Madonna and A-Rod Mansion Shopping in Manhattan - Fact or Fiction??

There have been rumors floating around that MADONNA and Alex Rodriguez are quietly shopping for love nests on the Upper East Side and on the East End, sources told Page Six. A knowledgeable real estate source said the couple are “ ... have homes in Manhattan but A-Rod’s home has been on the market since he announced his split [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 13:00:50

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Flanders Developer Suing Southampton Township

December 4, 2008 in Area Real Estate, Conservation, East End Accomodations, Legal Matters, Real Estate News, Resort Real Estate | Tags: Flanders development, Gotthelf, the southampton inn [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 19:26:35

What to Bring Your Hamptons Host…leave

July 17, 2008 in Area Real Estate, Beach Properties, Real Estate News | Tags: host gifts, know when to go home, vacationing in the hamptons, visiting friends in the hamptons | …we all know that there is a lack of places to stay, here on the east end and although some are terrific, like The American Hotel and The Baker House, people [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 15:25:04

Saving Sag Harbor - True Grassroots Success

September 11, 2008 in Area Real Estate, Conservation, Legal Matters, Real Estate News, Sag Harbor | Tags: hamptons protected, local activism, ... Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared. Name of Action: EAST END VENTURES, LLC (Michael Maiden) Site [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 17:01:58

No Brokers Fee Apartment NYC Directory

No Brokers Fee Apartment NYC Directory What are the basics of New York city real estate? ... in Manhattan, the East Village, Park Slope and trendier parts of Queens are in high demand. That’ ... . By going straight to to a buildings management firms whether it’s a high end Manhattan apartment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 02:23:04

Buying a Home on the East End of Long Island

From the perspective of a real estate company, the events of the last two years have been  a “below the earth” phenomenon ... closed sales, of homes in a like neighborhood, and price accordingly (grateful that, like ourselves [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 19:30:38

Condo Prices Fall in Manhattan! Harlem Sales Fall 76 Percent! End of the World as We Know it?

(post by Dee) According to Mortgage News Daily, Condo Prices are Falling Across Manhattan. Some city brokers will continue to live in denial ... . It was artificially low interest rates and poor lending standards that led to this real estate market bubble ... of all, Upper East Side of Manhattan, prices are down 11% and transactions are 30% lower. I guess [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 19:44:15

INCENTIVES TO SEDUCE BUYERS !!!

Getting Inventive to Seduce Buyers    From left, Robert Wright for The New York Times; Jamie Chiu/Guest of a Guest; Brown Harris Stevens At left, ... to the NYC residential real estate market. With residential rental apartments we tend to see a cyclical ... a three-plus-hour bus tour for brokers on the Upper East Side ended with a buffet at the Georgica [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 17:44:54

East End, Long Island…WHAT’S GOING ON?

PR.com reports here that • Long Island foreclosures in August remain higher than last year: ... counter”. While the real estate market will certainly look very different five years ... The number of new foreclosures in Long Island was 32% higher than in August 2007. Suffolk County [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 03:28:12

Lis Pendens Report North Fork and East End of Long Island

If you’re thinking of selling or buying a property on the east end of Long Island, ... : 4 Riverhead: 7 Montauk: 1 Speonk: 1 Watermill: 1 Information provided by third parties (the Real Estate [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 01:04:35

Pilgrimage

On the first weekend in October, I took a road trip to Vermont so that I could be present at my friend Suzanne's wedding ... , and we had a nice time getting to know one another. There was some talk about local real estate, and one woman ... to the other end of Main Street to a 7:00 meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. It was a chilly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 14:34:00

Desperation Has An Ugly Face

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “A lot has happened since 2004 — in the housing market and in the lives of everyone associated with Vantage Pointe, the largest residential project ever to be built in downtown San Diego. Jennifer Bishop made a 5 percent deposit on a unit in Vantage Pointe in one of the first phases, she said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 19:49:04

Sunrise, favorite views, Son of Man, Empty Tomb

I woke up early, 3:30 a.m., ready for another incredible day. About 6:00 a.m. the sun rose over Jerusalem, what a beautiful city. [ ... the temple from the time of Christ. You see why it’s the most contested piece of real estate on earth. Let ... , it was on to the Dead Sea, where we had an hour of fun.  At the southern end of Dead Sea, archaelogical digs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 16:21:40

