Halstead Property

RE alliance forms Houlihan Lawrence, the Bronxville-based residential real estate company, has joined three other independent metropolitan brokerages to share exclusive property listings online. One executive involved in the deal called it unprecedented in their industry. The newly formed Tri-State Alliance also...
Westfair Online - Monday, January 23, 2012

By SUSAN STELLIN After the fall of Lehman Brothers and several years when buyers and renters had the upper hand, in 2011 the Hamptons real estate market showed signs of a revival; agents expect it will continue in 2012. Although prices...
New York Times - Sunday, January 22, 2012

Halstead Property is pleased to announce that three new agents have joined the Boerum Hill office, one of three Halstead offices in Brooklyn. The agents are comprised of well-known veteran Park Slope brokers – Jackie Lew, Marc Wisotsky, and Robert...
Realestaterama - Friday, January 20, 2012

New York, NY – Halstead Property is pleased to announce the appointment of Wigder Frota as Executive Vice President at their Park Avenue office. A 17-year industry veteran, Wigder joins Halstead after his tenure at a top real estate firm...
Realestaterama - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

New York - Halstead Property is pleased to announce the appointment of Wigder Frota as Executive Vice President at their Park Avenue office. A 17-year industry veteran, Wigder joins Halstead after his tenure at a top real estate firm and...
citybizlist - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Wealthy buyers, sellers demand quality service, straight answers By Glenn Roberts, Jr. NEW YORK -- Quality service may be king for buyers of high-priced homes, but these buyers are often less finicky and more educated about the market than first-time buyers, said...
Inman News - Monday, January 16, 2012

Picture left to right: Diane Ramirez -President, Halstead Property; Chris Meyer, Principal - Houlihan; Lawrence, Georgianna Finn - Owner, Coach Realtors; John Turpin - President, Turpin Realtors In an initiative aimed at streamlining the home buying and selling experience in...
Garden City News - Friday, January 13, 2012

Four residential brokerage firms in NYC area will share their exclusive listings on their sites. Turpin Realtors, which serves multiple New Jersey counties including Somerset and Morris, has joined in a partnership with three other residential brokerage firms in the New...
Basking Ridge Patch - Thursday, January 12, 2012

By Fenella Pearson In an initiative aimed at streamlining the home buying and selling experience in the New York metro area, four top residential brokerage firms have joined forces to create the Tri-State Alliance, a partnership launched today to share exclusive...
The Daily Weston - Thursday, January 12, 2012

By Fenella Pearson In an initiative aimed at streamlining the home buying and selling experience in the New York metro area, four top residential brokerage firms have joined forces to create the Tri-State Alliance, a partnership launched today to share exclusive...
Daily Scarsdale - Thursday, January 12, 2012

According to the fourth quarter Manhattan residential market report released by Brown Harris Stevens, the average Manhattan apartment sale price of $1,391,745 was down slightly from the last quarter and down just 3% from same period in 2010.A leading factor...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, January 11, 2012

New York City-based residential brokerage Halstead Property is teaming up with Houlihan Lawrence, Coach Realtors and Turpin Realtors to form a Tri-State Alliance, a partnership which will allow the brokerages to share exclusive property listings online, Halstead announced today. By sharing...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, January 11, 2012

by David Winzelberg Four New York metro area residential real estate firms, including Northport-based Coach Realtors on Long Island, have joined forces to create a partnership called the Tri-State Alliance, to share exclusive property listings online. The alliance, which includes Halstead Property...
Long Island Business News - Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Regional Spotlight—In an initiative aimed at streamlining the home-buying and selling experience in the New York metro area, four top residential brokerage firms have joined forces to create the Tri-State Alliance, a partnership launched today to share exclusive property listings...
RIS Media - Wednesday, January 11, 2012

By JOSH BARBANEL Manhattan apartment sales fell sharply and prices slipped in the fourth quarter, but brokers remained undaunted and predicted that a boost in buyers' confidence would stabilize the market in 2012. Manhattan sales declined 12.4% in the fourth...
Wall Street Journal - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

By Oshrat Carmiel Manhattan apartment sales fell 12 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as Europe’s debt crisis and sluggish U.S. job growth dimmed buyer appetites. Purchases of condominiums and co-ops declined to 2,011 from 2,295 in the...
Bloomberg News - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL and ANDY SOLTIS Manhattan housing prices are finally stable, but sales are down compared with the busy market of 2010, industry experts said. The median sales price of a Manhattan home was $855,000 in the last quarter,...
New York Post - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

By Les Christie NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Despite a number of multi-million dollar home sales, including a record-setting $88 million penthouse deal in December, Manhattan real estate prices fell significantly during the final months of 2011. The median price paid for...
CNN Money - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Local market continues to be remarkably resilient in face of broader economic tumult. High end and entry-level units both show strength, aided by low interest rates. By Amanda Fung After a tumultuous year in global markets, the average sale price for an...
Crains - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

By Vivian S. Toy The Manhattan real estate market closed out 2011 with prices relatively flat, but sales volume for the fourth quarter was down by more than 12 percent from the previous year largely because of shrinking condominium inventory as...
New York Times - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Buoyed by lack of inventory, prices for new development units rise From left, Prudential Douglas Elliman’s Dottie Herman, Halstead Property’s Greg Heym and the Corcoran Group’s Pamela Liebman By Leigh Kamping-Carder The volume of Manhattan home sales declined at least 12 percent...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Awards Halstead Property announces that its newly relaunched website has wonthe Web Marketing Association's 2011 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development.Each year, the WebAwards recognizes the premiere websites across 96 dif¬ferent industries and identifies com¬panies with progressive tactics and innovation...
The Cooperator - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Market Indicators Up SLightly, Prices Steady W.B. King While the economy sputters along and unemployment rates remain steady at more than nine percent, there doesn't seem to be much call for celebration—but all is not gloom and doom. The real estate market...
The Cooperator - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Disagreement between REBNY and state Realtors stalls advertising rules overhaul By Adam Pincus From left: Diane Ramirez president of Halstead Property, Eileen Spinola, a senior vice president of REBNY, and Duncan MacKenzie, the CEO of the New York State Association of Realtors The...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, November 29, 2011

AS much as people love to look at property listings, they also love to voice their opinions about what they see. To facilitate this, one real estate agency, Bond New York, has incorporated the Facebook commenting system on its Web...
New York Times - Friday, November 25, 2011

Halstead Property announced that Sara Rotter has joined the firm as director of sales for downtown. Rotter is working closely with Richard Grossman, the executive director of sales for downtown. Together, they are responsible for the day-to-day management of Halstead's...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, November 23, 2011

NEW YORK, NY –Leading real estate firm Halstead Property announced today that Sara Rotter has joined the firm as Director of Sales for Downtown. In her new position, Rotter is working closely with Richard Grossman, the Executive Director of Sales...
Realestaterama - Thursday, November 17, 2011

From left: Sara Rotter, the new director of sales for Halstead, and Diane Ramriez, president of Halstead Property Sara Rotter, the former director of sales for the Gramercy, Flatiron, Chelsea and West Village offices of Citi Habitats, has joined Halstead Property...
The Real Deal - Friday, November 11, 2011

East Hampton - Known as the leading residential real estate brokerage firm in the tri-state area, Halstead Property announced their strategic growth to the East End of Long Island with the joining of the highly regarded firm Devlin McNiff. The...
Hamptons.com - Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Halstead creates a suburban Connecticut cover for its portfolio. The Connecticut cover features one of Halstead's offerings in Darien. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT Halstead Property has announced the release of the Halstead Portfolio, a bound 140-page book highlighting 900...
Darien News-Review - Wednesday, November 02, 2011

The power of Tumblr Tumblr is a rapidly growing blogging community with diehard fans, especially in the fashion sector and major metro areas. A lot of real estate agents have taken to the site and are putting energy into featuring...
AG Beat - Saturday, October 29, 2011

Sales of homes costing $5 million and up tripled in third quarter to 30 in feeding frenzy led by Wall Streeters and overseas buyers. By Amanda Fung Sales of homes commanding prices of $5 million and up continued to drive activity in...
Crains - Thursday, October 27, 2011

The newly re-launched website of Halstead Property, a residential real estate brokerage firm serving the metropolitan area, has won the Web Marketing Association's 2011 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development. Each year, the WebAwards recognizes the premiere websites across 96...
citybizlist - Sunday, October 23, 2011

NEW YORK, NY – Halstead Property is proud to announce that its newly re-launched website has won the Web Marketing Association’s 2011 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development. Each year, the WebAwards recognizes the premiere websites across 96 different...
Realestaterama - Thursday, October 20, 2011

By Linda O’Flanagan The Real Estate Board of New York honored leading residential brokers last night during a charity gala event at Chelsea Piers. Following what Steven Spinola, REBNY president, called a challenging year, the brokers celebrated the most skillfully transacted deals...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, October 19, 2011

From left, seated, Ann Bialek, agent at Halstead Property, Diane Abrams, senior vice president and managing director at Brown Harris Stevens, Sharon Baum,senior vice president and director of the Exclusive Properties Division at the Corcoran Group, Dell Rubin, vice president...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Late last month, real estate pros came out in force to support brokers Michele Kleier, Samantha Kleier Forbes and Sabrina Kleier Morgenstern as they signed copies of their first novel, "Hot Property." In the penthouse suite at the London Hotel...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, October 18, 2011

From left, Chris Halstead (Halstead Property) Alison Draper (Halstead Property) (credit Marc Becker) PBS picked up The Real Deal's documentary on prolific architect Costas Kondylis for its 2012 documentary series, and last week celebrated with The Real Deal by holding a...
The Real Deal - Monday, October 17, 2011

By Bridget LeRoy One of the largest residential real estate companies in the tristate area, Halstead Property, expanded eastward last week to team up with Devlin McNiff, owned by Stuart and Lynn Epstein and located near the corner of Newtown Lane...
East Hampton Star - Thursday, October 13, 2011

Awards showcase outstanding website design, content A website promoting a high-rise condo in Beirut, Lebanon, has been chosen "Best Real Estate Website" by the Web Marketing Association. The WMA's 2011 WebAwards also singled out a dozen "outstanding websites" in the real estate...
Inman News - Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property, and 109 Gold Street Construction is now complete and a temporary certificate of occupancy has been issued at 109 Gold Street, developer Gold & York LLC's 33-unit Dumbo condominium, Halstead Property Development Marketing, which is...
The Real Deal - Friday, October 07, 2011

By VIVIAN S. TOY The Manhattan real estate market remained resilient in the last three months, with prices holding steady and sales volume going up, despite the wild gyrations of the stock market over the summer and continued fears of global...
New York Times - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

By Josh Barbanel Despite abundant economic uncertainty, the Manhattan co-op and condo sales have achieved a rare state of being during the third quarter: stable and boring. "Slow and steady as we predicted and hoped," said Diane Ramirez, the president of Halstead...
Wall Street Journal - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Prices are mixed, but the sales activity is up, market reports show By Leigh Kamping-Carder Though pricing indicators were mixed, the volume of Manhattan residential sales increased in the third quarter of 2011, creating an overall picture of stability in Manhattan's...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

By Prashant Gopal and Katie Spencer Manhattan apartment sales jumped in the third quarter, buoyed by deals at the high and low ends of the market, as foreign investors drove demand for condos and entry-level buyers took advantage of record-low mortgage...
Bloomberg News - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Scoop up apts. in Man. By ANDY SOLTIS Despite chaos in financial markets and tight credit, sales of Manhattan apartments are way up -- thanks to foreigners. There were 3,106 sales in the third quarter of the year -- a solid increase of...
New York Post - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Five—count 'em, five—marketplace reports suggest demand for Manhattan apartments remains steady. Median sales price: $911,333, down just 0.3% from year-earlier period.By Amanda Fung Fears that the economy may be returning to the bleak days of 2008 don't appear to have...
Crains - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

By Lee Christie NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Taking advantage of a weak U.S. dollar and a beaten down housing market, foreign buyers helped push Manhattan home prices slightly higher in the third quarter, according to the city's top residential real estate...
CNN Money - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

By Phyllis Furman Wealthy buyers are helping Manhattan's residential real estate market continue to hum, despite the faltering economy. The average price of a Manhattan apartment during the summer months was $1,437,302, in line with the second quarter and up 1%...
The New York Daily News - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

The brokerage's expansion outside NYC continues with its takeover of East Hampton firm Devlin McNiff. It's a return to the sandbox for Halstead, which had left the East End market in the early 2000s. By Amanda Fung Residential brokerage Halstead Property is...
Crains - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

by David Winzelberg Looking for a foothold on the east end of Long Island, Manhattan-based Halstead Property has partnered with East Hampton-based Devlin McNiff to form a new real estate company. The new firm, Devlin McNiff Halstead Property, will be located at...
Long Island Business News - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Halstead Property is expanding into the Hamptons by joining with the local firm Devlin McNiff, Halstead announced today. The new company will be known as Devlin McNiff Halstead Property. This will be Halstead's only presence in the Hamptons. Devlin McNiff...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

By Paul A. Johnson Following the buyout of Devlin McNiff, Halstead Property is returning to the Hamptons for the first time since the early-2000s. Readers with long memories may recall that's when the company sold its East End interest —Dayton Halstead—to...
Curbed - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Rudy Bachraty is co-founder of SellsiusBy Matt Carter Rudy Bachraty, Truila's social media guru and co-founder of the Sellsius blog, has a new job: chief educator for WellcomeMat, the video publishing platform for real estate professionals and brands. Bachraty said that while...
Inman News - Tuesday, September 27, 2011

