Sunday, November 18, 2012
Risks of Buying Off The Plan: NY Advice
Rising demand and a scarcity of new apartments are creating something of a rush on new luxury condominiums, with buyers increasingly signing contracts for spaces even before they are built.
This article includes advice about buying off-the-plan in New York.
http://nyti.ms/U4mQnI
Friday, September 21, 2012
One57 in New York
Full story here
Friday, June 22, 2012
Byron Bay to New York City
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Luxury Apartments
- New York apartment on Central Park South sold for $70 million.
- Soul Penthouse at Surfers Paradise, in final stages of completion, hoping to sell for $20M.
- Waterfront Newstead for $8,750,000
- Riparian, Brisbane City, for more than $3M
Monday, May 28, 2012
USA property market is turning around?
Seller's market returns as homes for sale drop in some areas
http://usat.ly/JvJMoI
Update: See also NY Times
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Once Again, Floor Plans are Making Sales - in NYC
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Two Bedrooms Are Back in NY
Sales of studios and one-bedrooms rebounded first after the market crashed in late 2008, followed by three-bedrooms, but it wasn’t until mid-2010 that the two-bedroom market started its comeback. Now, brokers say that the demand for smaller apartments has ebbed and that two-bedroom apartments are all the rage, especially those priced at the lower end of the market.
Alan Nickman, an executive vice president of Bellmarc Realty, says that more buyers have recently come to him looking for apartments between $750,000 and $1.2 million. “That’s basically your starter two-bedrooms,” Mr. Nickman said, adding that the pool of potential buyers included “first-time buyers who are going straight into a two-bedroom,” bypassing smaller units.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
US News
When the recession hit, buyers fled the market and prices fell across the board. After things stabilized in late 2009, the market share for two-bedrooms had dropped from a typical 40 percent to as low as 25 percent, because more people had found that they could afford three-bedrooms, which took sales away from two-bedrooms.
Now, after a lull that has lasted for more than a year, two-bedrooms are back.
Real Estate Investors Look to the Future, and See Signs to Buy Apartment Towers
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Goodbye, Glitzy Condo Pitches
Friday, February 12, 2010
Slumburbia in the USA
"After several days in foreclosure alley, this broad swath of the Central Valley that has been rated by some economists as the most stressed region during the Great Recession, I can’t see such apocalyptic forecasts coming true. Yes, huge developments are empty, with rising crime at the edges, and thousands of homes owned by banks that can’t unload them even at fire-sale prices. But through it all, the country churns and expands, unlike most other Western democracies. That great American natural resource — tomorrow — will have to save the suburban slums."
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Apartment House
Bovis Lend Lease, an Australian company, is building a wonderful apartment building in New York City - 535 West End Avenue.
Some floors are full floor apartments, and on other floors there are two apartments per floor. One of the smaller apartments is 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and is 408 square metres in size.
Why don't we get this quality apartment house in Brisbane?