Spatial Awareness

Andrew Stevens interviews Crap Towns co-editor Sam Jordison. 3:AM: What lay behind your decision to do Crap Towns? ... up at the fag-end of Thatcher’s Britain that inspired it. This feeling that so many people evidently shared ... Gardens was boarded up, there was a huge empty, rusting amusment park at one end of the prom, called [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 15:28:36

Happy Fifth Landgrabiversary, Atlantic Yards

Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn Five years ago today, December 10, 2003, Forest City Ratner officially unveiled its Atlantic Yards proposal ... his real estate speculation firm is able to demolish the properties he purchased under the threat ... , Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki, announced his plans to build the massive project extending east [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:04:02

Beyond REO

New Poverty Center report examines what happens to properties after sheriff’s sale and REO ownership Many properties ... in financing the foreclosed mortgage loan. These properties are referred to as "REO" (real-estate ... that go into foreclosure eventually end up at a sheriff's auction, where they are usually [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 19:38:37

Tribune's Descent Sends New Shock Waves

Has it been less than a single year? One year since Sam Zell took over the Tribune Company as its management, like Knight Ridder's two years earlier, ... -commissioned salespeople, on subscription pricing, on trying new things -- but in the end, it's not about Sam ... on borrowed time and about to shut down two dailies; and Freedom's East Valley Tribune [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 07:27:46

Another Fabulous Real Estate Idea…

Now, I thought I have seen it all…over the last week or two, the news has been reporting on what it takes to sell your house in this market ... . J In today's Real Estate news, this one takes the cake…."Honolulu – Wanted: Real Estate Buyer. Reward ... of the year, I wrote a blog about a gentleman from the east who offered his life insurance policy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 14:04:27

Turned Into A Money Vehicle

A report from the Associated Press. “Existing home sales in the Northeast dropped more than 9 percent in October from last year, ... is teetering, said real estate agent Sandra Lippman of Prudential Centennial Realty in Westchester ... on the mortgage, said real estate agent Julie Longtin, in East Greenwich, R.I.” “The median price [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:48:32

Renovation Projects: Pros and Cons

Hi! Christine Toes posting... I enjoyed reading Noah's renovation post last week and wanted to add some personal perspective. I have been through renovations for an alcove studio co-op on the UES, a three story townhouse investment property in Brooklyn, and am in the middle of a partial renovation of a one bedroom co-op in the W Village [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 16:45:37

Continental project in Pittsburgh getting mixed reviews for its impact

Business First of Columbus October 31, 2008 Officials in Pittsburgh are trying to figure out how to spur development around a sprawling retail development by Continental Real Estate Cos. Columbus-based Continental built the 1.5 million ... of Homestead,” said Doug Van Haitsma, director of real estate for the Mon Valley Initiative, a coalition [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 02:40:28

What They Were Saying: Christmas Remembrances IV

Ah yes.  George Walker Bush and his legacy fixation.  Even though the White House website is disappearing source documents down the cyber tubes, The Avalon Project at The Yale Law School provides some important, breath-taking (don your own oxygen masks first, and then help the child seated next to you) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 14:07:24

From A Buyer’s Perspective, The World Is Their Oyster

The Denver Post reports from Colorado. “While there are plenty of resale and foreclosure options out there, ... ,’ banker Paul Clavadetscher told a local audience of real estate and development professionals.” “ ... , to describe how the current real estate environment is affecting lending. Ernst responded [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 17:33:07

Club Med Looks for Balance

Five years ago, French resort-operator Club Méditerranée SA set out to change its reputation from midmarket fun-in-the-sun destination to luxury brand.Now, as Chairman and Chief Executive Henri Giscard D'Estaing steers Club Med toward the end of its five-year restructuring, the world economy is faltering and Club Med's grand plans could take [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 07:59:00

Squadron Responds to MTA Report

State Senator-elect Daniel Squadron has issued his response to the report issued to Governor Paterson by the Ravitch Commission, ... THE GAP: · The report lacks a comprehensive review of the MTA’s real estate holdings and areas ... tolls on East River bridges. He has invited public comments to be directed to him via his website [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 21:08:57

