Living In | Downtown Brooklyn: Downtown Brooklyn/Living In – To the Heights and the Slope, Add ‘Downtown’
To hear its landlords, city officials and residents tell it, Downtown Brooklyn has become extremely familiar with wholesale reinvention schemes. View full post on Real Estate Stories
Habitat for Humanity Bets Big on Housing in Oregon
By betting big on property in a down market, and with the help of a donor network, the group is creating entire Habitat neighborhoods. View full post on Real Estate Stories
Deutsche Bank Settles Mortgage Suit
Deutsche Bank will pay the government $200 million to settle accusations that it misled the Department of Housing and Urban Development about the quality of mortgages that later defaulted. View full post on Real Estate Stories
On Location: An Octogenarian’s Modernist Dream Comes to Life
In Los Angeles, an octogenarian finally gets the modern home of her dreams. View full post on Real Estate Stories
Living In | Cutchogue, L.I.: Cutchogue, L.I./Living In – A Summer Place, Magnetic Year-Round
In the Town of Southold, a hamlet popular with second-home buyers; properties range from raised ranches to hilltop estates. View full post on Real Estate Stories
Battery Park City, A New Lease on Life for Condo
A developer hopes its latest renovations can work magic for a project that stalled during the market downturn. View full post on Real Estate Stories
Habitats | Grand Concourse: Grand Concourse/Habitats – His Style? Autobiographical
José Stevenson’s Bronx apartment is filled with reflections of his Cherokee and Puerto Rican heritage, family heirlooms and Victoriana left behind by previous owners. View full post on Real Estate Stories
Threats, Stormy Exits and Violence at New York Closings
In New York City, real estate transactions can literally take on the trappings of a blood sport. View full post on Real Estate Stories
Big Deal: The $100 Million Question
While to some last year’s $85 million sale in Los Angeles may have been an outlier, to brokers it is a hopeful comp that has helped heat up the high end of the Los Angeles market. View full post on Real Estate Stories
On Location: Glass-Walled Structures Are Open to New Ideas
Remy Blumenfeld and Henryk Hetflaisz are based in London, but spend much of their time at their estate, in the countryside. View full post on Real Estate Stories
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