Halstead Property

By Leigh Kamping-Carder In February, Oren Alexander, a 24-year-old vice president at Prudential Douglas Elliman, joined two other brokers to form the Alexander Group. While the name refers to Alexander himself, among the team members, he said it is also a...
The Real Deal - Sunday, April 01, 2012

Clark Halstead, the founder and co-chairman of Halstead Property, was honored with The Legacy Award at the company's annual meeting at Cipriani 42nd Street last week. Nearly 1,000 agents from New York, the Hamptons, New Jersey and Connecticut turned out...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Halstead Property hosted more than 950 agents from New York, the Hamptons, New Jersey and Connecticut at the firm’s Annual Meeting at Cipriani’s 42nd St. Led by president Diane M. Ramirez, the event featured guest speakers William Lie Zeckendorf and David...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Design Perfectionists at Home By PENELOPE GREEN TODD WATERBURY’S apartment is just perfect. No, really. It’s not simply that his book collection is restricted to titles with black, gray or white bindings, and stacked, jacketless, in neat horizontal rows (and mostly reflects...
New York Times - Wednesday, January 25, 2012

TRIBECA GRAND Smack-dab in the middle of TriBeCa among some of our city's top restaurants, this loft at 73 Worth Street between Broadway and Church Street is complete with key-locked elevator access. Features include custom glass sliding doors leading to...
New York Magazine - Monday, January 02, 2012

Here are eight duplexes stocked with amenities.By S.Jhoanna Robledo 17 East 63rd Street, #1 The combination living-dining room of this two-bedroom, two-bath in a circa-1901 building rises 21 feet. It has a woodburning fireplace, double-height windows, and leads directly to...
New York Magazine - Thursday, October 27, 2011

LOUISE PHILLIPS FORBES,Halstead Property, LLCExecutive Vice President What do you think defines you as an influential woman?I believe that women should be defined by how they live their lives, not by how they look, what their career is or even whom...
Avenue - Saturday, October 15, 2011

By Lucy Cohen Blatter As usual, Labor Day marked a pick-up in sales inventory after the typically slow summer. The seasonal increase should lead to more opportunity for buyers and more sales. According to Noah Rosenblatt, founder of UrbanDigs.com, a website that...
AM New York - Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Top Halstead broker Louise Phillips Forbes and celebrity trainer Stacey Griffith will pedal in the third annual Ride for Kids at Bridgehampton SoulCycle this Friday (Aug. 19) at 6p.m. The indoor cycle class will benefit New York City education charity...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Manhattan prices fall 5.5 percent in second quarter, but market still stable By Candace Taylor The Manhattan residential market remained relatively stable, if lackluster, in the second quarter of 2011, according to newly released market reports. "We're bumping along the...
The Real Deal - Friday, July 01, 2011

By Vivian S. Toy THE idea of a maid’s room in New York City may conjure “Upstairs, Downstairs” images of cell-like spaces tucked away behind the kitchen, but spaces for the help are leaving behind the claustrophobic feel of the early...
New York Times - Thursday, April 28, 2011

By Candace Taylor Last month, the U.S. Commerce Department announced that sales of new homes nationwide plunged to levels not seen since 1963. Meanwhile, political turmoil raged across the Middle East, and Japan lost thousands to a devastating earthquake and tsunami....
The Real Deal - Friday, April 01, 2011

Agent: Louise Phillips Forbes Firm: Halstead Property Price: $4.4 million Address: 50 Madison Avenue, Apt. 3 Notes: Jeannette Watson Sange 2,646-square-foot condo
The Real Deal - Friday, February 25, 2011

Upper West Side $760,000 Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 850 Maintenance: $1,580 With services like a 24-hour doorman, live-in super, roof deck and gym, this "white-glove" prewar building on Riverside Drive near 86th Street offers added comfort to this already comfortable...
New York Post - Thursday, February 03, 2011

By Jill Urban Penthouses may have changed through the years but it seems their attractiveness has not. NY1's Jill Urban filed the following Real estate report.While the word alone evokes thoughts of exclusivity and glamour, real estate experts say that in...
NY1 - Thursday, January 20, 2011