December 10, 2008 - Daily Brief

[ Newhall's "Dry Squad," whose job it was to confiscate the booze that was manufactured at the bootleg stills that were set up around town during ... in 2008: The Signal is reporting another tidbit from that real estate and economics presentation ... than never. Redfin Real Estate blog has some interesting charts from the respected Case-Shiller home [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 15:24:17

US refuses to release Ibrahim Jassam

It is really amusing to watch the US government attempt to pretend that Iraq is a sovereign country. The December 1st snapshot included: In other news, Reuters photographer Ibrahim Jassam has been a prisoner in Iraq since Sept. 1, 2008 when US and Iraqi military forces drug him from his Mahmudiyah home [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:15:25

December 10, 2008

December sunset What the hell is leveraging.  I’ve looked it up and still did’t really understand.  This will help.  Paddy Hirsh from NPR’s Marketplace explains.  http://tinyurl.com/5pcawr.  Leverage is just a fancy word for borrowing.  It’s often described as a ratio: debt to earnings, debt to capital [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 10:03:02

Moody's Reviews Four Kuwaiti Banks For Possible Downgrade

(Crealis) -- Moody's Investors Service Tuesday placed on review for possible downgrade the long-term deposit rating and bank financial strength ... have been prompted by Moody's concerns over the banks' exposures to: real estate (particularly commercial real estate) and lending for purchasing securities. In addition to evidence indicating [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 11:47:56

Prop 8, Its Aftermath, and Minority Communities

For Obama/No on Prop 8 supporters in California, delirious joy at Obama's election as 44th president of the United States was marred by huge disappointment that Proposition 8 passed. Adding to the despair? Nationally, every single anti-gay measure passed: Prop 102 in Arizona, Prop 2 in Florida, and a ban on gay parents adopting ( [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:37:12

IN REMEMBRANCE: 12-7-2008

Jump to Comments ODETTA, VOICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT   Nancy Siesel/The New York Times Odetta at Radio City Music Hall in New York for a “Salute to the Blues” benefit concert in 2003.     By TIM WEINER Published: December 3, 2008   Odetta, the singer whose resonant voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 00:02:18

The Devil's Bargain 2.0

I have pointed out several times in the past that the US credit crisis was actually a world credit crisis and that at least some of the emerging market economic miracle, commodity bubble and private equity-real estate boom ... me that all of the self delusion about the new world order was actually a Faustian bargain between Eas [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 20:45:50

Friday Links - 12-11-08

Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you are not reading this at RealCentralVA.com the site you see is likely stealing content ... . Clark designed the Victor and Sono Elmaleh East Wing, which houses three rooms to hold review sessions ... and send it down the wire. Consumers plug in and pay a bill each month. The end. Albemarle County [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:32:12

Research Oracle roundup for 12 December 2008

Earning Release Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE:GIL)recorded healthy y-o-y revenue growth in 4Q 08, reflecting the impact of the Prewett acquisition, increase in Average Selling Price (ASP) and growth in sales volume. However, margins declined due to rising Selling, General & Administrative (SG&A) expenses [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 20:48:03

32 Small Towns with Big Bucks (and I Don’t Mean Deer)

Recently, Zillow was featured as the key source of real estate data in a BusinessWeek article titled, “Small Towns with Big Money ... , Hidden Hills, CA 91302 For Sale: $11,500,000 See more Hidden Hills real estate On the lower end ... of these communities with less than 10,000 residents have waterfront locales while others are inland, but play [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 00:47:57

Notes on the Credit Crisis of 2007-9

The global crisis of 2007-9 was, actually, a confluence of unrelated problems on three continents ... of energy products and oil skyrocketed; and as real estate bubbles burst in countries like Spain ... spilled over into the real economy and caused a recession which is bound to be mild by historical [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 06:03:07

Four ways to experience the F.Q. Story Home Tour this weekend

Here are four great ways you can take in the holiday goodness of the F.Q. Story Historic District Home Tour this weekend: Get thee hence ... , December 7th, 2008, 11 am to 5 pm Technorati Tags: arizona, arizona real estate, phoenix, phoenix real ... days, on average, in 2008. But we have an amazing home for sale just a few blocks east, at 56 West [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 22:41:54

