Category Archives: Market Insight

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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TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Episode Two

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Doug Heddings

In last week’s pilot episode of TrueGotham TV we met our expert panel,  Jonathan Miller from RadarLogic and Miller Samuel Appraisers, Yungie Hahn from H2 Architects, and Don Meade from Quality Floor Plans, and saw exactly how they go about measuring … Continue reading →

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$300K Buys A Closet in the Greatest City in the World

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Doug Heddings

In the "What You Get For…" column of today’s New York Times, Anna Bahney describes three properties in Front Royal, VA (uh….where?), New Orleans, and Friday Harbor, WA (uh…again…where?).  Check out the entire article but here’s the gist: Front Royal, … 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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TrueGotham TV Explores Square Feet: Why The Mystery?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Doug Heddings

If you’re a regular reader of TrueGotham, there’s no secret to how I feel about discrepancies in square footage and the lack of standardization of measurement (or is there?) in the marketplace.  Buyer frustration permeates the market as prospective purchasers continue to … Continue reading →

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Prudential Douglas Elliman 3rd Q Manhattan Market Overview

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Hot of the presses…here’s a summary.  The complete report will be available in the coming days. Highlights: Overall Manhattan Market [includes entire island] The Manhattan residential real estate market saw more of the same characteristics as the prior 2 quarters … Continue reading →

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Manhattan Is Indeed an Island

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Christine Haughney of The New York Times reminds us that Manhattan is an entity unto itself…in more ways than one.  In this particular circumstance, we’re talking about housing and how our local Manhattan housing market continues to buck the downward … Continue reading →

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