American debt has been downgraded. Has Manhattan real estate? A data-driven review.By S.Jhoanna Robledo We know the eurozone is barely hanging on, job reports are terrible, and nobody’s hiring. What we don’t know—because it typically takes a few months to become...
New York Magazine - Sunday, September 18, 2011

Since Halstead Property was founded over 27 years ago, much has changed in the residential real estate world. Buyers now search for properties online through a variety of face paced websites and tools; today, sellers utilize Brokers to market their homes...
Avenue - Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Halstead Property has released its Connecticut Second Quarter 2011 Market Report for single family home sales. Compiled with data pulled from MLS records, the Report shows that sales have increased in many Fairfield County towns over the same time last...
Darien News-Review - Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Terra Holdings co-chairman and Halstead Connecticut Executives pose at Halsteadís Summer Soiree. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT Halstead New Canaan Agents enjoy the company of Halstead New York agents and executives at the Summer Soiree hosted hosted by President Diane...
New Canaan News - Saturday, July 30, 2011

Halstead Property today released its Connecticut Second Quarter 2011 Market Report for single-family home sales. Compiled with data pulled from MLS records, the report shows that sales have increased in many Fairfield County towns over the same time last year,...
Wilton Bulletin - Thursday, July 28, 2011

By Vivian S. Toy After a slight drop in prices at the beginning of the year, the Manhattan real estate market has stabilized in the last three months, with prices rising slightly and sales volume increasing with an expected spring surge...
New York Times - Friday, July 01, 2011

While the number of condos and co-ops sold fell from the second quarter of 2010, brokers still say they're struck by how “normal” the market has become.By Amanda Fung The Manhattan residential market held its ground during the second quarter of...
Crains - Friday, July 01, 2011

By Jessica Dickler and Aaron Smith NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- High-end buyers came to Manhattan to spend money during the second quarter, helping to lift average prices for homes. The average sale price of a Manhattan apartment rose to $1.39...
CNN Money - Friday, July 01, 2011

By Adam Fusfield The Manhattan real estate sales market can best be characterized as stable, according to second-quarter reports issued today by the city's largest real estate brokerages, signaling strength amidst an uncertain economic climate elsewhere in the country. Reports from...
The Real Deal - Friday, July 01, 2011

By Oshrat Carmiel and Ashwin Seshagiri Manhattan apartment sales and prices fell in the second quarter from a year earlier, as the absence of a federal tax credit created less urgency to complete deals. Purchases of condominiums and co-ops declined 3.8...
Bloomberg News - Friday, July 01, 2011

Terra Holdings announced that Stephen G. Kliegerman has been named president of a newly formed company, Terra Development Marketing. Kliegerman will be responsible for the operations, direction and management of new business, client relations, pre-development planning, marketing and sales for all...
Brokers Weekly - Thursday, June 16, 2011

Trish Martin A former vice president and director at Brown Harris Stevens has been named director of sales for Brooklyn at sister company Halstead Property, Halstead announced today. Starting July 11, Trish Martin will manage Halstead's offices in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble...
The Real Deal - Thursday, June 09, 2011

75 1/2 Bedford Street For the longest time apartment plans were an afterthought for brokers, who merely took old, photocopied, and often illegible depictions from dated directories. But according to the New York Times, more and more established brokerages, including...
The Real Deal - Monday, May 30, 2011

The Halstead Property first quarter 2011 market report shows that several Fairfield County towns are seeing increases in median and average prices over the past year. New Canaan leads the way with prices and sales up across the board. Wilton, Westport...
Darien News-Review - Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Halstead Property first quarter 2011 market report shows that several Fairfield County towns are seeing increases in median and average prices over the past year. New Canaan leads the way with prices and sales up across the board. Wilton, Westport...
New Canaan News - Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Halstead Property first quarter 2011 market report shows that several Fairfield County towns are seeing increases in median and average prices over the past year. New Canaan leads the way with prices and sales up across the board. Wilton, Westport...
Stamford Advocate - Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Halstead Property first quarter 2011 market report shows that several Fairfield County towns are seeing increases in median and average prices over the past year. New Canaan leads the way with prices and sales up across the board. Wilton, Westport...
WestPort News - Wednesday, May 25, 2011

While many area towns saw increased sale prices over last year for properties in the first quarter, Stamford’s price remains flat, according to Halstead Properties’ first-quarter market report, which was released this morning. Stamford properties sold 13 percent faster than...
Stamford Advocate - Monday, May 23, 2011

Halstead Property's Connecticut Single-Family Sales Report for First Quarter of 2011 a Mixed Bag By Andrew Brophy Fewer houses sold in Fairfield in the first three months of 2011 compared to a year ago, but the average sales price was...
Fairfield Patch - Friday, May 20, 2011

Buys small boutique firm based in Riverdale section of the Bronx; seller says industry has changed and that it takes more money and technology to compete. By Amanda Fung Halstead Property has acquired the small Riverdale, Bronx-based boutique residential brokerage firm...
Crains - Friday, May 06, 2011

By Adam Fusfeld Halstead Property acquired longtime residential Riverdale brokerage Susan Goldy Real Estate, the firm announced today, marking its second office in the upscale Bronx community. Both sides refused to disclose the terms of the deal, but Susan Goldy's...
The Real Deal - Friday, May 06, 2011

By Vivian S. Toy After more than a year of slow but steady growth, the Manhattan real estate market saw declines in price and sales volume in the first three months of 2011, raising the question of whether the city may...
New York Times - Friday, April 01, 2011

Tight credit, a harsh winter and a return to seasonality led to a relatively quiet first quarter in Manhattan, according to several residential sales market reports released today by some of New York City's top firms. While reports from...
The Real Deal - Friday, April 01, 2011

By Oshrat Carmiel Manhattan apartment prices dropped in the first quarter as condominium sales plummeted and new- development deals made up the smallest share of the market in almost seven years. The median price of all properties that changed hands in...
Bloomberg News - Friday, April 01, 2011

By Amanda Fung Manhattan residential sales prices continued their fall in the most recent 12-month period, according to three market reports released Friday. At the end of the first quarter, the median price stood at $782,071, down 9.9% from the same...
Crains - Friday, April 01, 2011

By Christina Hribar Brokerage firms and database firm Streeteasy.com unleashed their first-quarter reports for the Manhattan real-estate market, and yes, Virginia, the average price for an apartment did fall. Streeteasy.com saw both median and average prices (including condos, co-ops, and new...
New York Magazine - Friday, April 01, 2011

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Isn't it fun to be a New Yorker? There's the rotten weather much of the year, dirty subway stations, packed restaurants and grid-locked streets. And really high home prices. According to four residential real estate market reports...
CNN Money - Friday, April 01, 2011

By JOSH BARBANEL The Manhattan co-op and condo market hit a speed bump in the first quarter of the year as median prices fell and several market reports showed a drop in sales. It's a big turnabout from a year...
Wall Street Journal - Friday, April 01, 2011

The last few quarterly market reports have been decent, and even, perhaps, normal. But all good things must come to an end, including rosy (for a recession recovery) sales numbers...and agreement among brokerages about what those numbers actually are. On...
Curbed - Friday, April 01, 2011

As a co-founder and president of one of the city’s most prominent real estate firms, Halstead Property, Diane Ramirez is a household name in the industry. And with more than 35 years in the business, the New York-native isn't shy...
The New York Daily News - Friday, April 01, 2011

The Darien office of Halstead Property announced their on-going commitment to OPUS for Person-to-Person with a corporate sponsorship for their 2011 spring benefit "Jazz Fête" which will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Country Club of Darien...
New Canaan News - Friday, April 01, 2011

By Amanda Fung Halstead Property has created a new top sales post and snagged a top Upper West Side manager at its sister firm Brown Harris Stevens to fill the post, the residential brokerage announced Wednesday morning. Jim Gricar will join Halstead...
Crains - Wednesday, March 23, 2011

From the 2011 Data Book: Manhattan's residential market was fairly lackluster in 2010, but it was welcome relief from the severe downturn during most of 2009. "We've gone through this two-year roller coaster of housing trends because of financing and...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, March 15, 2011

By Aaron Short Even in a slumping economy, Williamsburg’s most expensive building is filling up. Developers of The Edge have sold nearly 40 percent of their condos since the 565-unit luxury waterfront complex went on the market last fall. “It’s a huge thing!”...
Brooklyn Papers - Friday, February 11, 2011

It's the second business day of 2011, which means it must be time for the fourth quarter market reports from the major brokerages wrapping up 2010. This morning's headlines tell us that Manhattan real estate sales experienced steady growth, sideways...
Curbed - Tuesday, January 04, 2011

By Vivian S. Toy The 2010 real estate market in Manhattan will be remembered for slow but steady growth, with luxury sales of $3 million and up finally making a strong return in the final months of the year, according to...
New York Times - Tuesday, January 04, 2011

By Josh Barnbanel apartments slipped during the fourth quarter, according to market reports released Monday. Brokers say that the pace of new deals has been picking up lately, at all price points. But even so, some brokers predicted that prices will stagnate...
Wall Street Journal - Tuesday, January 04, 2011

By Amanda Fung The long suffering Manhattan residential real estate market is ringing in the New Year on a positive note. Sales activity in the second half—as measured by number of sales, median sale prices, average number of days on market...
Crains - Tuesday, January 04, 2011

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Home prices in Manhattan, the nation's most expensive big market, seem to have settled into a rut -- or rather, a high plateau. Four of New York's biggest residential real estate brokers issued Manhattan market reports Tuesday...
CNN Money - Tuesday, January 04, 2011

By Candace Taylor Home sales slowed in Manhattan during the fourth quarter of 2010, but aggregate prices increased as consumers bought larger homes, according to fourth-quarter market reports released by the city's major brokerage firms today. The median price of homes...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, January 04, 2011

A new law requiring a real estate agent to have clients sign a form stating that they understand whom the agent represents and to whom the agent will give "undivided loyalty," will go into effect this year, the New York...
The Real Deal - Monday, January 03, 2011

BY Vivian S. Toy AS if the process of shopping for an apartment weren’t fraught enough, potential buyers and renters will have to deal with another wrinkle this year, when a new real estate broker-disclosure law goes into effect in New...
New York Times - Thursday, December 30, 2010

Halstead Property is to open a new flagship office at 499 Park Avenue. Located on the southeast corner of Park and 59th Street, the two-floor 17,000 s/f space will be ready early Spring 2011, according to Diane M. Ramierez, Halstead’s...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Halstead, 499 Park Avenue The residential brokers landed a prime 17,000-square-foot location at Park and 59th Street. The company's flagship was most recently located at 1356 Third, between 77th and 78th streets, after it started out in a Madison Avenue townhouse.
New York Observer - Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Lease Transactions 499 Park Ave saw 50k SF of deals, including Cantor Fitzgerald’s 20k SF expansion to 50k SF (tenant reps: JLL’s Derek Trulson and Bill Peters); Halstead Property’s 17,500 SF relocation; and Woodbine Capital Advisors’ 11,300 SF relocation (tenant...
Real Estate BisNow - Tuesday, December 21, 2010

NEW YORK CITY-The 280,000-square-foot renewal and expansion of law firm Winston & Strawn at Tishman Speyer Properties’ 200 Park Ave., and the consolidation of Natixis into 182,200 square feet at Mitsui Fudosan’s 1251 Ave. of the Americas, rank among the...
Globe St.com - Tuesday, December 14, 2010

By most measures, 2010 has been a checkered year, real estate-wise. Despite some improvements, Manhattan prices remain below pre-Lehman Brothers meltdown levels. Plenty of buildings still have hundreds of unsold units. In the last two months, the sales pace of co-ops...
New York Post - Thursday, December 09, 2010

Halstead Property has just signed on to be the exclusive sales and marketing representatives for 380 Lenox Avenue and for 1485 Fifth Avenue, president Diane Ramirez told the New York Times. She also spoke about Windows on 123 in Harlem,...
The Real Deal - Monday, November 29, 2010

Photo: Diane M. Ramirez of Halstead Property (taken by Chester Higgins of the New York Times) Ms. Ramirez, 63, is the president of Halstead Property, a residential brokerage that, along with the luxury brokerage Brown Harris Stevens, is owned by Terra...
New York Times - Thursday, November 25, 2010

Photo by BuckEnnis." " rel=prettyPhoto jQuery1290541690528="20"> By Amanda Fung Residential brokerage firms are going high-tech. They are plastering fancy new barcodes called QR codes on their marketing materials for properties for sale. Halstead Property and Brown Harris Stevens recently rolled out the square...
Crains - Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Halstead Property has expanded its Westport, Conn. office, the residential firm announced today, after acquiring the office space adjacent to its existing location in the Compo Shopping Center. The firm now takes up roughly 3,200 square feet, up from 1,900...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

By Candace Taylor One way to understand what's currently happening in the Manhattan residential real estate market is to visualize, as Miller Samuel CEO Jonathan Miller put it, that "we're in the second hump of the annual two-hump camel." The normal...
The Real Deal - Monday, November 01, 2010

By Jim Buchta Real estate agents often say the best way to sell a house is to stage it, meaning fill it with furniture that shows off its best features, but strip of it anything that might mask those features (ie:...
Star Tribune - Our Voices - Monday, November 01, 2010