Andrea V. Brambila NEW YORK -- Louise Phillips Forbes didn't know just how much of a top producer she was until she sat down and did the math at one point during the housing boom. "In one year I sold 237 transactions,...
Inman News - Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Andrea V. Brambila NEW YORK -- Louise Phillips Forbes didn't know just how much of a top producer she was until she sat down and did the math at one point during the housing boom. "In one year I sold 237 transactions,...
Inman News - Tuesday, January 18, 2011

By MELANIE LEFKOWITZ After Louise Phillips Forbes had her second child, she didn't even consider moving to the suburbs. Instead, she sought a four-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. "I joke around with my husband that we had a prenup that said...
Wall Street Journal - Tuesday, December 14, 2010

By ALISON GREGOR NEW YORK CITY -- Recent attempts by Extell Development to recover commissions it paid to brokers after condos at the Lucida on the Upper East Side failed to close are having a ripple effect in the industry. Indeed,...
Inman News - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

BY VIVIAN S. TOY BEDBUGS have infiltrated more and more places in New York City, and now they’ve even found their way into co-op and condominium contracts. The New York State Legislature passed a law this summer requiring city landlords to...
New York Times - Friday, October 15, 2010

Upper West Side$795,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 1,000 Maintenance: $1,061 "Nestled" near Riverside Park on a "quiet, pristine block" of West 83rd Street, this prewar co-op boasts a newly renovated kitchen and "beautiful townhouse garden" views. In addition, the "boutique"...
New York Post - Friday, August 13, 2010

Greenwich Village $2.075 million Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 2,300 Maintenance: $2,971 Somewhere between a quintessential prewar co-op and a classic downtown loft, this "outstanding" home on Broadway near Astor Place features a renovated kitchen that opens into a large living/dining...
New York Post - Thursday, July 08, 2010

By VIVIAN S. TOY EVEN in today’s uncertain real estate market, family-size apartments are having something of a baby boom in New York City. Sales of three- and four-bedroom apartments swelled last year, even as sales of smaller places declined, and...
New York Times - Thursday, June 24, 2010

By Candace Taylor There are still plenty of unsold new construction condos in New York City, especially in areas like Midtown, the Financial District and Williamsburg. But brokers say that months of busy sales activity (combined with some sellers taking...
The Real Deal - Thursday, April 01, 2010

LOUISE PHILLIPS FORBESEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HALSTEAD PROPERTY, LLC For more than 20 years, Louise Phillips Forbes has been a leader in Manhattan’s residential real estate market, developing a significant following among homebuyers and sellers of luxury condos, co-ops and townhouses. Louise...
New York Family - Monday, March 15, 2010

On its Web site, the marketing pitch for the Fitzgerald, a condo in Harlem, has a decidedly pre-recession ring: "Where the living is grand and the financing is easy." The mortgage terms sound that way, too: 5 percent down, with...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

By Chloe Malle Dubbed by its listing as "the superlative apartment in a building filled with apartments beyond compare," the 17th-floor loft at 15 Madison Square North must indeed be something. Otherwise, it would be tough to explain the 2007-like bidding...
New York Observer - Thursday, February 11, 2010

Upper West Side $4.15 million This "magnificent" and "pristine" 10-room co-op in an Emery Roth-designed full-service building on West End Avenue features a master bedroom "retreat" that's "the...
New York Post - Thursday, December 10, 2009

By Candace Taylor In today's landscape of Manhattan real estate, it's all about price. And increasingly, that doesn't just mean the sale price of an apartment. More than ever before, potential buyers are focused on condominium common charges and co-op maintenance...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Brokers say boards' attempts to 'manipulate the market' could hurt their buildings' value By Candace Taylor After a few years in the shadow of the glitzy condos that have been transforming the Manhattan skyline, co-ops may be emerging as a...
The Real Deal - Sunday, March 01, 2009

Will Gary Barnett be the last man standing in New York real estate? By David Jones Three years ago, an up-and-coming real estate firm called Extell Development Company was denied the right to develop the controversial Atlantic Yards site, despite outbidding...
The Real Deal - Thursday, January 01, 2009

By VIVIAN S. TOY IF there was any doubt that real estate in New York City had finally shifted from the high-flying seller’s market of recent years into a buyer’s market, consider the strategies that some developers of new condominiums have...
New York Times - Sunday, October 12, 2008

Real Estate Showcase By Design Located in Chelsea at 16 W, 19th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, this 1,822-sf duplex penthouse features floor-to-ceiling windows, soaring ceilings and a view-filled veranda. The entertainment-ready kitchen includes appliances from Miele, Sub-Zero, Fisher & Paykel...
New York Magazine - Monday, September 29, 2008

