Aging in Place
My mother was born in HER mother’s bedroom at 970 Park Avenue in 1924. While she has traveled the world, Manhattan has always been home to her. She would not have it any other way. For… More
My mother was born in HER mother’s bedroom at 970 Park Avenue in 1924. While she has traveled the world, Manhattan has always been home to her. She would not have it any other way. For… More
When I entered the real estate business in 1980 I had never encountered the concept of a “brand.” There were, of course, famous brands. In my house we called tissues Kleenex, chocolate cookies with vanilla filling… More
Recently my wife and I cruised the East River and lower Long Island Sound with Audubon New York. Leaving from South Street Seaport at 6 PM, we tracked the habitats of shore and wading birds for… More
Light is money. Time is money. High ceilings are money. Even Cynthia Nixon’s long legs and short skirt suits bespeak money: the money she has spent to buy the suits and the money she hopes to… More
Real estate is a love-at-first-sight business. More often than not buyers respond viscerally one way or another within 30 to 60 seconds after they walk into a property. The subsequent 20 to 30 minutes of the showing either bolster or… More
In my capacity as an expert on New York residential real estate, I have recently been asked all three of the following questions: • How much should I expect the value of my home to increase… More
The spring market has finally arrived. The winter was long and cold; by March buyers were so tired of being wet and snowy that they ceased attending most open houses or bidding on most properties. Now,… More
My niece recently sent me a piece in the Daily News about a café opened in Harlem by real estate agents eager to improve the empty storefronts on a block where they had property to either… More
Income inequality is in the news. The Democrats blame the Republicans for it, and the Republicans blame the Democrats. There is a long article about it in this week’s New Yorker. What seems beyond dispute is… More
In today’s Internet economy, information belongs to the public. This creates a particular sort of confusion for many people. Does access to one hundred medical websites make you a diagnostician? Does access to case law enable… More