By VIVIAN S. TOY ANY broker will tell you that selling an empty apartment is much harder than selling a beautifully furnished one. But staging a home with rented furniture can cost thousands of dollars, and that’s money that most sellers...
New York Times - Friday, October 29, 2010

By Jill Urban Most brokers will tell you that a well-furnished home always appears larger than an empty one. That's why staging is such an important step in the selling process. For those who do not want to go through the...
NY1 - Friday, October 29, 2010

By Laura Kusisto 499 Park Avenue A group of residential brokers hardly needs schooling on the importance of location. Now Halstead will move its flagship office to a prime spot at Park Avenue and 59th Street. Access to public transportation was a key...
New York Observer - Friday, October 29, 2010

By Amanda Fung Halstead Property, one of the city's largest residential brokerage firms, is doubling the size of its flagship office. The brokerage, which has been located at 1356 Third Ave., between 77th and 78th streets, for almost a decade, will...
Crains - Thursday, October 28, 2010

Halstead Property's East Side office will be relocating to a new flagship location at 499 Park Avenue, at the corner of 59th Street, doubling the residential firm's existing space, Halstead President Diane Ramirez announced today. The new office will occupy...
The Real Deal - Thursday, October 28, 2010

elier Ian Schrager, CEO of the Ian Schrager Company; Daniel Tishman, chairman & CEO of Tishman Construction; Jeff Blau, president of Related Companies; Robert Knakal, chairman of Massey Knakal Realty Services; Howard Lorber, chairman of Prudential Douglas Elliman, and Diane...
The Real Deal - Friday, October 22, 2010

Closings were announced today at Solis, a new six-story condominium at 174 Clermont Avenue between Willoughby and Myrtle avenues in Fort Greene. Halstead Property Development Marketing is handling sales at the nine-unit Brooklyn building, where only one apartment is still...
The Real Deal - Monday, October 18, 2010

By Candace Taylor Park 51 developer Sharif El-Gamal did not mince words in discussing Sarah Palin tonight at The Real Deal's sixth annual forum, "The Road to Recovery" at Lincoln Center. "She's from Alaska -- what does she know about New...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Real Deal is signing off early tonight because we're on our way -- and some of us are already there networking -- to The Real Deal's sixth annual forum, "The Road to Recovery," at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Real Estate Board of New York has recently taken several steps to help give its members better access to data in the increasingly digitized world of residential real estate. As of July 1, REBNY instituted a rule requiring its...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Brooklyn realtors are encouraged to attend The Real Deal’s Sixth Annual Real Estate Forum, titled “The Road to Recovery” on Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The highlight of the event will be a panel discussion featuring...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Wednesday, October 06, 2010

By Vivian S. Toy After two years of unpredictable sales trends, the Manhattan real estate market seems to have settled into a more typical and seasonal pattern, with prices rising slightly and sales volume dipping in the recent summer months, third-quarter...
New York Times - Friday, October 01, 2010

By Amanda Fung The Manhattan residential real estate market continued to stabilize as sales levels returned to historical norms and the sale of more big apartments helped to boost average prices during the third quarter, according to several market reports released...
Crains - Friday, October 01, 2010

The third quarter of 2010 was sending out all sorts of mixed signals about the state of the Manhattan real estate market. While prices and sales activity seemed to be performing well, there was fear about what the expiration of...
Curbed - Friday, October 01, 2010

It's the first day of October, which means it's time to parse the Manhattan real estate quarterly reports. True to form, the numbers differ from one firm to the next, but a through line emerges: The market has found its...
New York Magazine - Friday, October 01, 2010

By C.J. Hughes For years, the main photo used in listings for suburban homes was a simple street-level shot. Not anymore. Since the market turned and the fight to reel in buyers has intensified, real estate companies are opting for a...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, September 01, 2010

By Candace Taylor Real estate agent Christopher Stokes Moseley recently spent months helping a homeowner prepare to sell his apartment, even talking him through a kitchen renovation. "I held his hand through the entire process," said Moseley, a senior vice president...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, September 01, 2010

The Real Estate Board of New York has recently taken several steps to help give its members better access to data in the increasingly digitized world of residential real estate. As of July 1, REBNY instituted a rule requiring its...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, September 01, 2010

While the term "Drone Helicopter Imagery" might conjure thoughts of covert special ops, it's actually the latest technology to hit the New York City real estate community. By utilizing a hand-controlled helicopter, equipped with a rotating camera, property marketers can...
The Real Deal - Thursday, August 12, 2010

NEW YORK, NY—Halstead Property announces that Robyn Kammerer has been promoted to Executive Director of Communications for the firm. Previously the Vice President of Communications for Halstead, Kammerer is responsible for all of the public relations efforts for the top...
NY Inc - Friday, August 06, 2010

STAMFORD, CT—Halstead Property announces that Marjorie Scarano, sales manager of the Stamford office, has been promoted to director of sales. “Marjorie has been a dedicated member of the Halstead Property team committed to the sales team and expanding our brand in...
NY Inc - Wednesday, July 21, 2010

By Sarabeth Sanders Earlier this week, The Real Deal checked out Penthouse A at the Lucida, the new LEED-certified condominium by Extell Development at 151 East 85th Street. Gumley Haft Kleier head honcho Michele Kleier, who has the exclusive listing...
The Real Deal - Friday, July 16, 2010

By CHRIS HERRING And JOSEPH DE AVILA With his decision Thursday night to sign with the Miami Heat, LeBron James, the most heralded free agent in what's been billed as the best free-agent class in NBA history, deflated New York...
Wall Street Journal - Friday, July 09, 2010

By Jake Mooney LARGE and small real estate brokerages have been videotaping properties on the market for years. But in the age of the iPad and the smartphone, two of the larger brokerages in New York — Halstead Property and the...
New York Times - Wednesday, July 07, 2010

IF it isn’t enough that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is on a screen in Times Square beseeching the N.B.A. All-Star LeBron James to forsake his Ohio roots for the Big Apple, Halstead Property has now joined the campaign to entice...
New York Times - Sunday, July 04, 2010

I'm still just as fascinated by the LeBron sweepstakes as I was when I wrote about it last week. I've been following C'mon LeBron and Send LeBron to Chicago on Facebook, and I can honestly say I've never seen anything...
Forbes - Thursday, July 01, 2010

All that talk of a busy spring selling season? Turns out, it wasn’t all spin. According to the second-quarter reports from Streeteasy.com and four major brokerage firms — Prudential Douglas Elliman, the Corcoran Group, Halstead Property, and Brown Harris Stevens...
New York Magazine - Thursday, July 01, 2010

Manhattan apartment sales jumped 80 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, reaching the highest level since 2008, as the city’s job market improved. About 2,750 condominiums and cooperative apartments sold in the period, New York appraiser Miller...
Bloomberg News - Thursday, July 01, 2010

By SCOTT CACCIOLA Madison Square Garden awoke Wednesday morning to discover a noisy new neighbor: a 20,250-square foot billboard featuring Mikhail Prokhorov, the Nets' new billionaire owner, and Jay-Z, the rapper and entertainment mogul who owns a minority share of...
Wall Street Journal - Thursday, July 01, 2010

We know it's early in the morning, so we'll begin our roundup of the second quarter Manhattan market reports from the major brokerages—Elliman, Corcoran, Brown Harris Stevens, and Halstead—and StreetEasy with the biggest shocker from the data: by all accounts,...
Curbed - Thursday, July 01, 2010

King James, we've got one more for your court: Halstead Property. Joining the long list of locals wooing basketball's biggest free agent LeBron James, the New York real estate firm is not only offering to find him a swanky pad, but...
The New York Daily News - Thursday, July 01, 2010

By VIVIAN S. TOY The number of apartments sold in Manhattan rose significantly in the last three months, but prices were flat, with some categories dipping slightly compared with the previous quarter, according to sales reports to be released on...
New York Times - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

By Vivian S. Toy If it isn’t enough that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is on a screen in Times Square beseeching the N.B.A. All-Star LeBron James to forsake his Ohio roots for the Big Apple, Halstead Property has now joined the...
New York Times - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

With rumors swirling that basketball great LeBron James may be headed to New York City, more brokers are jockeying for the Cavaliers' prize player's business. Halstead Property head Diane Ramirez has taken its effort one step further, crafting a comprehensive...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Brokerage Halstead Property has pledged to donate its commission to charity if LeBron James signs with the Knicks and uses the firm's services to buy a home. But don't take it from us. Let Halstead boss Diane Ramirez and a...
Curbed - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Today is the day before the day LeBron James will become a free agent, and eventually crush the spirits of at least one or two major metropolitan cities. It doesn't take much to see that the problems of one 6'8"...
Gothamist - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

At midnight tonight, the basketball star LeBron James will become one of the most sought-after athletes in history. Mr. James, already a global superstar for the Cleveland Cavaliers, is expected to receive offers from NBA franchises in Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, New...
Philanthropy.com - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

By CRAIG KARMIN Prudential Douglas Elliman, the city's largest real-estate broker, on Tuesday is poised to do something it's never done before: make available at the click of a mouse not only its own property listings, but also the listings...
Wall Street Journal - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

By Yaffi Spodek A new Manhattan-based residential real estate firm has hit the streets, targeting a younger demographic and offering buyers and renters a one-stop-shop. Empire City Realty founder Steven Ostad and his team of six agents offer customers the...
The Real Deal - Friday, June 25, 2010

By Vivian S. Toy THIS year, the burst of real estate action that marks the spring season came early in New York. Manhattan saw a big sales spike in March, well before the market’s usual busy season in May and June....
New York Times - Thursday, June 10, 2010

By Max Gross It was a rough winter for Conan O’Brien, but things are a lot sunnier now. After collecting $32 million in his NBC exit deal, he got a new late show on TBS. His comedy tour has been a...
New York Post - Thursday, June 03, 2010

The co-op unit that NBC's Conan O'Brien sold at the Majestic co-op building at 115 Central Park West, for close to its $29.5 million asking price, "had a quirky layout," said Dolly Lenz, the vice chairman of Prudential Douglas Elliman...
The Real Deal - Thursday, June 03, 2010

Two years ago, in the months before the fall of Lehman Brothers, when New York’s economic lily was still contentedly gilded, crafting a list of real estate’s biggest machers was pretty easy: Moguls X, Y and Z had done deals...
New York Observer - Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The first-quarter Manhattan market reports arrived last month, bringing (mostly) good news for the industry. First, an eye-popping jump in activity buoyed agents' spirits. There were 2,384 Manhattan home sales in the first quarter, a stunning 99.5 percent leap from...
The Real Deal - Saturday, May 01, 2010

By Candace Taylor A year ago this month, New York's real estate community experienced one of the darker moments of the recession when Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy -- one of the city's largest and most established firms -- announced it would...
The Real Deal - Saturday, May 01, 2010

By C.J. Hughes A year ago, teaming up looked like a great idea for real estate agents. Industry-wide, there had been a decade-long trend toward consolidation. Plus, in a bad economy, who wouldn't want more bodies scouring the city for leads?...
The Real Deal - Saturday, May 01, 2010

By JOSH BARBANEL The spring selling season in Manhattan is off to the strongest start in two years, according to major real-estate brokerage firms. But prices are sluggish. Spring is traditionally the busiest selling season and sets the tone for...
Wall Street Journal - Wednesday, April 28, 2010

By Greg Olear At the beginning of 2009, the New York real estate market was as frozen as the ice at the Rockefeller Plaza skating rink. The collapse of Bear Stearns and bankruptcy by Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008—a...
The Cooperator - Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Darien office of Halstead Property presented OPUS for Person-to-Person with a corporate donation for 2010. On March 23, some of the firm’s top executives, including Halstead President Diane M. Ramirez, provided the donation to Missy Radin, co-president of the...
Darien Times - Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Manhattan Real Estate Market Reports: Closings Up, Prices DownThe ritual flooding of our in-boxes with Manhattan real estate quarterly market reports is nigh, and the first three months of 2010 brought plenty of happy news, but sobering data, too. The...
New York Magazine - Friday, April 02, 2010

By Candace Taylor The Manhattan residential real estate market continued its slow improvement in the first quarter of 2010, according to market reports released today by the city's major real estate brokerages (see all full market reports below). While prices were...
The Real Deal - Friday, April 02, 2010

By Amanda Fung and James Comtois The Manhattan residential real estate market continued to improve in the first quarter of the year, with the number of sales running at nearly double the level for the same period of 2009, according...
Crains - Friday, April 02, 2010

By Dawn Wotapka The first-quarter market reports are in and Manhattan’s real-estate brokers are positively giddy. Sales nearly doubled from last year, according to Prudential Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel Inc.’s first-quarter data. Buyers were clearly drawn by the “bargains”–price-per-square foot was...
Wall Street Journal - Friday, April 02, 2010

Apartment prices in Manhattan rose modestly in the first three months of this year compared with the previous quarter, but they were well below the peak of 2008, according to sales reports to be released on Friday by four major...
New York Times - Friday, April 02, 2010

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY Apartment prices in Manhattan rose modestly in the first three months of this year compared with the previous quarter, but they were well below the peak of 2008, according to sales reports to be released on Friday by...
New York Times - Thursday, April 01, 2010

Local residential brokerage firms are embracing technology in a move to remain competitive and lure buyers to their Web sites. Elika Associates, a small Manhattan-based brokerage catering to just buyers, is the latest firm to launch what has become known as...
Crains - Friday, March 19, 2010

by Elizabeth A. Harris THOUGH the economy appears to be stabilizing, the market for financing remains tight. Some people are able to get mortgages without much trouble, but others find the process arduous, mystifying and prolonged. Then there are the buyers...
New York Times - Sunday, March 14, 2010

