Author Archives: Doug Heddings

I’m So Darn Busy My Head is Spinning!

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I don’t know what exactly has happened over the past 3 weeks but there has been a significant blip in activity both on the sell and buy sides for my business.  Precisely why posts were light this week and I … Continue reading →

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Why Should You Use a Mortgage Broker?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Doug Heddings

As a Manhattan real estate professional for the past 15 years, one of the most common questions I’m asked by my clients is "should I go directly to my bank or use a mortgage broker?"  I personally have always used … Continue reading →

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Fair Housing Laws Too Strictly Interpreted?

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Check out this letter to the editor from this past Sunday’s New York Times regarding their recent story on what brokers can and can’t say to prospective clients: To the Editor: Your June 24 cover article “Questions Your Broker Can’t … Continue reading →

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2nd Quarter Manhattan Real Estate Market Data

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I’m back from vacation today and once again, my week off was insanely busy.  The summer market has indeed heated up again and here is the Prudential Douglas Elliman press release of 2nd quarter 2007 residential real estate statistics: The … Continue reading →

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My Co-op Is Growing: More Evidence of Square Footage Lies

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Back on Monday.  Here’s a recent post that is something I’m passionate about.  BTW…I have a solution for the square footage fiasco and will share on the first episode of TGTV…stay tuned. Jonathan Miller’s latest Three Cents Worth graph was … Continue reading →

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Another Argument for Change in Commission Structure

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Still away and back on Monday but here’s a post that ran March 5th of this year that stirred things up a bit. Respected blogger and real estate agent Noah Rosenblatt tells the story of his experience recently with one … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Agents and Their Reputations

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Happy 4th!  Back Monday the 9th but here’s a post that originally appeared January 29th of this year. True Gotham was born to help clean up the reputation of the real estate industry by giving the consumer insight into the … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember Last September?

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Reminder that I’m away this week…this post originally appeared June 26th of last year but the same holds true today. Everywhere you go in the online real estate world, there’s something about cooling markets, normalization, air coming out of bubbles… … Continue reading →

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Things You Can Overhear in the Real Estate Office

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Originally posted June 15, 2006. This is precisely why I think this blog is a necessity. Yesterday someone said that she just took an exclusive listing from a seller and she was laughing that it would NEVER sell as it … Continue reading →

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True Gotham Celebrating Our Independence

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I’m heading out of town for a family vacation and back Monday, July 9th.  Happy 4th of July to everyone and see you on July 9th.  While I’m away, I will re-run some of True Gotham’s most popular posts.  By the way, … Continue reading →

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