Category Archives: Market Insight

Mid-Summer Manhattan Real Estate Market Update

Posted on July 16, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Here I go again providing anecdotal evidence of what is happening in today’s Manhattan residential real estate market.  I just can’t stop myself.  After a very quiet month of June, someone has awakened the buying masses.  Some of my personal … 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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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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How National Housing Market Stats Effect Manhattan Buyer Psychology

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Maya Roney’s piece entitled Americans Afraid to Buy Homes that she wrote for BusinessWeek Online is a prime example of why there is NO "National Housing Market" but also why those "national housing stats" are having a psychological effect on some Manhattan … Continue reading →

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Manhattan Real Estate Industry Reacts to Fair Housing Laws

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Doug Heddings

The buzz across the Manhattan real estate market is Vivian S. Toy’s article in The New York Times Questions Your Broker Can’t Answer, which addresses Fair Housing Laws and the very recent push by brokerages to make sure that their … Continue reading →

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Co-ops Closer to Disclosing “Why?”

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Doug Heddings

It’s no secret that I’m a supporter of transparency in real estate…every aspect of it.  Which is precisely why I believe that something needs to be done about the secret society that is the Manhattan co-operative.  Check out these previous … Continue reading →

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