Category Archives: Fun

Forbes 400’s Blavatnik Rumored to Be Spending $150M for The Mark Penthouse

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Today’s New York Post reports that Leonard Blavatnik has signed a letter of intent to pay $150M for the Penthouse triplex at The Mark. The space for sale, totaling nearly 30,000 square feet, is a combination of five planned units … Continue reading →

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Welcome Mermaid Inn to the Upper West Side

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I don’t typically blog about restaurants but thanks to my wife’s awesome job at Food and Wine Magazine I often get the chance to preview a place before the rest of the public.  It’s not often that I feel compelled … Continue reading →

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TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Episode Five

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Last week in our 4th episode of TGTV’s 5 part series on Square Feet we delved further into understanding why consumers can’t seem to get an accurate approximation of square footage for the properties that they are seeing. In our final … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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OpenHouse NYC Clears the Clutter

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Doug Heddings

A topic near and dear to my heart as I and most of my colleagues will recommend decluttering an apartment more than any other form of preparation before bringing a property to market.  In my opinion, it is the easiest, … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Real Estate #62

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Something definitely happened over the weekend for my team and our business as the phones are ringing off the hook, offers are being negotiated, and one buyer is unfortunately losing a bidding war.  Anecdotal of course but I’m incredibly busy … Continue reading →

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Poster Boy for The Housing Bubble: Casey Serin Surfaces

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Couldn’t resist sharing this exclusive Casey Serin update from my favorite bubble blog HousingPANIC.  For those who already forgot about this guy, he’s the one who started iamfacingforeclosure.com and stupidly blogged about all of his lies and deception to the … Continue reading →

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