My favorite restaurant near our home in Connecticut is called Serevan. In an old farmhouse in Amenia, New York, it serves brilliantly imaginative Persian/American food created by the chef, our friend Serge Madikians. Whenever we eat… More
New Year’s Eve on Tuesday will usher out 2013, one of the most complex and surprising years in Manhattan real estate history. Inventory was at all time lows while prices leapt to all time highs. Brooklyn,… More
During Christmas week, as I bake and wrap, I try to plan. What exactly are my priorities for Warburg Realty, the company I have been proud to lead since 1991, for the coming year? What is… More
Last week I wrote about the many different hats the successful real estate agent wears. Even with great skills, however, some personality types work much more effectively in the industry than others. At Warburg we have… More
Warburg agent Lisa Larson managed naked yoga-practicing rental tenants, gas-emitting stoves, screaming supers, unpaid contractors, absent owners – a real estate broker’s Book of Job – to close a one bedroom deal in the East Village… More
This week I asked Warburg agents what they are experiencing in the New York real estate marketplace. While the replies varied somewhat, several major themes emerged which are both interesting and surprising. Here are the highlights:… More
Tonight at 5:30 PM, all the lights in our house in Connecticut went out. This is not unusual; we waited for the generator to kick in. It didn’t. Like our pool heater, it is subject to… More
During the third quarter, real estate in Manhattan and Brooklyn stayed the course. While the market did experience, as it often does, a post-Memorial Day slowdown from the feverish pace of the spring, deals were made… More
Last month Warburg Realty President Frederick Peters wrote two wonderfully informative pieces on New York co-ops: “Why Co-ops Work” http://www.warburgrealty.com/blog/?p=600, which discusses the merits of co-op living and “Fit For the Board” http://www.warburgrealty.com/blog/?p=603, a helpful… More
