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  1. How Far From the Office Is Too Far?What does the mantra “location, location, location” mean to most buyers? It’s as much about getting to work as it is about liking where you are […]
  2. Waging Class WarfareHow do you win over a neighborhood that hates your building? Try building a school.
  3. Tiny LoveEnthusiasts of the small luxury building have quite the selection this season.
  4. Same Space, Different PlaceLocation, location—and proportion.
  5. Tribeca Losing Its Backstop?Is Mike Piazza, who retired from baseball this spring, also leaving New York for good? A Brown Harris Stevens listing for the catcher’s Hudson S […]
  6. I Smell TroubleHow do you sell an apartment that comes with a distinctive odor?
  7. Fame Slept Here530 East 76th Street, #28AHK The Facts: 3,300-square-foot, three-bedroom, four-bath condo. Asking Price: $5.2 million. Charges and Taxes: $5 […]
  8. One of Those Taxi Real-Estate Ads Actually Worked!Apparently not everyone immediately touches the “off” button on that little backseat screen. Actress Heather Tom, an Emmy nominee for The Bold a […]
  9. Manhattan: The New Brooklyn?As the market hints at a downturn, Brooklyn brownstones sit unsold.
  10. Life Swap: What If You Left New York?Sun, sand, and the ghost of Meadow Soprano.
  11. No More New Condos?The first data from the past few months seem to indicate that the drop in the new-condo market is imminent.
  12. Distraction PricingWhy put an over-the-top number on an apartment? Sometimes it works.
  13. Whose Block Is It Anyway?Tenants vs. landlords, buyers vs. residents, developers vs. community boards: The six nastiest real-estate battles in town, and who’s likely to […]
  14. Outrageous-Amenity WatchThe vogue for boutique-hotel-style living in a residential setting has reached a new level at the Alma.
  15. NYU’s Olive BranchThe school wants to expand—and says it’ll be a better neighbor. Good luck, guys.
  16. Realty TelevisionNever mind the national housing slump: Real-estate TV is selling just fine.
  17. Hard BargainsA buyer’s guide to the foreclosure market. (Rule No. 1: It’s not for the squeamish.)
  18. You Can’t Do That in New YorkWhen the city building codes start to change on July 1, you may be surprised at what you (will no longer) see.
  19. Same Space, Different Place: Think of It As TuitionThese two apartments have lots more in common than not: full-time doormen, French doors, straightforward layouts, lovely prewar details. They’re […]
  20. How to Buy a European CastleAnd make your pal’s Bridgehampton house look like a whole bunch of nothing.
  21. Fame Slept Here491 3RD STREET, PARK SLOPE The Facts: 3,960-square-foot, three-unit, four-story townhouse. Asking Price: $2.795 million. Taxes: $4,128 per […]
  22. That’s Quite a CabanaWhen is an 8,500-square-foot Bridgehampton mansion not quite enough? When you’re Miami hotelier and developer Don Peebles. The megasuccessful Ob […]
  23. But Wait! There’s More!To clinch condo deals, developers are coming up with sweet incentives.
  24. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?The flower district keeps shrinking, but hope blossoms.
  25. Triple Assessment39 EAST 20TH STREET, APARTMENT 5
  26. Money Honey’s Apartment Redecorated—Without HerVisitors to this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House may not be aware they’re walking through Maria Bartiromo’s old apartment.
  27. Inner Beauty Goes Only So FarWhen a great apartment’s in a foul-looking building, be careful of the bargain.
  28. The Walkable, Bikeable Summer HouseFour idyllic options for a week or a month that don’t involve going near a gas pump.
  29. Fame Slept Here135 EAST 91ST STREET The Facts: Eleven-room, five-story townhouse. Asking Price: $12.5 million. Taxes: $23,957 per year. Agent: Kerry M […]
  30. The Power of TeamworkWhen next-door neighbors sell jointly, one plus one can be a lot more than two.
  31. Have I Got a Suburb for You!Test-driving a new service that matches you with the cul-de-sac of your dreams.
  32. Relative InvestmentWhat if you’d had $100,000 to spend in 1998?
  33. Blue Sky on Canal StreetWe offer four architects a fantasy job: a full block downtown, with no client to worry about.
  34. Life Swap: What If You Left New York?Your dream casa awaits.
  35. Leo’s Going SolarLeonardo DiCaprio just bought a Hudson River–facing apartment at Riverhouse, an ecofriendly Battery Park City development.
  36. ThirtiessomethingDevelopers are taking Murray Hill upscale, but there’s a problem: It’s Murray Hill.
  37. Fame Slept HereMary Tiffany, daughter of Art Nouveau artist and stained-glass master Louis Comfort Tiffany, lived here sometime early in the last century.
  38. The Rush to GroundWhy are three buildings rising on your block? Blame Albany’s tax laws.
  39. Same Space, Different PlaceWhen starting from scratch pays off.
  40. They Just Don’t UnderstandIn a tight market, banks look askance at walk-ups and studios. What’s a New Yorker to do?
  41. Triple AssessmentCombination apartments are usually hard to price; the right figure can be more or less than the sum of the parts.
  42. A Triplex of Stars at 505 Greenwich StreetWhat do Joel Schumacher, André Benjamin, and Robert De Niro have in common? A passing fancy for 505 Greenwich, it seems.
  43. Trade You!Want a free week in a villa or on a ranch? Turns out Tuscans and Texans want your apartment, too.
  44. Same Space, Different Place: The Penthouse PremiumOn paper, these two apartments at Morton Square, the top-shelf condo where the Olsen twins used to own an entire floor, are exactly alike. Same […]
  45. Who’s Watching the Lobby?Co-op residents who share their buildings with doctors’ offices are on high alert.
  46. The Art Gallery That Wasn’tFashion designer Richard Tyler waited for a buyer for his townhouse at 727 Washington Street for nearly a year.
  47. Clinton’s Boyfriend Relocates Near ChelseaIf the gossips are to be believed and Chelsea Clinton is indeed engaged to Goldman Sachs banker Marc Mezvinsky, then we can expect a sighting […]
  48. Fame Slept HereAccording to the listing’s reps, Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton rented Apartment 111 here in the late twenties and thirties, shortly after she […]
  49. In the Shadow of No TowersThere are good reasons to live next to ground zero. But the neighborhood’s not for everyone.
  50. Recent Sales and RentalsPark Slope isn’t the only area where prices are creeping up. West Side brownstones are losing their rooming-house status and returning to single […]
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