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Cash-In-Hand Buyers Can Come With A Catch
For a homeowner ready to sell, the all-cash buyer is the dream, a tantalizing oasis away from the strictures of bank loans and the whims of appraisers. And in markets as far-reaching as Long Island City in Queens, Greenwich Village in Manhattan and the Hollywood Hills in California, buyers with cash in hand have popped up in unusually high numbers. Carolyn Simi rejected an offer from an all-cash buyer. “She decided she wanted some of my personal things, and she wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Ms. Simi said. Unfortunately, it turns out that the dream sometimes comes with a bit...
New York Times - Monday, June 17, 2013
On The Market In New York City East Village Co-op $619,000 MANHATTAN 103 East 10th Street, 3B A one-bedroom one-bath with a working fireplace in a prewar elevator building. Emma Kerins (212) 381-2318, Michael Kerins (212) 381-2398, Halstead Property; halstead.com Open house Sunday, 11 to 12:30 p.m. MAINTENANCE $1,086 a month PROS This modern unit has 11-foot ceilings and exposed brick walls. CONS The bedroom, which is on the small side, faces a brick wall and doesn’t get much light.
New York Times - Monday, June 17, 2013
Real Estate Companies Touchscreen Windows Keep Customers In Touch With Listings Some brokerage firms are using touchscreen technology in their storefronts to allow passersby on the street to easily flip through listings. NY1's Real Estate reporter Jill Urban filed the following report.New technology has made it easier than ever to shop for real estate. Thanks to websites and apps, the tools to look for a home are right at one's fingertips. Now, some brokerage firms have found a new window of opportunity to help draw clients in — the touchscreen."In a world of instant gratification, we now have the opportunity of having our client just touch our storefronts and interact with us instantaneously," says Matthew Leone, the director of Web marketing...
NY1 - Monday, June 17, 2013
Home Envy NYC's Coolest Sisters Spill Their Top Decorating Tips Where does your design philosophy, "heirloom modern," which is also the title of your book, come from? H: No matter what your taste, we believe you should look back at your childhood and ask completely unrelated aesthetic questions like, "What was your favorite vacation? What movie did you think was most beautiful?" There is beauty in all those early memories. Because no one's taste is formed in 2013 or in the present, but from your cumulative years. And if you want to be mid-century, you can still add those components in. It's not just about filling your house with old stuff. It's about...
Refinery 29 - Monday, June 17, 2013
Flipping Over The Edge Williamsburg Penthouse Sells For 3 M
With a forest of high-rises about to sprout on the Greenpoint waterfront and Two Trees looking to build Brooklyn’s tallest tower at the old Domino Sugar Factory site, the Edge and Northside Piers are about to have a lot of competition for waterfront views in northern Brooklyn. But for now, they’re all we’ve got, and they’ve got the price tags to show for it: one of the penthouses at the North Tower at the Edge just closed late last week for $3 million, making it the first penthouse resale in the building. The penthouse at 34 North 7th Street sat on the market...
New York Observer - Monday, June 17, 2013