities to meet our clients and spark interesting conversations around trending topics for the real estate community. Here is where you can come and talk…
Zoom In: Brooklyn’s Condo and Co-Op Sales Activity in Q3, 2015
In Q3, 2015, Brooklyn continued to be a seller’s market. Buyer demand outpaced inventory despite the fact that median home sale prices in more than half of Brooklyn neighborhoods are skyrocketing, with the luxury segment in particular thriving. According to the Corcoran report, last quarter registered 1,271 co-op and condo sales, a 7% decrease compared to Q2, 2015. The…
A Decade of Home Price Changes in NYC Reveals a Very Divided City
Everywhere we turn these days, the real estate headlines seem to announce the same thing: “Average home prices in Manhattan hit a new record.” Then a new one. And it’s not just in Manhattan that home prices have been sky-rocketing month after month. In parts of Brooklyn and Queens average home price tags are boasting staggering numbers, as…
Agent-Branded Reports for the NYC Commercial Real Estate Market May Be Your Next Best Thing
How are you keeping up with the latest trends in the NYC market? If you use market reports for your own research, for your marketing or for client presentations, the following piece of news will be music to your ears: we’re planning to develop a new tool which will help you generate agent-branded reports for the NYC commercial real estate market,…
Zoom In: Manhattan’s Condo and Co-op Sales Activity in Q3, 2015
Manhattan has just ended “one of the strongest summer selling seasons in the last five years” states the Corcoran real estate market report for Q3. The total number of Manhattan condo and co-op sales was up by 3% compared with 2014. There were 4,082 units sold at a median price of $999K, a 10-year-high price and a 5%…
Zoom In: Which NYC Areas Have Unused Development Rights?
For NYC developers, the air in the Big Apple may soon become almost as valuable as the land. With land prices going up and not too much space to build horizontally, the right to build vertically has gotten a lot of attention lately and will continue to do so especially if the law governing the transferable development…
We’ve Just Launched Our App!
Mobile users of PropertyShark, we’re excited to let you know that our real estate app for Apple and Android is out and ready for you to download it! With our mobile visits now accounting for almost half of the total website traffic, we know many of you have been asking for an app that would give you faster…
How-to Get Weekly Updates on NYC Sales
In real estate, fast access to market insights and accurate data is key for securing excellent business results. Unfortunately, getting access to up-to-date sales records may require you to research multiple sources, which is a time-consuming task. To help you save time and effort, we designed the Weekly Transfer Email, a feature which delivers timely…
Infographic: The Hottest Real Estate Markets Right Now
While most real estate markets across the country are slowly progressing along the road to recovery, others are already reaching peaks seen only before the onset of the financial crisis. Or have even exceeded those, registering all-time-high values. This is the case of the San Francisco real estate market, the hottest residential market at the moment, where Manhattan home…
L.A. City School Project. Satellite Images
Augustus F. Hawkins High School [before-after label_one=”2005″ label_two=”2014″] [/before-after]  East Valley High School [before-after label_one=”2005″ label_two=”2014″] [/before-after]  Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School [before-after label_one=”2005″ label_two=”2014″] [/before-after] Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, Miguel Contreras Learning Complex [before-after label_one=”2005″ label_two=”2014″] [/before-after]  San Pedro Senior High [before-after label_one=”2005″…
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