All Real Estate Is Local
This week-end, I attended the 70th birthday of a beloved cousin who lives in Lyme, New Hampshire. She and her four siblings are like a second family for me, and although they grew up in New… More
This week-end, I attended the 70th birthday of a beloved cousin who lives in Lyme, New Hampshire. She and her four siblings are like a second family for me, and although they grew up in New… More
As we move into May, the enormous demand for New York properties has not abated. Prospective buyers queue up outside Park Slope floor-through apartments, and two bedroom apartments on the Upper West Side create the same… More
From the windows of my beautiful hotel room in Amsterdam, I can look out on the Prinzngracht Canal and the wonderfully diverse set of townhouses across the water. Most of them are high and narrow (apparently… More
Our spirits rise with the thermometer. Real green shoots begin to pop in Central and Prospect Parks, along the Hudson, and in all the little pocket parks scattered around the city: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths. The peonies,… More
My previous blog posts about taking unplanned walks in an urban environment (a dérive) have all centered around the Upper East Side of Manhattan. As Monty Python would say, “And now, for something completely different!” This… More
During the first quarter of 2014 real estate inventory in New York City remained at historic lows. In spite of a small (and quickly absorbed) inventory spike in January, there remains little for sale in almost… More
Every now and then I catch myself talking almost dismissively about a million dollars. That two bedroom co-op is a STEAL at $1,300,000. This one bedroom condo with a bath and a half is extremely well… More
When I first came to the town of Boca Grande in southwest Florida (where I am now spending a week with my family), it consisted of a drugstore, a grocery, and a big antebellum hotel. In… More
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a broker’s open house tour, featuring Upper East Side penthouses with terraces. All the apartments included gorgeous interiors, large functional kitchens, and comfortable bedrooms – and yet I… More
The line between Carnegie Hill on the Upper East Side and Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, once seemed carved in stone. Generally speaking, El Barrio stretches north of 96th Street, from Central Park to the East… More