Brian Lewis, an executive vice president with Halstead Property, tweets about his listings. The other day, it was about a $1.1 million co-op on West 83rd Street. Lewis tweeted that the seller received multiple offers the second week it was...
NY1 - Monday, March 08, 2010

During the boom, New Yorkers increasingly relied on "price-per-square-foot" as a way to compare rapidly rising apartment values. The metric is even more popular in the downturn, as discount-crazed buyers look for good deals. But price-per-square-foot isn't as reliable a measure as...
The Real Deal - Thursday, March 04, 2010

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times; Mary DiBiase Blaich for The New York Times (center) On your hunt, you’ll find more bedrooms in the Bronx, more doormen in Manhattan, more brownstones in Brooklyn and more houses in Queens and...
New York Times - Sunday, February 14, 2010

Photo Above: Diane Ramirez at the $25,000,000 Perry Street penthouse the firm is selling. Information is below. (Marie Claire Andrea) By Lucy Blatter Diane Ramirez, 62, has been president of Halstead Property since 1999. In her nearly-40 years in the...
AM New York - Monday, February 01, 2010

Brokerages take different tact with pricing, advertising By Andrea V. Brambila, Thursday, January 14, 2010.NEW YORK -- Pumping through this city is the knowledge and energy of millions. As the home of Wall Street and the site of the fallen World...
Inman News - Thursday, January 14, 2010

One of the last Internet holdouts is giving in this week as The Corcoran Group announces it will start posting its exclusive listings on a REBNY site. The Corcoran Group, one of the city's largest residential brokerages, has decided to add...
Crains - Wednesday, January 13, 2010

By Amanda Fung and Theresa AgovinoFor years, frustrated home buyers in New York City have wondered when they would be able to go to a broker and see everything that's on the block, not just the properties that the agent...
Crains - Sunday, January 10, 2010

By J.W. ELPHINSTONE Home sales in Manhattan rebounded at the end of the year, but experts predict a weak recovery for the new year because the number of pending deals declined.Five housing reports released Tuesday painted a picture of a...
ABC News - Tuesday, January 05, 2010

By J.W. ELPHINSTONE Home sales in Manhattan rebounded at the end of the year, but experts predict a weak recovery for the new year because the number of pending deals declined.Five housing reports released Tuesday painted a picture of a...
Associated Press - Tuesday, January 05, 2010

By Amanda FungIf the final quarter of 2009 is any indication, the residential real estate market is in line for a good year in 2010. For the first time since the market collapsed in late 2008, sales activity and inventory...
Crains - Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The aughts are in the past, but it's not time to close the book on one of the craziest decades in New York City real estate history quite yet. The major brokerages have issued their fourth-quarter Manhattan sales reports, and...
Curbed - Tuesday, January 05, 2010

By Candace TaylorAn uptick in sales activity has slowed the once-rapid decline in the Manhattan real estate market, according to fourth-quarter market 2009 reports released by the city's major brokerages today, though experts still fear a double-dip in prices.Sales activity...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The real estate market continues to thaw in Manhattan! Home prices have fallen in double digits in the fourth quarter and are down nearly 15 percent from the year ago median prices. The average price per square foot has also...
The Money Times - Tuesday, January 05, 2010

By: Shazia Khan With 2009 coming to an end, real estate experts are trying to forecast what may be in store for both property owners and property seekers in the new year. NY1's Shazia Khan filed the following report. The city's residential...
NY1 - Sunday, December 27, 2009

New "Virtual Office Web site" lets customers search all city listings in one place By Candace Taylor Halstead Property announced today that it has completed the process of instituting an agent websiteVOW, or "Virtual Office Web site," making it the...
The Real Deal - Monday, December 21, 2009

Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property, said now is the time to buy, in a Halstead ProperTV segment. "It truly is the perfect storm right now." Ramirez said her firm recently expanded into the Fairfield, Conn. market because "there's a...
The Real Deal - Thursday, December 17, 2009

By Linda CollinsHalstead Property announces that Roberta Benzilio has been named executive director of sales of Halstead Property Brooklyn. She previously served as Senior Director of Sales for Halstead Property Development Marketing.In her new role, Benzilio is responsible for Halstead’s...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Monday, December 14, 2009

Halstead Property announces that Roberta Benzilio has been promoted to the position of Executive Director of Sales of Brooklyn. She previously served as Senior Director of Sales for Halstead Property Development Marketing. In her new role, Benzilio is responsible for...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Halstead Property has named Charlotte Felt as the Director of Sales for Halstead Property Wheeler, located in Darien, Connecticut. In her new position, Felt is responsible for the management of nearly 70 real estate agents as well as the strategic...
ConnecticutPlus.com - Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The hottest fashion statement this holiday season might not be the latest necklace or scarf. It might be fancy hand sanitizer lotion.Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret have scented hand sanitizer among their holiday gift items this year. So...
Democrat and Chronicle - Monday, November 09, 2009

By Linda CollinsBROOKLYN — Halstead Property plans to host a “Weekend of Opportunities” with open houses on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25, at all “value factor” properties.The specially-promoted weekend will feature listings that have passed an internal rigorous...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Monday, November 09, 2009

By Olivia Barker, USA TODAY John Stevenson hasn't stopped patronizing the local gym, but after his workout, he is wiping down his machines with spray disinfectant and paper towels. Sales associate Janet Lininger is having customers swipe their own credit cards...
USA Today - Monday, November 02, 2009

By Candace TaylorIn the fall of 2008, real estate broker Michael Garr was approached by a former client who had bought a large apartment in a tony building the previous spring.The client, who worked in finance, needed to downsize to...
The Real Deal - Sunday, November 01, 2009

Halstead Property has been honored by the Web Marketing Association with a 2009 WebAward for outstanding achievement in website development, the fourth consecutive award for Halstead. Founded in 1997, the Web Marketing Association’s mission is to improve the quality of...
StamfordPlus.com - Monday, October 26, 2009

Recognizing the demand for value and opportunity in today’s real estate market, Halstead Property announced recently that the weekend of October 24th and 25th will be designated as a Weekend of Opportunities. The specially promoted weekend will feature all Halstead...
ConnecticutPlus.com - Sunday, October 18, 2009

A month of pep talks about the rebound of the Manhattan market have led to this: The release of the major brokerages' third-quarter market reports. So, was all the good cheer warranted? Maybe! We direct your attention to the two...
Curbed - Friday, October 02, 2009

Manhattan residential market reports bring good news, experts cautiously optimistiThird-quarter Manhattan market reports released by the city's residential brokerages today paint a grim picture compared to the same period last year, but show a marked improvement from earlier this year....
The Real Deal - Friday, October 02, 2009

By J.W. ELPHINSTONE (AP) NEW YORK — Blink. What housing downturn? Sales of apartments and co-op units in Manhattan soared between 46 and 69 percent from the second to the third quarter, according to a handful of reports Friday. Though sales are...
Associated Press - Friday, October 02, 2009

Manhattan apartment prices fell for a second consecutive quarter, helping drive the biggest gain in sales in more than 13 years as buyers seized on discounts. The median price slid 8.4 percent to $850,000 in the third quarter from a...
Bloomberg News - Friday, October 02, 2009

All those reports of active open houses—compared to the way it’s been, anyway—this summer? All true, as it turns out, according to Manhattan market reports released today by pretty much everyone who crunches numbers in real estate. But no one’s...
New York Magazine - Friday, October 02, 2009

By TOM TOPOUSIS The worst may be over for Manhattan's embattled real-estate market. Driven by rising consumer confidence, a rebounding stock market and pent-up demand, the last three months saw a 45.6 percent surge in the number of residential real-estate sales...
New York Post - Friday, October 02, 2009

By Amanda Fung Former Lehman Brothers chief executive Richard Fuld sold his 16-room Park Avenue co-op last month for $25.9 million, $6 million less than the price he'd set in May. All appearances to the contrary, Mr. Fuld ranks as one...
Crains - Sunday, September 20, 2009

New York Times - Friday, August 28, 2009

Halstead Property hosted a Week of Opportunities during the week of July 13-19. The special promotional week focused on the values and opportunities that currently exist in today’s real estate market. More than 110 buyers filled the seats at the...
RIS Media - Thursday, July 30, 2009

Halstead Property keeps penetrating new markets. The New York-based real estate brokerage just opened six new offices in southern Connecticut with more than 150 agents on-site at high-traffic retail locations in Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, Rowayton, New Canaan, Westport and Wilton,...
The New York Daily News - Friday, July 17, 2009

By Julie Haviv U.S. mortgage applications rose for a second straight week, driven by a jump in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates tumbled, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday. However, demand for home purchase loans, an early...
Reuters - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

U.S. mortgage applications rose for a second straight week, driven by a jump in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates tumbled, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.However, demand for home purchase loans, an early indicator of...
CNBC - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

U.S. mortgage applications rose for a second straight week, driven by a jump in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates tumbled, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.However, demand for home purchase loans, an early indicator of home sales, fell to...
MSNBC - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Second-quarter sales prices fall nearly 20% in a year, while sales volumes drop like stones. The number of months on the market now doubles the decade’s average. By Amanda Fung The Manhattan residential real estate market showed little sign of recovery...
Crains - Thursday, July 02, 2009

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ ABC NEWS Business Unit For months, New Yorkers have watched the rest of the nation suffer through the housing crisis while their own home prices remained stable. Well, no more. Prices in Manhattan "fell off the cliff" at...
ABC News - Thursday, July 02, 2009

By Dawn Wotapka Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES New Yorkers perhaps are growing accustomed to the new real estate reality - after years of outrageous prices and bidding wars, the market is drifting back down to earth. The latest round of...
Wall Street Journal - Thursday, July 02, 2009

BY Phyllis Furman DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER The economy is dealing a heavy blow to the once frothy Manhattan real estate market. The number of apartment sales completed in April, May and June were cut in half, while prices sank again,...
The New York Daily News - Thursday, July 02, 2009

By Jovana Rizzo The luxury home market continued to take a pounding in the second quarter of the year, while the low-end market showed signs of stabilizing, according to second-quarter Manhattan market reports released today by several real estate firms. Halstead Property...
The Real Deal - Thursday, July 02, 2009

By Candace TaylorAs real estate brokers watch their incomes plummet in a vastly weakened market, experts say there's an accompanying increase in unethical behavior, from inflating asking prices to stealing buyers to making fake offers.While most brokers are well-behaved and...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Photo: Diane RamirezMany home sellers in the city have reduced the prices of their apartments because of the downturn, but a discount from an inflated figure is not always a bargain. Brokers say buyers have to consider whether the apartment...
The Real Deal - Monday, June 22, 2009

New York Times - Friday, June 19, 2009

Halstead Property has announced that 160 real estate brokers in Fairfield County have joined its firm under a newly formed entity, Halstead Connecticut, LLC.These agents were formerly with Country Living Associates, and the five new offices will be under the...
Darien Times - Friday, June 12, 2009

By Susan Nova Founded in 1927 by Cass Wheeler, Wheeler Real Estate is the longest-established realty firm in Darien, with a Post Road office that hosts 55 agents. Not limited to the Darien market, the agency also covers New Canaan, Rowayton...
Stamford Advocate - Friday, June 12, 2009

by Candace Taylor In a massive grab for market share reminiscent of the recent real estate boom, Halstead Property has gained five offices and a whopping 160 new agents by absorbing Connecticut real estate brokerage Country Living Associates. Joining with the...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Halstead Property announced that 160 real estate brokers in Fairfield County, Connecticut have joined their firm under a newly formed entity, Halstead Connecticut, LLC. These agents were formerly with Country Living Associates, and the five new offices will be under...
RIS Media - Tuesday, June 09, 2009

THE panic in the Manhattan real estate market of the winter of 2009 lifted in the last few weeks, brokers say, as more and more buyers and sellers have found the courage and the comfort level to sign on the...
New York Times - Sunday, June 07, 2009

Halstead Property, identifying an opportunity for strategic growth, announces its expansion into Fairfield County. Halstead has acquired Wheeler Real Estate, one of the top firms in Darien. The new company is known as Halstead Property Connecticut, doing business as “Halstead...
Darien Times - Tuesday, June 02, 2009

By Amanda Fung With the demise of Manhattan brokerage Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy reportedly looking more likely by the day, rivals are already extending condolences—and sharpening their claws to grab what they can. Two nights ago, Diane Ramirez, president of...
Crains - Friday, May 29, 2009

Halstead Property, identifying an opportunity for strategic growth, announced its expansion into Fairfield County, Connecticut. Known as one of the leading residential real estate brokerages in New York City, Halstead has acquired Wheeler Real Estate, one of the top firms...
RIS Media - Friday, May 29, 2009

By Candace Taylor In yet another aggressive bid for market share, Halstead Property is expanding to Connecticut, acquiring Darien-based brokerage Wheeler Real Estate. Wheeler, founded in 1927, has one 55-agent office at 671 Boston Post Road in Darien and serves the...
The Real Deal - Thursday, May 28, 2009

Gains a 55-broker toehold in rich Fairfield market. By Amanda Fung Residential brokerage Halstead Property has acquired boutique brokerage Wheeler Real Estate, in a move to expand into the Connecticut market. The deal further indicates a consolidation of the brokerage industry...
Crains - Thursday, May 28, 2009

