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New York City’s REO Program – A Year On

Over a year ago the City of New York started a new program to facilitate home ownership for low- and medium-income families in some of New York’s hardest hit neighborhoods, thus preventing the further decline of those neighborhoods severely impacted by foreclosures. Under the REO Program, the City will use a third-party non-profit organization –…

American Realty Capital buys Interior Design Building for $32.7 Million

A deed recorded yesterday, July 8th 2010, shows that American Realty Capital has bought the Interior Design Building at 306 East 61st Street for $32,755,955, or $561 per square foot.  The building features 51,640 square feet of office space and 6,700 of retail space. American Realty Capital has invested in several properties in New York…

Top 3 priciest apartments listed for sale last week in Manhattan

Here are top 3 properties in New York City with the highest asking price that hit the market in the past week. You can click on the photos for more listing details or click on the addresses for detailed property reports. 80 Columbus Circle #PH77B, Upper West Side, 10019 Condo Beds: 4 Baths: 5.5 Asking…

Long Island Real Estate Networking Event on July 20th

Join over 400 investors and real estate professionals at the next PropertyShark networking event at Savannah Lounge in Nassau County on July 20th. It’s free but you must register in advance at https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/rsvp.html Meet other leaders in real estate and find referrals, jobs, and deals!

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…

Bank 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…

Brooklyn 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…

Hampton 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…

Rebound 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…

Adjacent 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…

Top 3 priciest homes listed for sale last week in Suffolk County

Here are top 3 properties in Suffolk County with the highest price that hit the market in the past week. You can click on the photos for more listing details or click on the addresses for detailed property reports. 7 Lloyd Cove Court, Lloyd Harbor, NY 11743 Single family home Beds: 5 Baths: 5 Asking…

The Hamptons: Top 5 Biggest Sales in 2010 (so far)

Recently released first quarter market reports indicated a rebound of the Hampton’s real estate market from last year. We took a look at the most expensive homes in the Hamptons to close since the beginning of the year. 1. 364 Further Lane, East Hampton The house was sold for $17,570,000 in January 2010. According to…

2009 Malibu Residential Sales Map

In this PropertyShark study on the value of a beachfront property in Malibu, we see that the median sale price for beachfront homes is 51% higher than it is for homes on the ocean side of the Pacific Coast Highway (but not beachfront) and 122% higher than for those on the other side of the…

Retail Spaces For Lease in New Developments

We have taken a look at several retail spaces available for lease in new developments across Manhattan. 1. 150 Amsterdam Avenue 150 Amsterdam Avenue is the site of a new 42-story rental designed by Handel Architects, according to Curbed. Two retail spaces, totaling 22,691 square feet are available for lease in the building, according to…

Q1 2010 map for Brooklyn closed condo and coop sales

In conjunction with Corcoran, we developed the Q1 2010 Corcoran Report covering closed apartment sales (condos and coops) in Brooklyn for Q1 2010. For a visual perspective, we have put together an interactive map showing the sales that took place in the first quarter of 2010. The size of the circle indicates the number of…

Q1 2010 Manhattan condo and coop closed sales map

PropertyShark.com, in collaboration with Corcoran,  recently published the Q1 2010 Corcoran Report covering apartment sales (condos and coops) in Manhattan for Q1 2010. Here is an interactive map showing the sales that took place in the first quarter of 2010. The size of the circle indicates the number of sales in the building and the…

Manhattan Absorption Rate in Q1 2010

We looked at single-family homes, condo and coop units that sold in Manhattan during Q1 2010 and compared them with the current for sale inventory. From the chart it can be seen that the highest absorption rate is on the Upper West Side (48%), followed by Chelsea & Flatiron (34%) and by the Upper East…

Top New York City Commercial Deals In March 2010

PropertyShark has identified the top commercial deals that happened during March 2010. Here are the top three: (Click on the photo to see current for sale listings in each building) 45 E 135 St, New York, 10037 At the top of the list is the Riverton Complex located at 45 East 135 in East Harlem….

Top 3 priciest homes newly listed for sale last week in the Hamptons

PropertyShark has identified the top 3 properties in the Hamptons with the highest price that hit the market in the past week. You can click on the photos for more listing details or click on the addresses for detailed property reports. At the top of the list is a 7,000 square foot single-family home, located…

Yardi Systems Acquires PropertyShark for Real Estate Data

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Yardi Systems, Inc.
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SANTA BARBARA, CALIF., March 31, 2010 – Yardi Systems announced today that it has acquired PropertyShark, creators of PropertyShark.com, the premier r…

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