PAUL MPAGI SEPUYA CATHOLIC YOUNGSTER FUCKED COUPLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN VIENNA AND NEW YORK

I first visited Paul’s web site, modernpaul.com, on February 24, 2005. I know the date, because I emailed him immediately, and I still have his response. We began selling his little zine, SHOOT, at our art book store Printed Matter in New York City and, not long after, selling his photos too [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 17:42:45

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 08-Dec-08 Permanent link to MTA daily media news The Heretik Obama Warns of Further Economic Pain WASHINGTON — Saying that the United States economy was likely to worsen before it improves, President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday pledged to pursue a recovery plan “equal to the task ahead, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 18:50:40

Justin Timberlake Drops a Wad on a Manhattan Pied a Terre

BUYER: Justin TimberlakeLOCATION: Washington Street, New York, NYPRICE: $4,774,000SIZE: 3,000 square feet (approx.) ... this fifth floor condominium carried an asking priced at $5,250,000 with taxes and maintenance ... Street financial fiasco is affecting high end Manhattan real estate.Listing information also reveals [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 17:56:00

Romania's Economy Heads Off Quietly And With No Fanfares Into It's Deepest Crisis in a Decade

by Edward Hugh: BarcelonaControversy surrounding the Romanian economy is nothing new, nor, as Manuel points out in his post on the recent election, are Romanian politics strangers to tumult. Nonetheless the intensity of controversy has grown considerably of late, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 10:46:00

A Lot Of People Have Been Greedy In California

The Ventura County Star reports from California. “Brian Hill jokes about his uncanny timing ... down,’ he said.” “The Hills aren’t alone. In Ventura County, 40 percent of the homes bought ... many people have ‘used their homes as ATMs.’” “It’s one of the biggest differences with previous [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 17:54:23

The Frontier & Its Risks

 Daniel Henninger applies Frederick Jackson Turner to the current crisis ... is the result of a world gone madly long on real estate. Daniel Boone, the famed American frontiersman, went ... in drama moved west – the French fop became the English courtier became the East Coast dandy; the rough [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:34:53

High-End Condos fared worse than Mass Market Condos

Credo's study shows that average prices of high-end projects generally posted declines, ranging from 12%-28% during the period ... More Elastic Credo Real Estate managing director Karamjit Singh feels that high-end condo prices tend ... Market watchers note that high-end residential property prices climbed much earlier during the bull-cycle [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 01:28:53

Expat Trends: Expatriate and migration news

German expatriation reaches peak: According to the official migration report 2007 the number of expatriating Germans reached the highest level for ... . Middle East still needs highly paid expats: A recently published Arthur D. Little Expat Game report says that the Middle East´s oil and gas sector still relies on a highly paid, short-term, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 17:19:12

Imposing sippenhaft on “malich” Pakistan: A rebuttal to emotional “orientalist” Brahman bigotry

Sippenhaft or Sippenhaftung (English: “kin liability”) was a form of collective punishment practiced in Nazi Germany towards the end of the Second World ... and all of this coming from the Indian literate elite……………… Eh tu Brutus? The Real Sikand is showing his true colors… [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 01:02:20

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 29, 2008

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for November 29, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and events Republican Party platform issues including promoting a strong national defense, respect for the rule of law, individual responsibilitiy, traditional values, etc [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 14:56:02

Colorado Golf, An Under-Rated Amenity

As most of the readers of these pages know, I am passionate about the game of golf. So, I am going to be writing more about golf and it’s impact on the local real estate markets ... of millions of dollars! View Larger Map The Colorado Golf Club is also a place that high end [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:12:39

Duel in the Desert - 2008

This post originally was written last year in advance of the Arizona State-Arizona game. With me on the road today making the biennial trip into the Old Pueblo, I thought I’d pull it out of storage. Besides, for the 31st straight year, the joke at the end rings true. I’d be remiss [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 13:00:12

A Fine Mess In California

The San Fernando Valley Business Journal reports from California. “Gangi Development of Burbank has decided to go the auction route with their new Glendora townhome development. On Dec. 14, the companies hope to sell all 20 of the units in the Vermont Avenue Lofts complex in one fell swoop [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 20:01:35

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