Halstead Property announces that Sharon Michnay is the recipient of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® President’s Service Recognition Award. The award was presented at the 2009 Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. According...
RIS Media - Friday, May 08, 2009

By Candace Taylor Brokers famously sell the mantra of location, location, location. But when it comes to their own offices, that refrain may be changing. During the boom times, real estate companies large and small rushed to open glittering storefront...
The Real Deal - Monday, May 04, 2009

By Candace Taylor In a year in which the real estate rules were all but suspended due to the uncertain economy, behemoth brokerage Prudential Douglas Elliman cemented its position as the largest residential firm in Manhattan, chipping away market share from...
The Real Deal - Thursday, April 30, 2009

5 REASONS REASONS THE MARKET ISN'T AS BAD AS YOU THOUGHT By MAX GROSS For the last seven months or so, brokers, developers and real estate professionals have shown up for work in Virginia Woolf-levels of despair. And with good reason: The...
New York Post - Thursday, April 23, 2009

Left to right: Diane Ramirez, a Halstead "Value Factor" unit and Pamela Liebman By Candace Taylor "Value" has now so thoroughly eclipsed "luxury" as the buzzword that real estate firms are now tweaking their Web sites to feature it. In a...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, April 21, 2009

By Lauren Price In development since early 2008, Halstead.com’s newly introduced section, Halstead ProperTV, gives buyers new ways to view and share listings and developments by the flick of a click. Going beyond the typical floor plans and photos home-seekers are...
New York Magazine - Tuesday, April 07, 2009

by Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer The national housing slump is finally crashing at the shores of Manhattan island, which had its worst quarter in years, according to several industry reports released on Thursday. The big hit was seen in sales...
CNN Money - Thursday, April 02, 2009

By Candace Taylor Hard data now confirms months of whispering about drastic declines in the post-Lehman Manhattan residential real estate market. Walloped by the credit crunch, housing downturn and recession trifecta, the total number of Manhattan real estate sales plummeted by...
The Real Deal - Thursday, April 02, 2009

Halstead Property released its First Quarter 2009 Market Report which shows that the average sales price of a Manhattan apartment fell 11% a year ago to $1,502,339, while the median price rose 6% over the past year to $907,500. “In light...
RIS Media - Thursday, April 02, 2009

By Candace Taylor Brown Harris Stevens has continued to grow since acquiring longtime New York residential real estate company Edward Lee Cave, absorbing two-man real estate firm Morrel Realty and attracting a bevy of new agents. BHS, a 300-agent firm, has...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Halstead Property announced that Anthony DeVivio has been promoted to Director of Sales for Harlem and Riverdale. Previously Director of Sales of Harlem, he is now responsible for the strategic growth and director of both Halstead offices. “As a former broker...
Mann Report - Sunday, March 15, 2009

By Anuradha Kher, Online News Editor In an economy in which an increasing number of buyers want to take advantage of falling property prices and invest in real estate, Halstead Property has created a new full-service program called Halstead360 that aims...
Multi-Housing News - Monday, March 09, 2009

New York City real estate firms are adopting two very different strategies in the face of the housing slump. While the majority of firms are closing offices to save money on overhead, others are taking advantage of cheap rents to...
The Real Deal - Thursday, March 05, 2009

Halstead Property has created a new full-service program designed specifically for the residential real estate investor. CalledHalstead360,the program offers investors a complete, one-stop resource for buying, managing, leasing and selling their property with the valuable guidance of experienced professionals. “We...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, March 04, 2009

By TERI KARUSH ROGERS FOR better and worse, the mentality that helped propel the city’s real estate prices into lunar altitudes is gone. Not only are there fewer buyers today, but they are also more apt to have a yard-sale attitude,...
New York Times - Sunday, March 01, 2009

In an ongoing effort to provide real solutions for the New York City market, Halstead Property has created a new full-service program designed specifically for the residential real estate investor. According to the company, Halstead360 is an exclusive program that...
RIS Media - Thursday, February 26, 2009

Posted by Joel Burslem WellcomeMat, the online video host, laid out an ultimatum this week - effectively banning video slide shows from being hosted on their site. Their rationale? According to the site, “slide shows and video are not the same...
Future of Real Estate Marketing - Thursday, February 26, 2009

NYC Real Estate In Brief Halstead Property has launched Halstead360, an informational program for residential real estate investors offering guidance for people interested in buying, managing, leasing or selling properties. In addition to providing information about buying and managing properties, the...
The Real Deal - Monday, February 23, 2009

by Tom Acitelli Photo Caption: Diane Ramirez, veteran broker and president of Halstead Property, has seen recessions come and go. From her East Side office perch, the 61-year-old explains why this one ain’t the 1970s. Location: Things are bad out...
New York Observer - Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Brokerages start shuttering storefront satellites; how the closings says nothing about the neighborhoods by Oliver Haydock Last Saturday, the Corcoran Group’s Harlem office, at the intersection of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 120th Street, was closed for the day. Listings for million-dollar townhouses...
New York Observer - Tuesday, February 03, 2009

BY CATEY HILLDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sky-high real estate statistics usually don't faze us. A $10 million price tag on a SoHo loft doesn't even raise eyebrows. A dilapidated brownstone in Harlem fetching millions doesn't make us flinch. But even normally unflappable...
The New York Daily News - Monday, February 02, 2009

By Lauren Price The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) will honor six industry leaders of great infuence at its 113th Annual Banquet tomorrow evening at the New York Hilton. “All of our honorees have accomplished great things in their...
New York Observer - Monday, January 19, 2009

Credit availability, tax policies and infrastructure redevelopment are key concerns of New York’s commercial real estate industry as real estate owners, brokers, developers and other industry practitioners gather for the 113th annual banquet of the Real Estate Board of New...
New York Times - Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Louis Smadbeck Broker Recognition Award: * EARLE S. ALTMAN Chairman of ABS Partners Real Estate LLC Earle S. Altman is one of the deans of the industry and is highly conversed on land use and public housing policies. He...
New York Post - Thursday, January 15, 2009

By Joel Burslem If the last two years were a race by the big portals to get listings into their databases, then 2009 is looking like it will be the year that the race shifts to who can add the...
Future of Real Estate Marketing - Thursday, January 15, 2009

Halstead Management Company — a division of Halstead Property and one of the largest managers of prestigious cooperative and condominium residences in New York City — is to manage three new buildings. The buildings, all on the Upper East Side, are...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, January 14, 2009

CAPITAL MARKETS "I've been a contrarian all my life. and I don't believe all the doomandgloom that everyone else sees. We've taken a steep fall, but the rise will by just as steep. The developers who are still standing will be...
Wall Street Journal - Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), New York City's foremost real estate industryassociation, will honor six of its members tomorrow at its 113th annual banquet, to be held inthe Hilton New York Hotel. "These industryveterans arenot onlyprofessionaily successful, but...
Wall Street Journal - Wednesday, January 14, 2009

New York, NY According to The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), six industry leaders will be honored at its 113th Annual Banquet on January 15 at the New York Hilton. "All of our honorees have accomplished great things in...
New York Real Estate Journal - Monday, January 12, 2009

Industry leaders to be recognized at celebration Sarah Studley The Real Estate Board of New York will honor these six industry professionals at its annual banquet on Jan. 15. AWARD Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Leadership in Real Estate RECIPIENT MARY ANN...
Crains - Sunday, January 11, 2009

By JOSH BARBANEL For those New Yorkers who wondered what the Manhattan real estate market might be like without the ever-rising bonuses of Wall Street’s elite, the answer is now emerging: an abrupt decline in transactions, tottering prices and buyers who...
New York Times - Tuesday, January 06, 2009

By Theresa Agovino The fall out from Wall Street’s implosion is just beginning to rain down on Manhattan’s residential real estate market. Reports on activity in the final quarter of 2008 show inventory soaring, transaction volume slowing, and prices of...
Crains - Tuesday, January 06, 2009

By Candace Taylor This fall's Wall Street meltdown barreled into the Manhattan residential real estate market, ending a decade-long period of skyrocketing home prices, fourth quarter market reports released today show. For the first time in 10 years -- with the...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, January 06, 2009

After Wall Street's fall, trouble catches up to New York City real estate By Gabby Warshawer November A report released by real estate appraiser Mitchell, Maxwell & Jackson about Manhattan residential sales volume in September and October did not auger...
The Real Deal - Thursday, January 01, 2009

Halstead Property launched Halstead ProperTV, a new section of Halstead.com that captures the future of property marketing by featuring top-quality, engaging video content that is easy to navigate. Partnering with WellcomeMat, Halstead ProperTV allows users to not only experience a...
RIS Media - Thursday, January 01, 2009

Halstead ProperTV takes “just browsing” to a new level. HOME BUYERS now have a new way to view properties without leaving the comfort of home. Halstead ProperTV, a new section of Halstead.com, goes beyond the standard floorplans and images typically used...
Quest - Thursday, January 01, 2009

Mary Ann Tighe of CB Richard Ellis, who has handled a lot of commercial leasing at the MetroTech Center complex in Downtown Brooklyn, is among the six industry leaders who will be honored at the Real Estate Board of New...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Anthony DeVivio has been named the director of sales for the Halstead Property office in Riverdale, the company announced last week. Mr. DeVivio was already the director of sales for the real estate company’s Harlem office. “As a former broker and...
The Riverdale Press - Thursday, December 25, 2008

The Real Estate Board of New York will honor Diane M. Ramirez of Halstead Property during its 113th Annual Banquet on Jan. 15, at the New York Hilton. Ramirez will collect The Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award, which recognizes meritorious...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Halstead Management Company, one of the largest managers of prestigious cooperative and condominium residences in New York City, will manage three new buildings, Halstead executives announced today. The buildings, all on the Upper East Side, are 400 East 70th Street,...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, December 17, 2008

On a Fox 5 News segment, Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property, said in three or four years, people will look back on this time wishing they had bought a home. Ramirez said the low home prices are bringing potential...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Fox 5 in New York spoke with Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property, andshe said that low prices are drawing buyers, yet no one is making offers. Which, according to her, is a big mistake. She thinks that in several...
Haute Living - Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Published by Joseph Ferrara New York City brokerage Halstead Properties has teamed with leading video network Wellcome Mat to launch a searchable real estate video site called Halstead ProperTV. Real Estate KEYWORD SEARCH As far as I know, this is the first real...
Sellsius Real Estate Blog - Monday, December 15, 2008

The Real Estate Board of New York has announced the six industry leaders who will be honored at its 113th Annual Banquet on January 15, 2009 at the New York Hilton. "All of our honorees have accomplished great things in their...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, December 10, 2008

By Tom Acitelli The Real Estate Board of New York just announced who it will honor at next month's annual gala: Mary Ann Tighe of CB Richard Ellis Leonard Litwin of Glenwood Management Earle S. Altman of ABS Partners James Farley of...
New York Observer - Tuesday, December 09, 2008

The Real Estate Board of New York today announced the six industry professionals who will be honored at its 113th annual banquet on January 15. The awardees are Mary Ann Tighe, CEO of CB Richard Ellis' New York Tri-State region...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, December 09, 2008

With recent research citing that 87% of buyers use the Internet when searching for a home, Halstead Property has developed a way to reach out to this audience. Halstead ProperTV, a new section of Halstead.com, captures the future of property marketing...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, December 03, 2008

With recent research citing that 87% of buyers use the Internet when searching for a home, Halstead Property has developed a way to reach out to this audience. Halstead ProperTV, a new section of Halstead.com, captures the future of property marketing...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, December 03, 2008

The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) presented its top residential awards of the year at its annual Residential Deal of the Year Awards and Charity Gala recently. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the awards. The Residential Deal...
New York Real Estate Journal - Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Looking for a home in New York City? Thousands of home-seekers have found just what they were looking for by making ResidentialNYC.com their first stop for buying or renting a home. Launched last fall, ResidentialNYC.com is the first comprehensive website enabling...
Mann Report - Monday, December 01, 2008

By Jessica Ciosek The last few months have brought with them unprecedented economic and political events. From the mortgage crisis to the Wall Street meltdown to the federal bailout, people are feeling a little uncertain about where things are heading in...
New York Family - Monday, December 01, 2008

Firm principals, CEOs discuss shaving costs and how brokers are surviving the tumult By Melissa Dehncke-McGill It's no secret that every residential broker and firm in the city worth their commission check has been hunkering down and strategizing about how...
The Real Deal - Monday, December 01, 2008

By Jovana Rizzo The residential real estate market has been hurting, and in this financial crisis, some residential firms have decided to diversify their business. Residential brokerages Halstead Property and DJK Residential have recently opened commercial divisions and on Long...
The Real Deal - Monday, December 01, 2008

Large firms spend big to dominate searches, but jury's out on best way to measure who has most traffic By Marc Ferris When Halstead wanted to promote its new online luxury listing initiative, dubbed "S3," the company put digital signs atop New...
The Real Deal - Monday, December 01, 2008

Compiled by Linda Collins Halstead Property Launches Mini Videos on its Web Site With recent research citing that 87 percent of buyers use the Internet when searching for a home, Halstead Property, with offices in Brooklyn, has developed a new way to...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Monday, December 01, 2008

With recent research citing that 87% of buyers use the Internet when searching for a home, Halstead Property has developed an innovative way to reach out to this savvy audience. Halstead ProperTV, a new section of Halstead.com, captures the future...
RIS Media - Friday, November 28, 2008

by Tom Acitelli Halstead Property, fresh from launching an investment sales wing during one of the worst markets in living memory, announced this morning that it has launched a mini-TV site called Halstead ProperTV (get it?). The site, according to...
New York Observer - Monday, November 24, 2008

