Category Archives: Market Insight

RE Connect Pregame Link-o-Rama

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Kevin Boer of Three Oceans reminds us that there have been fireworks at these kinds of events in the past, and delivers a pep talk to some of those likely to be sparring this time around. Kevin can also, as … Continue reading →

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Doug Talks Real Estate Prices on New York One

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Doug Heddings

The story shot yesterday, largely in the TrueGotham Mini Cooper, is playing on TV today, and allegedly you can watch the video online although it seems to be gimpy at the moment. (UPDATE: The video worked all along, but it … Continue reading →

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New York One in the TrueGotham Mini

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Doug spent much of today in that car driving the streets of Manhattan, talking into New York One’s cameras as he assessed the local real estate market. The story will be on the air tomorrow, and we’ll have a link … Continue reading →

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The “Soft Landing”

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Josh Barbanel reports: The new quarterly numbers led brokers and market analysts to conclude that the Manhattan real estate market — with its legendary high prices — appeared to have so far escaped the worst of the real estate market … Continue reading →

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See Doug Speak at Inman’s Real Estate Connect 2007

Posted on January 2, 2007 by Doug Heddings

TrueGotham’s own Douglas Heddings will be a speaker at Inman’s Real Estate Connect 2007 that takes place Jan 8-10th at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan. Doug will be part of a Blogging Roundtable on January 9th. First session is 2-3PM … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Doug Heddings

TrueGotham will be taking it easy for a few days over the holidays. In the meantime, we’ll leave you with some deep (and noticeably British, like my copy of the the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations they all came from) thoughts … Continue reading →

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Thursday Link-o-Rama

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Doug Heddings

The Wall Street Journal examines the latest tweaks to Zillow. The Zestimator is FLAWED!!! A flipper comedy video. The National Association of Realtors addresses that thorny issue of foreclosures. Now they’re worried? Where was this advice while the market was … Continue reading →

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A Million Foreclosures and Record Wall Street Bonuses?

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Doug Heddings

New York City now has a housing bubble blog and the New York Times is simultaneously reporting two stories: record Wall Street bonuses and approximately 1,100,000 foreclosures expected in the next two years. Whoa. What does this all mean? Let’s … Continue reading →

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New York City in the Year 2030

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Imagine sitting in a 12-hour traffic jam perhaps because you absolutely won’t fit on the subway that is jammed beyond capacity (many think that’s the case now… it’s not!) only to arrive home to your dark apartment or house… yep… … Continue reading →

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The Power of a Blog in Good Hands

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Being fairly new to the blogosphere, I am just beginning to fully realize the power of the blog and the incredible quality of real estate information and insight now available online if you’re willing to do some poking around. There … Continue reading →

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