CHELSEA $599,000 77 Seventh Ave. Studio co-op, 600 square feet, with chef's kitchen with high-end appliances, renovated marble bath and western exposure; Vermeer building features doorman, garage, planted roof deck, laundry and live-in super. Maintenance $741, 40 percent tax-deductible. Asking price $599,000,...
New York Post - Thursday, September 18, 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

FINANCIAL DISTRICT $2,255,000 71 Nassau St. Two-bedroom, two-bath duplex condo, 1,694 square feet, with 13-foot ceilings, white oak floors, dining room, chef's kitchen with Sub-Zero refrigerator, Bosch convection oven and cooktop, pantry and stone countertops, washer/dryer and walk-in closet; building features concierge,...
New York Post - Thursday, August 21, 2008

$715,000 Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 825 Maintenance: $1,004 This first-floor co-op on West 79th Street features prewar details like picture moldings, as well as high ceilings and a windowed kitchen and bath. The elevator building, located on a tree-lined street,...
New York Post - Thursday, August 14, 2008

Murray Hill/Kips Bay 220 Madison Ave. $3,000,000 Reminiscent of old New York, this generously proportioned penthouse is currently configured with three large bedrooms and three full baths. The grand scale living and dining rooms have wonderful city views. The planted wrap terrace overlooks...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, August 06, 2008

905 West End Avenue $3,550,000 Snuggled peacefully next to Riverside Park, this pre-war gem offers 4 bedrooms and three baths in the heart of the Upper West Side. There is European inspired elegance in the kitchen and baths with Subzero, Miele, Suma,...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, July 30, 2008

215 West 78th Street $1,895,000 Large home is generously sized for entertaining and room to grow. Beautifully maintained and renovated throughout, including bay windows in living room and master bedroom. Windowed kitchen has a double sink, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Brokers say buyers too worried to pull trigger By Lauren Elkies The pace of residential sales in Manhattan continues to slow, causing a backlog of inventory. The rest of the summer doesn't look any more promising. Sales activity is down by...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, July 01, 2008

To compete with sponsor units, resales come with unusual incentives to sweeten deal In late 2006, when the Manhattan residential sales market was red hot, Lawrence Rich, an associate broker and vice president with Prudential Douglas Elliman, decided to put his...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, July 01, 2008

The Real Deal's latest Webcast is now online at www.therealdeal.net. Reporter Jen Benepe talks to Louise Phillips Forbes, executive vice president at Halstead Property, and Paul Korngold, real estate lawyer and partner at Tuchman, Korngold, Weiss, Lippman & Gelles. They...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Upper West Side 905 West End Avenue Sales were launched in April for the recently renovated 13-story, 52-unit condominium. The 1917 building has two-, three- and four-bedroom residences ranging from 1,636 to 2,290 square feet in size. The project's developer,...
The Real Deal - Sunday, June 01, 2008

545 West 110th Street $2,450,000 Spacious 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath with an East facing 167 square foot balcony. Brand new oak stained floors, top-of the line chef’s kitchen featuring Viking cook top and oven, Subzero refrigerator, double Franke sink, Bosch dishwasher and...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Greenwich Village 39 East 12th Street $1,125,000Mint, loft-like 1 bedroom, 1 bath Coop featuring 11'8" barrel vaulted ceilings and sunny, quiet Northern city views. There is an open kitchen renovated with top of the line appliances include a Bosch stove, microwave and...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, May 21, 2008

39 East 20th Street Price: $2,495,000 Description: Exit the key-locked elevator directly into a bright 2125sf condo loft renovated by renowned architect West Chin and decorated by published interior designer David Mann. The South facing living room gets impeccable light, has open...
Brokers Weekly - Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Louise Phillips Forbes, executive vice president of Halstead Property, LLC, sees possibility By Nancy A Ruhling For nearly two decades, Forbes has been a leader in New York City's real estate market. Recently,her sales exceeded the one-billion-dollar mark. What defines luxury in New...
New York House - Thursday, May 01, 2008

Clockwise from bottom left: Saskia Valentine, Alex Schulz, Rubette Bairan, Louise Phillips Forbes, Caroline Fuchs and Mercedes Sanchez in the lounge at Jade, a luxury development on West 19th Street.Halstead Property-Louise Phillips Forbes Team It was more than 18 years ago...
Mann Report - Thursday, May 01, 2008

