Roxana Baiceanu
Roxana is an associate editor with Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive. In the past, she also created content for PropertyShark and Point2Homes’ blog pages. She also has 5 years of experience as a marketing copywriter.
Sep.17, NYC: The Real Estate Networking Event You’ve Been Waiting for All Year
If you ever attended or heard about our real estate networking events, then you’ll want to mark this date right away: Thursday, September 17th, at the Liberty Theater, PropertyShark is hosting its 8th annual client appreciation party, from 5:30PM to 10PM. RSVP today, bring up to 2 other people with you to the party, and let’s see…
Get Ready for This Year’s San Francisco Real Estate Networking Event Organized by PropertyShark
It’s happening on August 4th and you’re invited! This year’s San Francisco Real Estate Networking Event organized by PropertyShark will kick off on August 4th at Redford. You should be there if you’d like to connect with fellow professionals from all niches of the real estate industry. When: Tuesday August 4th from 5PM to 10PM Where: Redford, 673 Geary St., San…
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Miss PropertyShark’s Real Estate Networking Event in L.A.
Get ready! The perfect real estate event to stay productive this summer without losing the vacation mood is almost here. On July 30th, we’ll be in Los Angeles hosting PropertyShark’s Annual Networking Event. You should be there — it’s the best chance to meet with fellow real estate professionals and enjoy a great evening at a great location! When: Thur., July 30, 5PM to…
Zoom In: L.A. County Zoning Map Shows What You Can Build and Where in Los Angeles
If you’ve ever built in Los Angeles County, you probably know that one of the main challenges you may be facing at the beginning is not knowing where the best areas for development are. While there are many resources out there which provide specific information at the local level, researching each of them can be very time consuming. That’s why it would be…
L.A. Median Home Price Climbs to $475,000 in May, the Highest Value This Year
After three consecutive years of growth, the L.A. housing market has gotten even hotter in the first months of this year. Both home prices and sales went up in May, although at a slower pace compared to the previous months. As you can see in the table below, the median home sale price in May reached a peak value of $475,000, slightly up from…
Infographic: The Billions Traded in Real Estate
If you need help putting into perspective the billions that get traded in real estate, the latest research done by our friends at RENTCafé comes in handy. The infographic they created shows that the value of all U.S. homes amounts to a staggering $26,500 billion, which is twice the value of all homes in Canada and the U.K. combined; the total…
Zoom In: Where Are the Most NYC Pre Foreclosures Hiding?
Locating pre foreclosures — distressed properties which haven’t yet hit the auction block — in the tight NYC real estate market is not an easy thing. These properties have a special status because they are not yet foreclosures and cannot be found on regular listing websites. When investors search for pre foreclosures, the first thing they do after…
The Cheapest Home Sales in Silicon Valley’s Most Expensive Zip Codes
Can you call some of the most expensive zip codes in Silicon Valley home and still pay under $1 million? Taking into account the transactions closed in May in Silicon Valley’s hottest zip codes, the answer would be … only if you don’t mind living in a condo! The only properties we found under $700,000 were 3 one-bedroom apartments in Belmont…
America’s Best Cities for Religion
If you think religion, which U.S. city first comes to mind? While we know that a city with many places of worship doesn’t necessarily become a “religious city,” we were still curious to find which of the largest metropolises have the most religious venues per population density. For this, we looked into our database of over 18 million properties and,…
Zoom In: Crime Incidents in Los Angeles
Are you considering a property in Los Angeles and would like to know how safe the area is? Run a quick neighborhood crime analysis with the help of our Los Angeles Crime Map and find out what crime incidents took place in the area of your interest last month. And just so you don’t think that Los Angeles…
Los Angeles’ Skyline Sees Impressive Changes (2007 and Now)
Has Los Angeles‘ skyline changed a lot since 2007? Judging from the before-and-after slideshows published by our colleagues at RENTCafé, there’s been quite a lot going on in terms of development in California’s largest city. Here’s how two of the downtown areas which have seen the most impressive changes looked back in 2007/2008 and how they look right now:…
Zoom In: The Hot Spots of Brooklyn Condo and Coop Sales Closed during the First Quarter of 2015
A total of 1,108 co-op and condo sales have been recorded during the first quarter of 2015, down 5% from the same quarter last year, shows the Corcoran Report, developed in collaboration with PropertyShark. The median sale price was $550K, a 25% increase Y-o-Y. Get “the big picture” of Brooklyn’s sales activity by checking out our updated Brooklyn Sales…
Multifamily Rents Scored a Second All-Time High in April: $1,105
The latest YardiMatrix Monthly report published by our colleagues at Pierce Eislen shows that after a slight decline in March, US multifamily rents resumed their upward trend in April. Nationally, the average rent reached $1,105, only $3 below the all-time high recorded earlier this year in February. Top performing rental markets On a national level, rents grew by 4.3% Y-o-Y, with…
Blockbuster NYC Buildings in Q1 2013
After being crowned NYC’s best selling building 2 years in a row, the time has come for Williamsburg’s The Edge to leave its top spot. Q1 2013 brought a new wave of buildings into PropertyShark’s top 10 list of buildings with most units sold, half of them having median sale prices over $1 million. Upper…
Mobile Property Reports Are Here!
From the feedback we’ve been constantly receiving from our users (thanks so much, by the way!), we know that many of you have been facing the challenge of solving more client requests while on the go. In the light of this, we’re excited to let you know that we’ve just launched a product that’s meant…
PropertyShark Reaches the 1-Million Members Milestone in Time for Its 10-Year Anniversary
Ten years after PropertyShark.com was launched, we’re very happy to announce that we’ve passed the 1-million registered members milestone, just in time for our anniversary. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our users for helping us grow through giving us their business, passing on recommendations, or simply for browsing our site. Because…
Hotel Investments in NYC Saw Sharp Fall in 2012
Although last year the overall activity in the commercial sector in NYC was the most upbeat we’ve seen in 5 years, the hotel segment was far from boasting the same results.The sales volume dropped by 58%, totaling only $1.6 billion. This is a sharp fall from the results seen in 2011, but still at least…
NYC Demolition Permits Slowly Rising, while New Building Permits’ Decline May Be Leveling Out
One of the (very) early signs that new construction is about to start is that old buildings are being demolished. In New York City, the total number of demolition permits issued in all boroughs has been on an upward trend, although it’s a slow rise. NYC Demolition Permits See a 5% Uptick There were 1,174…
Top Selling Buildings in NYC
Last year’s waves of sales at Williamsburg’s splashiest development The Edge crowned the building as the top selling NYC building for the second year in a row. With 167 units sold in 2012 at a median price of $804,418, added to the 272 sold in 2011, The Edge has all its 565 units now sold.
$10M+ Home Sales Surge in the Hamptons
As activity in the luxury market was booming in Manhattan and Brooklyn throughout 2012, the Hamptons didn’t lag behind either. Here’s the proof: sales in the very high end of the Hamptons housing market ($10 million and over) jumped 44% in 2012! The overall picture looked encouraging as well. Sellers and buyers of homes in…