Location, pricing, and condition: A competent agent will consider all of these factors up and hone them, along with the information received from the comps, to arrive at a correct sales price. But it doesn’t end there…. More
Today, the optimism engendered by a record-setting stock market and the apprehension created by the looming elections conflict, generating optimism, pessimism, and uncertainty at once. But complexity also generates opportunity for the buyers and sellers who possess… More
Although there have been dips, the value trend [for NYC real estate] since 1950 has been almost uniformly up. In today’s market, however, multiple uncertainties have removed many buyers to the sidelines. Getty Images Today is September… More
Originally published on Forbes While technology may enable more and more parts of the home-buying process, people tend to want people, not machines, to advise and inform them through the most important life decisions. Photo: Getty Amidst… More
In this environment, rental deals move at the speed of light, while every sales transaction is unique. The Boerum Hill brownstone one-bedroom rental was small but nicely renovated. At the first open house, there were… More
Throughout the country, real estate agents are taking courses in implicit bias and the origins and effects of racism. In New York State, employers AND the state both mandate these courses, so many agents and… More
Do buyers tell their agents the truth about what they want? The phrase “Buyers are liars” was one of the first I learned when I entered the real estate brokerage business forty years ago, and it… More
