PropertyShark Staff

Most expensive new properties for sale in Los Angeles this week

Here are the three most expensive properties that we identified in Los Angeles that hit the market in the past week. Each one of these properties has unique features of some type. It can be anything from 128 feet of beach frontage to a private spa, media room or city views.  You can click on…

Top 5 Manhattan Distressed Properties with Highest Mortgage Amount in 2009

Here are what we found to be the top 5 Manhattan properties (by mortgage amount) with a lis pendens filed against them. The rental apartment buildings at 2225 5 Avenue and 2171 Madison Avenue shared the highest mortgage amount among the distressed properties in Manhattan for 2009. The mortgage was for $225,000,000. Properties reportedly owned…

Q4 2009 Manhattan Apartment Sales Map

In conjunction with Corcoran, PropertyShark.com just released the Q4 2009 Corcoran Report, covering apartment sales (condo & coops) in Manhattan from the last quarter of 2009. For a visual perspective, we have put together an interactive map showing all sales that took place in the fourth quarter of 2009. The size of the circle indicates…

$5 Million Homes sold in Manhattan in 2009

We found out that in 2009 through mid November there were 211 condo, coop, single family homes sold in Manhattan with a closed sale price of at least $5 million. Check out our new interactive map that plots all those properties. Browse our current Manhattan homes for sale or look up any New York property…

Los Angeles $5 Million Dollar Home Sale Map

Check out our new interactive map that plots all single family homes and condominiums that sold and closed for at least $5,000,000 in 2009 (as recorded through Nov 15th) within Los Angeles County. For more details please refer to the Los Angeles Times article that covered the story. Browse our current Los Angeles homes for…

NYC Map Plots Vacant Retail Space

Part of our effort to build a comprehensive commercial listings engine in New York City (please refer to The Real Deal article for details) is to empower our users with new and unique search tools. One of our new tools is a retail space vacancy map. We now map vacant stores across New York City,…

Largest coop price drops of the week found on the Upper East Side

Here are the top three coops with the largest price drops in the past week in New York City: Browse current apartments for sale on the Upper East Side.

PropertyShark Passes 500,000 User Milestone

PropertyShark is proud to announce that we have surpassed 500,000 registered users! Registered users include active real estate professionals, investors and home buyers that have made an account on PropertyShark.com. Hundreds of thousands of additional anonymous site visitors also use the free and open areas of PropertyShark.com such as the For Sale Listings (http://propertyshark.com/mason/Real-Estate-Listings). Site…

PROPERTYSHARK.COM SURPASSES 500,000 REGISTERED USERS

New York City, November 10th, 2009 – PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate data website, announced that it has surpassed 500,000 registered user accounts. Registered users include active real estate professionals, investors and home buyers. In a…

Suffolk County foreclosures up 103% from Q3 2008

There were 454 new foreclosures in Suffolk County in Q3 2009, up 103% from Q3 2008, but down 8% from Q2 2009.  Only 5% of the total number of foreclosures were located in the Hamptons.  See the interactive Suffolk County foreclosure map below. Brookhaven (148) and Islip (126) had the highest number of new foreclosures…

Manhattan Neighborhood Mini-Guides

Manhattan is well known for its variety of neighborhoods, each with a distinctive offering for any apartment shopper. To make life easier for apartment buyers browsing our site, we have created a set of Manhattan neighborhood pages. Each page contains useful links to school, subway, and crime maps, stats and an interactive map on closed…

Sixty-seven properties in Orange County listed for sale for over $10 milion

There currently are 67 homes listed for sale in Orange County with an asking price of $10 million or more. Here are some examples: 215 Evening Canyon Road, Corona Del Mar 5 Beds 7 Baths 6,278 Sqft Price: $13,985,000 21 High Water, Newport Coast 5 Beds 7 Baths 8,500 Sqft Price: $12,500,000 People can now…

Largest Price Drops of Last Week for Los Angeles Homes

We took a look to see which properties had the largest listing price cuts in Los Angeles during the past week. Here are the top three. Browse current homes for sale in Los Angeles County.

PropertyShark Launches Discussion Forum (Beta Version)

We’ve recently launched a forum called SharkTalk for people to discuss different topics related to the real estate market. It’s a free service to view and post. Read the latest discussion and state your opinion at http://www.propertyshark.com/SharkTalk/

Manhattan coop and condo for sale prices

We looked at some specific Manhattan neighborhoods and examined the median price for the coops/condos that are currently listed for sale considering the number of bedrooms.  Here is what we’ve found for Harlem, Upper East Side and Upper West Side: Browse current Manhattan for sale listings

New York City Crime Map on PropertyShark

We just added a new interactive map showing crime levels throughout NYC for the first 9 months of 2009. The crime map allows users to go down to the highest zoom level and find stats for the precinct for any building for all of 2008 as well as 2009 to date. Users can also search…

Priciest Manhattan listing of last week – 240 Centre Street

This wonderful masterpiece at 240 Centre Street in Little Italy was designed by the world renowned architect Charles Gwathmey “within the former gymnasium of the original 1905 Beaux Arts Police Headquarters Building”. The coop was listed for sale last week for 19.95 million dollars.  See the current for sale listings and view the property report…

Q2 2009 Foreclosure Report Issued by PropertyShark.com Covering Long Island Foreclosures

Suffolk County Foreclosures Jump 62% Compared to Q2 2008, While Nassau County Foreclosures Decline by 33%, Says Q2 Long Island Foreclosure Report by PropertyShark.com
East Hampton, NY, July 21, 2009 – PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate da…

Q2 2009 Foreclosure Report Issued by PropertyShark.com Covering New York City, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles Foreclosures

Seattle Foreclosures Rocket 105% Higher in the Second Quarter of 2009, Los Angeles Up 47% and New York City Foreclosures Up 3% from Q1 2009 Says PropertyShark.com Report
New York, July 8, 2009 – PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate data sit…

April 2009 Foreclosure Report Issued by PropertyShark.com Covering New York City, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles Foreclosures

Miami Foreclosures up 13% and Seattle up 78% from April 2008 says PropertyShark.com Report. Los Angeles and New York City Foreclosures Down 20%
Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2009 – PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate data site, today released i…