Halstead Property, LLC, announced its entry into the commercial market with the formation of the Investment Sales Division. With John D. Goldman as managing director, the launch of this division will allow Halstead to expand and strengthen its scope in the...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Halstead Property, LLC, a leading residential real estate brokerage firm in New York City, has announced its entry into the commercial market with the formation of the Investment Sales Division. With John D. Goldman as managing director, the launch of this...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Goldman By Paul Bubny NEW YORK CITY-Residential brokerage Halstead Property, LLC has hung out its commercial real estate shingle with the formation of an investment sales division. Industry veteran John Goldman, managing director of the new division, tells GlobeSt.com that over the...
Globe St.com - Tuesday, November 11, 2008

According to the New York Observer, “Residential brokerage powerhouse Halstead Property announced today it has launched an investment sales division to broker commercial real estate deals. The division will be headed by John D. Goldman as managing director and will...
Haute Living - Tuesday, November 11, 2008

By Tom Acitelli Residential brokerage powerhouse Halstead Property announced today it has launched an investment sales division to broker commercial real estate deals. The division will be headed by John D. Goldman as managing director and will be headquartered at...
New York Observer - Monday, November 10, 2008

Residential broker sees move as way to follow up on leads. Theresa Agovino Halstead Property is no longer content to just sell apartments—it wants to sell apartment buildings, office towers, hotels and other commercial properties. The residential brokerage announced Monday it has...
Crains - Monday, November 10, 2008

Halstead Property is forming an investment sales division and entering the commercial business, the company announced today. John Goldman, a former executive managing director of Murray Hill Properties, will be the managing director of the firm's new group. Commercial sales...
The Real Deal - Monday, November 10, 2008

Halstead Property is no longer content to just sell apartments—it wants to sell apartment buildings, office towers, hotels and other commercial properties. The residential brokerage announced Monday it has formed an investment sales division and hired John Goldman as the managing...
Curbed - Monday, November 10, 2008

Pictured are the 2008 Residential Deal of the Year Award winners and their managers. L-R, Steven Spinola, REBNY President, Kent Swig, Terra Holdings, Michael Goldenberg, Dan Danielli, 1st Prize winner, Ruth Yeskel, 3rd Prize winner, Don Correia, 2nd Prize...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, November 05, 2008

MANHATTAN — Two brokers from Brooklyn won “Residential Deal of the Year” awards in residential sales from the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) at its Awards and Charity Gala on Wednesday, Oct. 29, in Manhattan. This year marks...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Lower inventory, mortgage rate should buffer massive slump, but new problems exist By Candace Taylor The turmoil on Wall Street bears an eerie resemblance to 1987's October stock market crash: a period of unprecedented prosperity and expansion suddenly halted by plummeting...
The Real Deal - Saturday, November 01, 2008

By Tom Acitelli Halstead Property cleaned up at Wednesday night's Real Estate Board of New York residential awards gala. Halstead brokers took first, second and third place in the sales category of the Residential Deal of the Year contest; the rookie...
New York Observer - Thursday, October 30, 2008

Photo:Halstead's Dan Danielli By Candace Taylor Halstead Property swept the Real Estate Board of New York's annual Residential Deal of the Year Awards yesterday, taking home five of the six prizes. Industry veteran Dan Danielli, a senior vice president at...
The Real Deal - Thursday, October 30, 2008

Some of the Real Estate Board of New York's Residential Deal of the Year award winners on Wednesday night, with their managers: (Left to right) Steven Spinola, REBNY president; Kent Swig of Terra Holdings and Swig Equities; Michael Goldenberg; Dan...
New York Observer - Thursday, October 30, 2008

Last night was REBNY’s 20th Anniversary Residential Deal of the Year Awards & Charity Gala in Central Park, honoring toppers in residential sales and rentals. Each of the first-place winners received $1,500 for a charity of their choice, and all...
Real Estate BisNow - Thursday, October 30, 2008

BROKERVILLE—Last night, the Real Estate Board of New York held its 20th Deal of the Year Gala, and we'd love to share the details of the prize-winning deals, but we can't: REBNY doesn't release them due to "privacy concerns." But...
Curbed - Thursday, October 30, 2008

Photo Caption: Halstead unveils rooftop taxi ads By Candace Taylor Halstead Property is taking its new advertising campaign to the streets. Some 200 of the city’s new hybrid taxicabs are now displaying ads for the real estate company on rooftop digital video...
The Real Deal - Thursday, October 16, 2008

By Elisabeth Butler Cordova The Manhattan residential real estate market cooled in the third quarter, but even industry veterans hesitate to project the extent of the chill to come. The median sales price for Manhattan apartments fell to $928,263, down...
Crains - Friday, October 03, 2008

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY Even though the national housing market is suffering and jobs on Wall Street are being lost every day, Manhattan real estate prices are higher now than they were a year ago. The average price of a Manhattan apartment rose...
New York Times - Friday, October 03, 2008

Photo: Halstead's Diane Ramirez By Candace Taylor Manhattan sales prices are higher than last year, but plummeting sales volume and spiking inventory from the previous quarter could mean dark times ahead for the city's real estate market. For the third quarter in...
The Real Deal - Friday, October 03, 2008

The average sales price continues to climb - it's now $1.4 million - but the number of buyers is falling fast. By Ben RooneyNEW YORK - The crisis on Wall Street hasn't hit the high cost of Manhattan real estate, but...
CNN Money - Friday, October 03, 2008

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) will unveil Propopoly, its proprietary new blog platform, at the network’s upcoming fall workshops, starting in Chicago this week, the company has announced. Available only to LeadingRE member firms, Propopoly is a full-service...
RIS Media - Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Photo: Ivan Rodin of Westchester is buying an apartment at 110 West 80th Street in Manhattan. IT was a lazy end of summer for many, but Halstead Property broker Brian Lewis was hustling last week. He arranged a walk-through and closing for...
New York Post - Thursday, September 04, 2008

Halstead joins firms on Atlantic Avenue Halstead Property is opening its third office in Brooklyn, on Atlantic Avenue's "Antique Row" in Boerum Hill. The firm's new storefront space will be at 495 Atlantic Avenue, down the block from real estate...
The Real Deal - Monday, September 01, 2008

Photo: Pat Publik, Executive Vice President; Jill Sloane, Executive Vice President; and Louise Phillips Forbes, Executive Vice President; all of the Westside office receive awards for Highest Number of Sales Deals Closed from Diane Ramirez and Clark Halstead. Pat Publik...
Mann Report - Monday, September 01, 2008

Halstead Property President Diane M. Ramirez was recently invited to speak at a private event hosted by Jose Ribes Bas, Director of the Spanish real estate firm Rimontgo. The conference, held in Madrid was specifically designed for elite Spanish residential...
Mann Report - Monday, September 01, 2008

Photo: Pictured is Diane Ramirez, Pat Publik, Jill Sloane, Louise Phillips Forbes and Clark Halstead. Last month, Halstead Property hosted their Semi- Annual event to recognize and award the top performing sales and rental agents for the first half of 2008....
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Bess Dulany, Director of Sales, Brooklyn Halstead Property, already with two offices in Brooklyn — on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights and on Court Street in Cobble Hill — will open a third. This storefront office will be on Atlantic Avenue’s...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Thursday, August 14, 2008

Halstead Property, LLC has announced plans for a new Brooklyn storefront office which will be located on the historical "Antique Row" in Boerum Hill. The Atlantic Avenue office will be the third Brooklyn office for Halstead Property, which has two...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, August 13, 2008

By Maggie Hawryluk Just about everything is going green these days: food, clothing, cars, condos. And now brokers are getting into the mix, practicing what they preach when the tout the newest LEED certified projects by taking on a few green...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, August 06, 2008

By Maggie Hawryluk Just about everything is going green these days: food, clothing, cars, condos. And now brokers are getting into the mix, practicing what they preach when the tout the newest LEED certified projects by taking on a few green...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, August 06, 2008

For months, economists and housing experts have been dissecting housing reports, searching for signs of a slow down in the torrid real estate market. Now it appears that the five-year fever has broken, with many cities and suburban areas experiencing...
Manhattan Living - Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Photo: David Goldman for the New York Times By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY OWNERS of one-bedroom apartments in Manhattan may be surprised if they put their homes up for sale anytime soon. Price appreciation for one-bedrooms — long a bastion for singles and newly married...
New York Times - Sunday, August 03, 2008

President of Halstead Property since 1999. Ramirez and Clark Halstead founded the residential real estate firm in 1984, and Ramirez was a partner until 2001, when the firm was acquired by Terra Holdings, also parent company of Brown Harris Stevens....
The Real Deal - Friday, August 01, 2008

By Lauren Elkies Photo: Bess Dulany, Director of Sales, Brooklyn for Halstead Property Halstead Property is opening its third office in Brooklyn, on Atlantic Avenue's "Antique Row" in Boerum Hill. The firm's new storefront space will be at 495 Atlantic Avenue,...
The Real Deal - Friday, August 01, 2008

AS THE MORE SEASONED and perspicacious Quest reader will note, this annual issue marks the fifteenth consecutive year that we pause to salute the stalwart individuals in our society who continue to make a difference in the communities and institutions...
Quest - Friday, August 01, 2008

Halstead Property president Diane M. Ramirez was recently invited to speak at a private event hosted by Jose Ribes Bas, director of the Spanish real estate firmRimontgo. The conference, held in Madrid from July 9 to 11, was specifically designed for...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Photo: Jill Sloane Halstead Property awarded the top sales and rental agents for the first half of 2008, including Jill Sloane for highest grossing sales in Manhattan, at a semi-annual ceremony at the Ziegfeld Theatre today. Sloane, an executive vice president,...
The Real Deal - Friday, July 18, 2008

By Lauren Elkies At today's semi-annual awards ceremony for top-producing agents, Halstead Property will give away more than just kudos, awards and gifts, as the company tries to help its brokers go green. The brokerage will introduce a new gift...
The Real Deal - Thursday, July 17, 2008

Photo Credit: Amy Herman, a broker, inside a Flatiron area condo owned by a banker who recently lost his job. (Rebecca McAlpin for The New York Times) By Christine Haughney Almost overnight, investment bankers and others on Wall Street have gone...
International Herald Tribune - Monday, July 14, 2008

Photo Credit: Rebecca McAlpin for The New York Times FINANCIAL FALLOUT Amy Herman, a broker, inside a Flatiron area condo owned by a banker who recently lost his job. By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY ALMOST overnight, investment bankers and others on Wall Street have...
New York Times - Sunday, July 13, 2008

Identifying a need to further enhance the careers and knowledge of real estate brokers, Halstead Property was intricately involved in launching a REBNY post graduate course titled ‘New York Residential Specialist.’ The first course was recently completed and the following...
Mann Report - Friday, July 11, 2008

Halstead Property, LLC has promoted Fritz Frigan Executive Director of Sales and Leasing for the Midtown office. In his new position, he will manage day-to-day operations for Halstead’s Midtown office as well as oversee Halstead’s leasing efforts and their portfolio...
Mann Report - Friday, July 11, 2008

Halstead Property, LLC has announced the promotion of Robyn Kammerer to vice president of communications. Kammerer will oversee the strategic planning and execution of media relations, special events, and internal initiatives for the company. Prior to this position, Kammerer served...
Mann Report - Friday, July 11, 2008

For Months, Home Values Remained Steady -- Now They Show Weakness By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ While most of the country has been suffering from falling real estate prices, home values in Manhattan -- some of the most expensive land in the world...
ABC News - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Manhattan apartment sales dropped the most for a second quarter since 1998 and unsold inventory approached an eight-year record, two signs prices may be poised to drop in the nation's most expensive urban housing market. Sales fell 22 percent from...
Bloomberg News - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Real estate brokerages report apartment sales are falling, even as inventory rises and prices increase; average apartment price is $1.7 million. Manhattan’s residential real estate market frenzy is fizzling. In a sign of a slowing market, the number of apartment sales fell...
Crains - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Sales are down according to the latest reports, but thanks to strong demand for luxury apartments the average Manhattan apartment now costs $1.67 million. By Catherine Clifford Even the lofty Manhattan real estate market is beginning to soften, according to reports released...
CNN Money - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

By JOSH BARBANEL Despite slowing sales and continuing economic worries, market studies released yesterday showed that the Manhattan co-op and condominium market remained strong in the peak spring selling season, with prices up 25 percent or more compared with a year...
New York Times - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

By BRADEN KEIL As housing values in the rest of the country plummet, Manhattan real-estate continues to soar - thanks to a shortage of apartments only multimillionaires can afford. Prices for condos and co-ops have shot up as much as 36...
New York Post - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

July State O' the Market Report Summer doldrums be damned, it's friggin' market report day! We're talking Q2 this time around, and the results should surprise no one. Just like the first quarter of 2008, prices are up to record levels...
Curbed - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

The median price of a Manhattan apartment hit $979,000 during the second quarter of this year, up from $795,000 in the same period in 2007, according to a report out today from Halstead Property, a New York brokerage. The median...
Wall Street Journal - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

