Carroll Gardens, Chelsea – the Superstar NYC Nabes of 2013
The past year has brought quite a lot of change to the crème de la crème of New York City’s housing market. Now, this could mean a lot of things, but reassuringly enough 2013 was mostly about progress in top-of-the-line NYC residential real estate. As the impact of the recession fades, it is slowly beginning…
Bronx Real Estate Market Sees Fewer Home Sales, Slightly Bigger Prices
How has the Bronx real estate market developed in the course of the past five years? Our analysts pulled out all sales data on single- & two-family homes, condos, and coops recorded in the 2008 – 2013 timeframe, putting together a quick overview of the Bronx housing market. Despite a sizable drop in the number…
NYC Market Size in the Past Decade: 2007 Frontrunner with $109 Billion
It’s December. Year-end lists are bound to be heading your way. So we thought we’d do something a little different: we’ve looked back at the past ten years, and added up all NYC property sales (commercial, residential, and industrial) collected by PropertyShark throughout the past decade, in order to determine the market size. In case…
NYC Soil Pollution Exposed: Mapping All Toxic Sites around the City
    Our NYC Toxic Sites Map has been getting a lot of media attention lately; and there’s a good reason for that! Bringing together all known toxic spots in NYC, our handy map lets you know whether you should fear any health or financial woes when deciding to invest in a certain…
See Past the LLC Part 2: Find the Real Owner of an NYC Property
In our previous blog post called See Past the LLC: 3 Ways to Unmask the Real Owner of an NYC Property, we talked about the three easiest ways to find out the real name of a property owner. As promised, here’s a follow-up to that article, detailing three alternative ways to get behind an LLC:…
See where the fun is: Mapping NYC and LA’s Halloween party locations
Looking for a good scare this Halloween? We’ve put together two fun maps with some of the best party locations around NYC and LA to help you spot the one that’s closest to you! Moreover, we’ve broken them down into 2 categories: the ones that are adult-centered – and may involve alcohol and late hours…
Before & After Satellite Images of Major NYC Developments
Our sister company, Point2Homes, has compiled a nifty collection of satellite images that reveal just how radically some major developments have changed a number of iconic NYC sites. Initially featured as part of an exclusive story in the popular NYC publication Gothamist, these images show how growth and new developments have changed the scenery in…
Luxury Condo in SoHo Scheduled for Auction
Manhattan is no stranger to big-ticket foreclosure auctions, with properties once valued above the $60 million mark ending up on the foreclosure block. But aside from the inevitable media spectacle they give rise to, very few of these properties are of interest to home buyers and investors as their lien amount generally exceeds their valuation….
NYC Unaffordability Map Puts Fast Gentrifying Areas in the Limelight
What’s an unaffordability map? Well, it’s what came out of a special request from the Gothamist editorial team, who wanted to see which neighborhoods are gentrifying the fastest. By measuring the median home sale price in each census tract, divided by the median household income, the map highlights which neighborhoods in the city’s five boroughs…
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…
PropertyShark Real Estate Networking Party
We wish to thank all 800+ attendees of the PropertyShark Real Estate Networking Party last week at Vermilion restaurant in Manhattan. Business cards were exchanged, many new vital connections were made and the best part is we all had a blast. Some of our guests described the event as “the best one they attended all…
PropertyShark Upcoming Real Estate Networking Party in Manhattan
The event will be held on Wednesday, June 5th, at the Vermilion restaurant, in Manhattan, starting from 6 p.m. Admission is free for all those who register in advance.
Announcing the final winners in our Facebook contest
The most anticipated moment of our contest has finally arrived! It’s time to announce the final winners of both the lifetime subscription to PropertyShark services and of our big prize, the iPad Mini. The good news is that, once again, there are 2 people who won subscriptions. Votes were pouring in on the last minute for Gabe Chitzlifs and…
And the third week winner is..
Kamla Jaikaran!  She shared her PropertyShark story with us on Facebook and won a lifetime subscription. Here is her story: “I started using propertyshark to complete my BPOs and what a difference; it has facilitated the whole process. So much better that the local MLS. There are properties that closed and agents haven’t update the MLS…
Second Round Winner in Our Facebook Contest
The second round of our Facebook contest is over, thank you all for your submissions and for your nice words. Joshua Haller is this week’s lucky winner of a lifetime subscription.  Joshua managed to get 11 votes from his friends with the following story: “I have been working in Real Estate for 4 years and…
Selling Homes? These Are the Most Popular Keywords NYC Agents Use to Sell Fast
Selling a property can take a long time, and in NYC the average selling time can last even longer than in many other parts of the nation. One of the things that agents can do to speed up a sale is to work on the listing description carefully. And if you ever wondered what those…
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…
5-Year High for NYC Commercial Sales Volume
The surprise came from Brooklyn last year: the borough managed to register a 5-year record in commercial transactions due to the sale of the Kings Plaza Mall, which raked in $751,000,000.
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.
Move over Dumbo, Boerum Hill is now Brooklyn’s top neighborhood
 If in 2011 Dumbo took everyone by surprise, ranking 4th in the top 10 neighborhoods, in 2012 another Brooklyn neighborhood grabbed the spotlight. Boerum Hill climbed to 6th place with a median sale price of $950,000, surpassing well known upper class neighborhoods like the Upper East Side, West Village and ultimately Dumbo. As our…
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