Recession fears and the credit crunch were already testing the resilience of Manhattan's residential real estate market when J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to buy Bear Stearns Cos. in a fire sale last week. That deal puts further pressure on...
Crains - Monday, March 24, 2008

Photos: Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times UPPER EAST SIDE CONDO $635,000 MANHATTAN: 300 East 90th Street (at Second Avenue), #8B A one-bedroom one-bath with a fireplace and central air-conditioning in a postwar part-time-doorman building. Louise Phillips Forbes, Halstead Property (212) 381-3329; www.halstead.com COMMON...
New York Times - Sunday, March 16, 2008

Halstead Property Lauren Cangiano, Executive Vice President, Eastside Office, with Louie (17), Stefano (13), and Giorgia (10) What are your favorite things about where you live? Carnegie Hill is a quiet, clean, safe, family-oriented neighborhood.I love being across the street from Central Park.Myhusband...
New York Family - Saturday, March 01, 2008

Photo: NO FEES FOR ME: Steve and Randi Marder bought at 865 UN Plaza and didn’t pay closing costs. It's not every building that will give its buyers a free winter wardrobe.But that's basically what Atelier gave first-time New York-buyer Mike...
New York Post - Thursday, February 28, 2008

The most riveting recent scandal within Manhattan’s white-shoe law firm world is, without a doubt, the story of Aaron Charney. Last January, at age 28, he sued his fancy firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, alleging homophobia. Among other things, his suit...
New York Observer - Tuesday, February 26, 2008

They live in Edinburgh, Scotland, but Robin Garrett and his wife, Olivia Giles, have chosen to put their money to work in Manhattan. They bought their first condominium, a one-bedroom apartment in Turtle Bay, in 2005. After successfully renting it out,...
Crains - Saturday, February 16, 2008

By Josee Rose Manhattan's luxury real-estate market may feel an unusual chill from the Wall Street crowd this spring. Despite early worries that 2007 bonuses would fall dramatically below the record levels set in 2006, overall bonuses only came in...
Dow Jones - Tuesday, February 12, 2008

As the stock market tanks and Wall Street layoffs continue, even New York's Teflon real estate market is starting to feel the heat. A small but gnawing, growing fear is that the European invasion that has kept the market afloat...
New York Post - Sunday, January 20, 2008

Midtown $1.415 million 40 West 55th Street 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1,354 sf condo in prewar building; Rosario Candela designed building has renovated lobby with large mural painted by Malcolm Hill; common charges $1,024; taxes $1,110; asking price $1.415 million; 20 weeks. Brokers: Louise...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Floorplan: PREWAR, POST-BOOM:This two-bedroom on West 55th Street is a bargain — for the mega-rich, anyway. Wondering what $1.4 million can get you in Manhattan's hyper-inflated real estate market? Try this renovated five-room prewar condo in Midtown, with two bedrooms, two...
New York Post - Thursday, January 03, 2008

All this talk of a real estate market slowdown might be for naught. Some local agents have been as busy as ever. Top Halstead producer Louise Phillips Forbes just finished an astronomical stretch, where she went to contract with 10...
The New York Daily News - Friday, December 14, 2007

CHINATOWN $1,244,000 123 Baxter St. One-bedroom, 11/2-bath condo, 1,063 square feet, with gourmet kitchen with wine cooler, convection wall oven, microwave with built-in European toaster and stainless-steel refrigerator with Internet access; new full-service building features doorman, concierge, fitness center and residents' lounge....
New York Post - Thursday, December 06, 2007

Photo: West Village West Village $3.9 million Talk about the perfect blending of old and new: This sleek parlor-floor duplex in an 1850s brownstone sits at the gateway to trendiness, just steps from the Meatpacking District. The "spectacular" three-bedroom, 21/2-bathroom co-op on West...
New York Post - Thursday, November 29, 2007

Upper West Side $1.088 Million 220 West 93rd Street 1,100 sq foot condo in a prewar building; 24 hour doormen, renovated kitchen and bath, high ceilings, hw floors; common charge $627; taxes $10,452; listed at $1.088 million. Brokers: Square One Group; Halstead Property.
New York Times - Sunday, October 28, 2007