New York City apartments, long immune to the national housing slump, could see their first price declines in a decade, quarterly reports scheduled for release today suggest. If the credit crunch does not improve and Wall Street layoffs continue, experts...
New York Sun - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Real-estate prices continue to soar in Manhattan, even as they plummet in the rest of the country. According to two newly released broker reports, sales of high-end apartments are largely responsible for the upswing. Both the Prudential Douglas Elliman and...
NY1 - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Despite dismal national trends, the real estate market in Manhattan remains strong with the average apartment price rising 36% from a year ago to $1,663,533, according to the Second Quarter Market Report released by Halstead Property. Even the median price,...
RIS Media - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

By Sharon L. Lynch Manhattan apartment sales dropped the most for a second quarter since 1998 and unsold inventory approached an eight-year record, two signs prices may be poised to drop in the nation's most expensive urban housing market. Sales fell 22...
Honolulu Advertiser - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

by Eric Rosen Diane Ramirez is not your traditional grandmother. She is the president of Halstead Property, a company in the top tier of independent residential real estate firms in New York City, with 600 agents, 11 offices, and more than...
Grandparents.com - Thursday, June 26, 2008

By Lauren Elkies The founder of Manhattan boutique brokerage Atco Residential Group has become the director of sales for the East Side office of Halstead Property. Starting today, John Wollberg is managing 110-plus agents at Halstead's East Side office...
The Real Deal - Monday, June 09, 2008

Halstead Property was recently presented with four real estate awards at the 2008 Leading Real Estate Companies of the World conference held at the Boca Raton Resort and Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Diane M. Ramirez president of Halstead Property and...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Halstead Property recently launched an online interactive version of its property magazine, The Portfolio. Less than a week after launching, website traffic on Halstead.com more than doubled. While the printed version of the magazine was inserted in over 200,000 copies of...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Despite a slight drop in its broker ranks, Prudential Douglas Elliman reigns supreme as Manhattan's biggest residential brokerage. But the Corcoran Group, the second-biggest firm in terms of the number of agents, inched out the archrival this year in exclusive...
The Real Deal - Friday, May 09, 2008

PAUL KANGAS: President Bush is threatening to veto a bill that would send grants and loans to state governments to buy foreclosed homes. The measure is part of a broader housing bill expected to come to a vote on the...
PBS - Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Halstead Property sees gold in emerging neighborhoods Photo credit: Diane M. Ramirez, President of Halstead Property (Allison Joyce) As the Manhattan market tightens with low-apartment inventory and pricesaffordable only to the ultrarich, the outer boroughs have become a homebuyingbattleground for folks making...
The New York Daily News - Friday, May 02, 2008

The softening market may mean tough times for Brooklyn's independent firms By Kate Pickert and Catherine Contiguglia Not only is the era of windfall sellouts over for independent real estate firms in brownstone Brooklyn, but community storefronts may be in...
The Real Deal - Thursday, May 01, 2008

Quest - Thursday, May 01, 2008

Otty Awards New York City Power Broker Ramirez is tops in a field that she found almost by accident By: Trace M. Herbaugh After working out at the gym, Diane Ramirez and her husband sit down over coffee before they begin the day. “We have...
Our Town - Thursday, April 10, 2008

REBNY’s Brooklyn Brokers Help Support the Homeless Pictured from left at REBNY’s Brooklyn charity grant presentation are Diane Ramirez of Halstead Property and co-chair of The Deal of the Year committee; Arthur Makar of The Caring Community, the recipient; David Perry...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Demand for high-end real estate continues to buoy the market in Manhattan as the average apartment sale price hit a new record of $1,690,995 in the first quarter of 2008, according to Halstead Property’s First Quarter Market Report. The new...
RIS Media - Thursday, April 03, 2008

By Catherine Contiguglia A new wiki Website aims to be the Wikipedia of residential real estate, and hopes that brokers that use it won't be too self-promotional. So far, 157 New York agent profiles are listed on the Real Estate...
The Real Deal - Thursday, April 03, 2008

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY While most of the nation plods through a housing slowdown, Manhattan is experiencing its highest prices in history. The average price of a Manhattan apartment in the first three months of this year was $1.7 million, up 33.5...
New York Times - Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Michael Falco for The New York Times Photo: PRICE CUTTING Natalia Stadnicka cut the asking price on her studio apartment at 350 East 62nd Street, right, four times after its listing in January. She recently accepted an offer that was just...
New York Times - Sunday, March 09, 2008

By Paige Tepping Thinking globally is a must for real estate practitioners these days. In an age when people own multiple homes-some halfway around the world-it’s vital to have an international reach. Halstead Property’s Diane Ramirez and Sharon Michnay understand this...
RIS Media - Sunday, March 09, 2008

Finding the perfect piece of real estate in Manhattan is always a daunting task. With all of the options available (or lack there of), it can be as difficult as nabbing an 8 p.m. dinner reservation at Balthazar or Rao’s....
Haute Living - Saturday, March 01, 2008

Two of New York City’s most recognizable brands have formed a strategic alliance to share online content. Halstead Property, a leading real estate brokerage company, and New York Media, the publishers of the award-winning New York magazine, have created a...
Mann Report - Saturday, March 01, 2008

AVERAGE SALES PRICE OF MANHATTAN APARTMENT HITS NEW RECORD OF $1,430,514, INCREASING 34 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO Substantial Increase due to Increased Activity at High End of the Market Despite the continuing decline in the national housing market, the Manhattan...
Mann Report - Saturday, March 01, 2008

By Lauren Elkies New York Magazine has recently partnered with brokerage Halstead Property, while the New York Observer and the New York Sun have joined up with the Real Estate Board of New York's listing portal, ResidentialNYC.com. Newspapers and magazines say...
The Real Deal - Friday, February 15, 2008

Two of New York City’s most recognizable brands have formed a strategic alliance to share online content. Halstead Property, a leading real estate brokerage company, and New York Media, the publishers of the award-winning New York magazine, have created a...
Mann Report - Friday, February 15, 2008

By MAX GROSS It's time for a do-over! If you haven't refinanced already, you might be refinancing soon. But before you call your mortgage broker, you need to consider what kind of loan you have. Last week's Federal Reserve interest-rate cut...
New York Post - Thursday, January 31, 2008

NYMag.com, the online companion to New York magazine, and Halstead Property, a real estate brokerage company, have teamed up to share online content in a new partnership called “Real Access to New York,” which has launched this week. Content from...
Circulation Management - Wednesday, January 30, 2008

I really dig this. New York based broker Halstead Property partnered with New York Magazine to provide its online reviews to the real estate company’s web site. Check out their neighborhood profiles for Soho or Greenwich Village, for example. Great information...
Future of Real Estate Marketing - Tuesday, January 29, 2008

NEW YORK MEDIA AND HALSTEAD Property have inked a content sharing deal that will populate real estate listings on Halstead.com with restaurant, bar and retailer info from nymag.com--the Web component of New York magazine. Users searching the real estate listings...
Media Post Publications - Tuesday, January 29, 2008

By David Kaplan New York Magazine has a second home for some of its online restaurant reviews and shopping tips: real estate broker Halstead Property has added a live feed called Real Access to New York on its site that...
paidContent.org - Monday, January 28, 2008

New York magazine, whose stock-in-trade has long been hyping neighborhood hot spots, is now partnering with real estate brokerage Halstead Property so they can hype them together. Starting this week, apartment hunters checking out, say, a condo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,...
Crains - Saturday, January 19, 2008

Photo: Michael Falco for The New York Times New York City may not follow the rest of the country into a slump, but there are signs that the market could become more tempting to buyers. By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY LOOKING back, 2007 was...
New York Times - Monday, January 14, 2008

Photo: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times; Tina Fineberg for The New York Times Sales at 15 Central Park West, top, and at the Plaza Hotel have driven up prices. By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY As the housing market across the country continued to stagnate...
New York Times - Thursday, January 03, 2008

It's a seller's market in the Big Apple as overseas buyers, empty nesters and Wall Street workers compete for the few homes for sale. Manhattan real estate continues to buck national trends - New York home prices soared during the last...
CNN Money - Thursday, January 03, 2008

by Tom Acitelli The commute in this morning revealed a city largely in slumber--quiet, roomier subway cars and sidewalks as sweeping as Midwestern plains. But, before the end of this businessweek, expect a flurry of residential real estate activity. The last...
New York Observer - Tuesday, January 01, 2008

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY The sidewalks of Manhattan are crammed this month with European tourists on shopping sprees, picking up gifts that cost far less in the United States than they do at home because of the weak dollar. But they are...
New York Times - Friday, December 21, 2007

By Christine Haughney NEW YORK: The sidewalks of Manhattan are crammed this month with European tourists on shopping sprees, picking up gifts that cost far less in the United States than they do at home because of the weak dollar. But...
International Herald Tribune - Wednesday, December 19, 2007

By Paul Bubny NEW YORK CITY-The past year was split down the middle by the debt crisis, with New York City’s real estate market facing very different challenges before and after that crisis emerged. So said panelists at yesterday’s Real Estate...
Globe St.com - Thursday, November 29, 2007

Halstead Property, LLC, a leading residential real estate brokerage firm in New York City, has announced the hiring of Bess Dulany as Director of Sales for Brooklyn. Dulany will be responsible for the management and day-to-day operations of two existing...
The Cooperator - Thursday, November 15, 2007

Michael Saunders & Company® of Sarasota and Halstead Property, LLC-of New York City-announced jointly an exclusive new trans-Atlantic affiliation with the European Real Estate Network-or “EREN”-the acronym by which the esteemed organization is familiarly known across the European continent. The...
RIS Media - Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Photo: Halstead's Diane Ramirez Disclosures, appraisals, flips and splits of New York's real estate community The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) held its 19th annual "Deal of the Year and Charity Gala" awards dinner the night of Oct. 18 at...
The New York Daily News - Friday, October 26, 2007

HALSTEAD HERALDED WITH 'DEAL OF THE YEAR' Two West Side brokers, Dean Feldman and Edith Meyer, received the Real Estate Board of New York's "Deal of the Year" award this week. This is the third straight year that brokers from...
New York Sun - Thursday, October 25, 2007

The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) presented Halstead Property with the first place Deal of the Year prize for the third consecutive year. Dean Feldman and Edith K. Meyer, Halstead agents in the Westside office, received the first...
RIS Media - Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Halstead Property took the Real Estate Board of New York's Deal of the Year award for the third straight year, as West Side agents Dean Feldman and Edith K. Meyer received the award. They beat out such nominees as Wendy...
The Real Deal - Friday, October 19, 2007

The Real Estate Board of New York threw its annual awards gala for residential brokers on Thursday night. We weren't invited, and we don't why. But Halstead Property sent us a release about how the brokerage cleaned up: Dean Feldman and Edith...
New York Observer - Friday, October 19, 2007

Halstead Property announced that Abby Plitt Gellert and Richard J. Grossman have been promoted to executive director of Sales for their respective offices, Westside and Downtown. Previously, Gellert and Grossman served as Director of Sales. Reporting to the President of...
RIS Media - Tuesday, October 16, 2007

While housing sales across the nation continue to decrease, Manhattan sales are setting new records. According to the 3rd Quarter Market Report released by Halstead Property, the average sale price set a new record at $1,319,370, increasing by 26% from...
RIS Media - Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Photo: Bess Dulany, Director of Sales, Halstead Property Bess Dulany to Direct Halstead’s Three Brooklyn Offices; Barry Dulany Steps Down By Linda Collins BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Halstead Property, which several years ago acquired the two Brooklyn offices of William S. Ross Real...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Real Estate Board of New York gets most firms on board; Corcoran and Elliman still won't enter portal By Lauren Elkies Manhattan homebuyers now have free access to thousands of exclusive real estate listings on a single Web site, launched by the...
The Real Deal - Monday, October 01, 2007

By Sharon L. Crenson Finding a home in New York City, the tightest, most expensive urban market in the U.S., may get a little easier thanks to a new Web site that combines listings from 60 brokers. The Real Estate Board...
Bloomberg News - Thursday, September 27, 2007

Economists may disagree, but agents feel that top-end sales will weather the storm By: Paul Shearer WILL the ripples of the US sub-prime mortgage scandal spread worldwide, making even the rich reluctant to invest in real estate? This week the...
Times Online - Thursday, September 27, 2007

ResidentialNYC.com offers public-facing property info By Glenn Roberts Jr. An online real estate portal launched today by a trade group is cracking open the Manhattan real estate brokerage market for consumers. ResidentialNYC.com, the first-ever public Web portal offered by the Real Estate Board...
Inman News - Thursday, September 27, 2007

Fall could get buildup of apartments on market amid widening mortgage woes By Lauren Elkies The country's mortgage crisis has left prospective buyers and real estate watchdogs wondering how hard it will hit the Manhattan residential real estate market. The second half of...
The Real Deal - Saturday, September 01, 2007

For Halstead’s Charles D. Urstadt, the real estate business has proven irresistible. Having grown up hearing about real estate from his grandmother, father, and uncle, it’s no surprise that Urstadt has wound up in the thick of the business. And even...
Quest - Saturday, September 01, 2007

Halstead Property’s top agents for the first half of 2007 were recognized at a special event at The Ziegfeld Theater in Midtown. Diane M. Ramirez, Halstead Property’s President, is pictured here with agents Michael Spodek and Jill Sloane. Spodek won...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Illustration by Lou Brooks By VIVIAN S. TOY WHAT kind of people live in this building?” That is often the first question brokers are asked by apartment hunters — be they couples with children, retirees seeking peace and quiet or 20-somethings prone to...
New York Times - Sunday, June 24, 2007

