Author Archives: Doug Heddings

TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Episode Four

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Last week on TGTV we discussed the various methods by which square footage can be measure with an emphasis on the liberties that developers sometimes take in adding common areas, etc to an apartment’s stated square footage.  Don Meade also … Continue reading →

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Incredible Mortgage Offers in This Market?

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Doug Heddings

It’s no secret that the bottom continues to fall out of the housing market in most places across the country.  The credit crunch has directly effected both sub prime and prime borrowers as well as earnings, Wall Street bonuses, and … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Real Estate #64

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Doug Heddings

It’s up now at  r.e. revealed.  Do I see an underlying sub-theme of how agents should go after buyers? 

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Historic Woolworth Mansion from OpenHouseNYC

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Being a real estate broker for 16 years has provided me with a multitude of opportunities to see some incredible real estate.  So for those of you who aren’t so fortunate to get to tour some of these fabulous homes, … Continue reading →

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The Expansion Of Fordham’s Campus

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I’m being bombarded with emails from past clients asking me about the project that is likely to be built at 160 West 62nd Street (via Curbed).  Gothamist has a great piece on the project exploring Objections to Fordham’s Manhattan Campus … Continue reading →

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TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Episode Three

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Doug Heddings

In last week’s episode of TGTV, our panel of experts shared the results of measuring a property and we suprisingly saw that each of them came up with numbers relatively close to one another.   It appears that each of them … Continue reading →

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Q3 2007 Long Island and Queens Market Overview

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Doug Heddings

The Prudential Douglas Elliman 2007 3rd Quarter report for Long Island and Queens is hot off the presses and here are the highlights: The Long Island/Queens housing market showed mixed results this quarter with overall prices indicating some stabilization but … Continue reading →

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Pricing Property: OpenHouseNYC and NY Mag’s Triple Assessment

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Here we go again with another New York Magazine Triple Assessment from OpenHouseNYC.  I like to watch these segments in their entirety and venture my own guess before the actaul list price is disclosed.  My guess was $599,000.00.  Now you … Continue reading →

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Back on Wednesday

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Doug Heddings

No blog entries Monday or Tuesday as I will be out of town with no computer or email access those days.  Back on Wednesday and stay tuned for Episode 3 of TrueGotham TV on Thursday.

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Real Estate Agent Accountability for Bad Advice

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Doug Heddings

When a doctor or lawyer gives you bad advice that proves to be harmful to you either physically or financially, there is often a case for malpractice.  So what happens when a real estate agent puts on an economist’s hat … Continue reading →

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