Author Archives: Doug Heddings

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Doug Heddings

Wishing you and yours the very best of health and happiness in 2008 and beyond.  Be back tomorrow.

Posted in Fun | Comments Off on Happy New Year!

Holiday Week Market Snapshot

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I’m still away and blogging from my Blackberry thanks to technology. Just felt the need to report that this week is proving to be another busy one as it has been in the past several years. The weeks leading up … Continue reading →

Posted in A Broker's Job, Market Insight | Comments Off on Holiday Week Market Snapshot

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Joyous Kwanzaa, Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I think that just about covers it all.  I’m off to spend the holiday’s with my family and won’t be back until next Friday. Thank you all for a wonderful year and I wish you all the best of health … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun | Comments Off on Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Joyous Kwanzaa, Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays

Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and CDOs

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Doug Heddings

From the Wall Street Journal Economics blog (via my brother-in-law) comes this Dr. Seuss spin on CDO sentiment set to Green Eggs and Ham (great vintage YouTube video): Broker Joe! Show me some flow I need the dough! I’m Broker Joe! … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun | 1 Comment

To Dumber Than Dirt Real Estate Agents…Prepare for Another Career

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I and my team are currently in the midst of wrapping up a transaction with perhaps one of the most uninformed (she knows very little about her seller, the property, or the business), misinformed (what she does claim to know … Continue reading →

Posted in A Broker's Job, Tips & Advice | 13 Comments

Apple Store Coming to Upper West Side

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Is Apple getting into the lingerie business?  Nope but they are rumored to be taking over VS’s UWS site.  I can almost fall out of my office window onto what will soon be the city’s newest Apple Store. photo from Property … Continue reading →

Posted in New Developments | 1 Comment

What Our Customers Don’t Care About…Or Do They?

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Straight from the pages of RISmedia comes these Nine Things Consumers Won’t Care About in the New Year.  Jimmy Vee and Travis Miller who co-authored Gravitational Marketing: The Science Of Attracting Customers (John Wiley & Sons) provide the list. The … Continue reading →

Posted in A Broker's Job, Tips & Advice | 1 Comment

Holiday Tipping In Co-ops and Condos

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Doug Heddings

As I was sitting at my desk this morning comprising a list of 31 (yes THIRTY-ONE) people that my wife and I will be tipping for this year’s Holiday Season, I was also trying to think of a good blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips & Advice | 3 Comments

Making Sense of the Manhattan Real Estate Market: Not An Easy task

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Anxiety levels are high in the Manhattan real estate industry as many eagerly await some sign of market direction in January.  Some signs are already appearing as Fall sales have been slow, inventory is increasing (albeit modestly) and price direction … Continue reading →

Posted in Market Insight | 6 Comments

More Tips on Pricing Property

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Doug Heddings

With all the talk of housing markets across the country still in decline and a quiet stalemate here in Manhattan, many sellers and their agents are confused as to how they should price their property for an efficient sale.  Lew Sichelman … Continue reading →

Posted in A Broker's Job, Market Insight, Tips & Advice | 4 Comments