Pictured: Anna Shagalov, Ivana Tagliamonte, Liora Yalof, Michael Connolly, Diane Ramirez, Jill Sloane, Brian Lewis, and Elizabeth Sahlman. Avenue's class of 2007 real estate honor roll
Avenue - Friday, June 15, 2007

Halstead received two first place awards for exclusive marketing pieces at two recent international real estate conferences. Halstead Property’s President, Diane M. Ramirez, and the Director of Corporate Business Development, Sharon Michnay, accepted the awards at the 2007 Leading...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, April 25, 2007

By Kristelle Devieux Halstead has long been a frontrunner in the real estate world, thanks in part to innovative marketing strategies continually adjusted to fit the changing times. In order to keep up with today¡¦s online world, Halstead¡¦s winning approach has...
Haute Living - Thursday, April 05, 2007

The price of an average apartment in Manhattan has hit more than $1.2 million. By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer The price of a slice of the Big Apple was on the rise in the first quarter, reversing a slight decline in...
CNN Money - Tuesday, April 03, 2007

(Photo: Tanya Ahmed/Courtesy of Property Shark) If a markdown didn’t sell your place, try upping your price. It may not make sense, but lately, it works. By S.Jhoanna Robledo The real-estate market couldn’t be more confounding to Shoaid Qureshi. The Bollywood...
New York Magazine - Tuesday, March 27, 2007

As more firms encourage brokers to promote themselves, curbs are put in place By Cathy Hobbs A controversy over advertising by top-producing brokers at Prudential Douglas Elliman proves that when it comes to branding, it's possible to have too much of a...
The Real Deal - Thursday, March 15, 2007

With Halstead Property, finding the perfect home is a tailor-made experience By Caleb Rocco Halstead Property, LLC Has always dealt in luxury residences, but up until recently they have been known as a quiet company. In the past year, however, they have...
Quest - Thursday, March 01, 2007

By TRACIE ROZHON Since the new year began, a burst of activity has broken out in Manhattan and several Brooklyn neighborhoods as New Yorkers frenetically hunt for co-ops, condominiums and town houses, sending prices higher despite sluggish sales in many other...
New York Times - Monday, February 19, 2007

By VIVIAN S. TOY IN real estate, a picture can be worth more than a thousand words. Much, much more. When selling properties online, agents and Web designers say that the pictures buyers see of houses and apartments for sale are...
New York Times - Sunday, February 11, 2007

‘We don’t want to just be in the neighborhood, we want to be part of the neighborhood As they continue to grow by leaps and bounds, Halstead Property LLC has never forgotten who has helped them become one of the city’s...
Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier - Thursday, February 08, 2007

By amy zimmer / metro new york BARUCH COLLEGE. There were no charts outlining low mortgage rates or predicting changes in Manhattan apartment prices at a seminar held here last week entitled “Why Buy Now.” Instead, the standing room only crowd...
Metro - Monday, January 29, 2007

Photo Caption: SOMETIMES, AN UNEASY PROCESS Jill Sloane of Halstead Property is Renée Mizrahi’s third broker. [Photographer: Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times] By VIVIAN S. TOY RENÉE MIZRAHI suspects that the first real estate agent she worked with deliberately...
New York Times - Sunday, January 28, 2007

BY JAY AKASIE - Special to the Sun Talking to one residential real estate broker in New York City is a little like talking to the entire Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad. Except the real estate broker is even more bullish. So when...
New York Sun - Thursday, January 25, 2007

A housing crash? Not even close, say panelists By Glenn Roberts Jr. Never say die when it comes to New York real estate. All that national jabber about a housing-market meltdown fell flat in Manhattan, said Dottie Herman, president and CEO for Prudential...
Inman News - Friday, January 12, 2007

Growth in new agents drops to a five-year low By Lauren Elkies Fewer people are going into the real estate business, dropping the number of newly licensed agents in the city to the lowest level since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,...
The Real Deal - Friday, December 15, 2006

Yes, folks, it’s that time of year, when the city’s ho-ho-hos of media, politics and business pretend to make nice under the mistletoe. But be careful: The eggnog is spiked with ambition! By Sara Vilkomerson with Spencer Morgan Halstead Property, Dec....
New York Observer - Monday, December 11, 2006

The Web Marketing Association has awarded Halstead Property's Information Technology Team with a 2006 WebAward for outstanding achievement in website development. The Information Technology Team includes James Cahill, Executive Vice President/Chief Information and Technology Officer; Vincent D'Agostino, Web Operations...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, November 22, 2006

The Web Marketing Association has awarded Halstead Property’s Information Technology Team with a 2006 WebAward for outstanding achievement in Web site development. The Information Technology Team includes James Cahill, executive vice president/chief information and technology officer; Vincent D’Agostino, Web operations...
RIS Media - Wednesday, November 08, 2006

HEADED DOWN This duplex at 438 West 49th Street worked for Caroline Dawson, below, who never considered that other buyers might be put off by the location of the bedroom, in a partly below-ground basement. (Photos: John Marshall Mantel for...
New York Times - Sunday, September 10, 2006

By Julie Haviv NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are carrying a lot of excess weight and desperately want to slim down. No, not their waistlines -- in the size of their homes. "Steeply deteriorating." "Hard landing." "Kaput." These are some of the...
Reuters - Sunday, August 13, 2006

With tables turning, buyers now can look to bargain for a better deal By LORE CROGHAN DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER Advantage buyers. It's something those purchasing homes haven't heard in a while, but in some neighborhoods in...
The New York Daily News - Sunday, July 30, 2006

Halstead's site (left, bottom) now features green -- "a money color," says president Diane Ramirez (right). Savvy Web sites a must, but many face challenge of keeping up with the Internet Joneses; color says By Cathy Hobbs How often do you update...
The Real Deal - Saturday, July 01, 2006

By TERI KARUSH ROGERS IT took three years for John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman of General Electric, to sell the house he bought in 1990 in Fairfield, Conn. Initially on the market for $13 million, the property twisted in...
New York Times - Sunday, June 18, 2006

Pictured above: Diane M. Ramirez, Michael A. Goldenberg, and Stephen G. Kliegerman Halstead Property, LLC has always focused on helping customers in new and pioneering ways. Halstead Property was the first real estate company to market properties on the web, the...
Mann Report - Thursday, June 15, 2006

June is here, and the summer has really taken off. It seems the warm weather encourages me to attend even more events that I thought possible. I went to the groundbreaking ceremony for my dear friend Dean Palin’s new project...
Mann Report - Thursday, June 15, 2006

Pictured above: Deputy Commissioner of Buildings Pat Lancaster presents a proclamation by Mayor Bloomberg to Halstead President Diane Ramirez and Founder Clark Halstead. The proclamation declared April 5th "Real Estate Appreciation Day." On April 5th, Halstead Property unveiled its new...
New York Magazine - Monday, June 12, 2006

Pictured: Justin G. Schiller, who sells rare children's books, wants to trade a watercolor drawing by Maurice Sendak for a studio or small one-bedroom apartment below 100th Street in Manhattan. By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM JUSTIN G. SCHILLER, who collects and...
New York Times - Sunday, June 11, 2006

This week's Bulls & Bears: Gary B. Smith, Exemplar Capital managing partner; Tobin Smith, ChangeWave Research editor; Pat Dorsey, Morningstar.com director of stock research; Scott Bleier, HybridInvestors.com president; Leigh Gallagher, SmartMoney senior editor, and Diane Ramirez, HalsteadProperty president. http://media.halstead.com/movies/Diane_Ramirez_Bulls_and_Bears.wmv Are higher mortgage...
Fox News - Saturday, June 10, 2006

Lori Burgess with Halstead President Diane Ramirez and Hamptons Publisher Debra Halpert at the Halstead Property launch gala at Gustavino's. LETTER FROM THE NICHE MEDIA TEAM THE SKIES ARE CLEAR, the sun is shining, the temperature is rising – yes, it looks...
Gotham Magazine - Thursday, June 01, 2006

by David Jones While home sales are expected to cool off nationally, apartment prices in Manhattan continued to rise at a steady pace in April, with average prices jumping 6% to $1.24 million. The increase was sparked by two-bedroom apartments...
Crains - Thursday, May 11, 2006

Some Manhattan price and volume numbers stay high, but can't hide sharp inventory growth By Tom Acitelli Source: Miller Samuel Appraisers Manhattan's apartment market is now not moving up nor down, but rather "sideways," according to brokers and appraisers. While the most recent...
The Real Deal - Monday, May 01, 2006

NEW YORK -- Halstead Property will launch a multimillion dollar campaign this week to better differentiate itself within the luxury real estate market. Print ads, via Pool, New York City, break this week in more than 20 regional publications including New...
Brandweek - Tuesday, April 11, 2006

BAD SMELLS WON'T SELL By PHYLLIS FURMAN DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER The ad wars have come to the residential real estate market. Get ready to see black and white ads featuring savvy New York apartment buyers and sellers in a new campaign...
The New York Daily News - Thursday, April 06, 2006

She Got Game As countless TV realty shows prove, revamps of real estate properties are all the rage. But how do you give a real estate company an “extreme makeover”? Ask Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property, who recently announced that...
Gotham Magazine - Friday, March 17, 2006

As brokerage firms continue to offer home seekers dazzling developments and take-your-breath-away listings, we decided it was time to talk to the women who stand at the helm of not just Manhattan’s most powerful realty companies, but the country’s, to...
Haute Living - Thursday, March 16, 2006

BY PRANAY GUPTE - Special to the Sun March 2, 2006Diane Ramirez is in a rebranding mode these days. "Well, to be precise, it's our company that's launching a rebranding campaign next month," the president of Halstead Property said yesterday. "We've been reviewing what...
New York Sun - Thursday, March 02, 2006

COVERING ALL THE BASES, NEW YORK’S PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE GURUS MAKE THEIR MARKET PREDICTIONS FOR 2006.Edited by Alexa CaraviaPhotography by David PalerThis winter, Haute Living invited New York’s leading industry professionals in the multimillion dollar commercial and residential real estate...
Haute Living - Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times EXPLORING Rachel Natalie Klein in her East Harlem apartment, her seventh in five years. By TERI KARUSH ROGERSPublished: February 26, 2006 GIVEN the choice, many people refuse to submit to the agonies of moving until boxed...
New York Times - Sunday, February 26, 2006

COVERING ALL THE BASES, NEW YORK’S PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE GURUS MAKE THEIR MARKET PREDICTIONS FOR 2006. Edited by Alexa CaraviaPhotography by David Paler This winter, Haute Living invited New York’s leading industry professionals in the multimillion dollar commercial and residential real estate...
Haute Living - Thursday, February 16, 2006

Halstead Property LLC has announced the grand opening of its latest office in Riverdale, New York. Located at 3531 Johnson Avenue, the office is positioned in the heart of one of Riverdale's busiest and most visible thoroughfares. The...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Halstead Property, LLC has launched their new website, designed to be New York City’s most elegant, stylish, content rich and easy-to-use real estate website."No other site has access to as much property and neighborhood information as www.Halstead.com," said Diane Ramirez,...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, December 07, 2005

By LINDA BLAIR Dubbed the industry Oscars, this year's Real Estate Board of New York Residential Deal of the Year awards had all the ingredients of the annual Hollywood spectacular – and some. The ladies dressed in their finest Dior and...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Average price of a condo soars to $1.2 million as property experts downplay bubble fearsBY JAMES FANELLI amNewYork staff writerManhattan apartment prices continue to balloon, bucking warnings of a pending bubble burst, a report released yesterday shows. The Real Estate...
AM New York - Thursday, November 03, 2005

MANHATTAN A ROBUST MARKET, WITH SALE PRICES AND RENTS INCREASING From rental apartments to luxury co-ops, Manhattan represents a robust housing market, although it is not a frenetic as it once was.“It’s continued to be a strong market, but the frenzy of...
Crains - Monday, October 03, 2005

Its god to be a seller in Manhattan. Thanks to Wall Street bonuses, historically low mortgage rates and the city’s enduring attractiveness to local and international buyers, the average price of a Manhattan apartment exceeded the $1 million mark last year. "It was...
Crains - Monday, October 03, 2005

Diane M. Ramirez Halstead Property L.L.C. Diance M. Ramirez is President of Halstead Property L.LC. The company was acquired by Terra Holdings, its parent company in April 2001 and the firms principals are David Burris, Kent M. Swig, Arthur Zeckendorf, and Will...
Real Estate Weekly - Thursday, September 15, 2005

September 2005 HALSTEAD PROPERTY, LLC HAS LAUNCHED THEIR NEW WEBSITE announced by Diane Ramirez, President of Halstead Property, LLC. The new website, www.Halstead.com, has been designed to be New York City’s most elegant, stylish, content rich and easy to use real estate website. ‘No...
Development New York - Thursday, September 01, 2005

The Co-op & Condo MonthlyHalstead Property, LLC will open a new office servicing the HudsonValley region, located at 315 Warren Street, in Hudson, New York, to be known as Halstead Property Hudson Valley. The new office will be co-directed...
The Cooperator - Thursday, September 01, 2005

Halstead Property plans to open its first office in Harlem, which will be the firm’s second new office in the past three months.Halstead’s Harlem location at 119th Street and Lenox Avenue will compete with the nearby offices of the Corcoran...
The Real Deal - Thursday, September 01, 2005

Halstead Property, LLC announced the opening of a new office servicing the Hudson Valley region. This new Halstead office, located at 315 Warren Street, in Hudson, NY will be known as Halstead Property Hudson Valley. ...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, August 17, 2005