Photo: Central Park South Central Park South $1.565 million Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,375 Maintenance: $1,549 This co-op with a terrace in a "white-glove" building features new bathroom and kitchen renovations - and new windows through which to enjoy the Central...
New York Post - Thursday, October 25, 2007

Manhattan UPPER WEST SIDE $1,088,000 220 W. 93rd St. Prewar two-bedroom, 11/2-bath condo, 1,100 square feet, with eat-in kitchen, fireplace, washer/dryer and central AC. Common charges $627, taxes $871. Asking price $1,088,000, on market one week. Brokers: Louise Phillips Forbes, Halstead Property, and...
New York Post - Thursday, October 11, 2007

40 Barrow Streetwww.40barrowstreet.com, www.halstead.com The bad news is unless you act immediately and buy the $9.95 million 40 Barrow Street townhouse, then you won’t have supermodel Gisele Bundchen as a next door neighbor – she just listed her triple penthouse at...
Metro - Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Midtown $1.57 million Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 11/2 Square feet: 1,069 Common charges: $1,167.06 This prewar condo on West 55th Street was built in 1924, one of the few Midtown masterpieces by renowned architect Rosario Candela. As you'd expect, there are classic details like...
New York Post - Thursday, September 13, 2007

Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times Photo: Room for the Family Louise Phillips Forbes, her husband, Christopher, and their sons in their new apartment. By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY WHEN Jon and Susan Ashley move back to the United States from London next...
New York Times - Sunday, September 09, 2007

Photo: West Village $9.95 million West Village $9.95 million If you've been looking far and wide for a wide, classic townhouse, look no further. This gem of a Greek revival, located on one of the Village's quaintest blocks - Barrow Street between Bedford...
New York Post - Thursday, September 06, 2007

Today’s sleek glass towers face off against the brownstones of yesteryear—and often win PRE-WORLD WAR II APARTMENT buildings have long ruled the New York market, with their ornate exteriors and spacious interiors full of charming design details. But now these mainstays...
New York Spaces - Saturday, September 01, 2007

As if living on Barrow Street wasn't reward enough, check out the copious backyard of this new-to-market townhouse at 40 Barrow Street. Interestingly, it's currently configured as two duplexes ("with very high income," boasts the brokerbable), but judging from the...
Curbed - Friday, August 17, 2007

If Lawrence Eagleburger, Madeleine Albright or Condoleezza Rice bought one of the newly converted condos at 220 West 93rd Street, those secretaries of state would probably spring for the building’s $135,000 “upgrade package” to get a brand-name fridge, subway tiles...
New York Observer - Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Last-minute addition of outlying neighborhoods like Red Hook to exemption zone could impact building By Jen Benepe East New York. The West Farms section of the Bronx. The North Shore of Staten Island. Parts of Red Hook. What do all these areas...
The Real Deal - Wednesday, August 01, 2007

865 U.N. plazaConverted studios and one-bedrooms at this building near the Trump World Tower are priced from $446,000 to $1.025 million. Units come with GE Profile appliances, and buyers are allowed to put 10 percent down. Contact: Louise Phillips Forbes,...
New York Post - Thursday, July 19, 2007

Hot Neighborhoods Point of View "There are so many great neighborhoods, but lately everyone wants to be a part of what's going on in Chelsea West," says Senior Vice President Louise Phillips Forbes of Halstead Property. "With the redevelopment of the High...
New York Magazine - Monday, July 02, 2007

Make Mine Boutique At the other end of the spectrum, conversions of smaller buildings aim at buyers unimpressed by the glamour of high-profile projects. "When I was single it was great to be in a big building," says Louise Phillips...
NY Living - Friday, June 15, 2007

GREEN ROOMS: Habitat for Humanity is working on 41 LEED-certified condos in Brooklyn. By: KATHERINE DYKSTRA What's growing in Brooklyn? The number of affordable-housing units, that's what. Helping Mayor Bloomberg on his way to the 165,000 new affordable units he's promised...
New York Post - Thursday, June 14, 2007

Midtown East 865 United Nations Plaza Sales are expected to begin soon at the 18-story, 57-unit luxury condominium conversion of a Tudor-style rental building, originally built in 1929. Studio and one-bedroom units will range in size from 660 to 990 square feet....
The Real Deal - Tuesday, May 01, 2007

865 U.N. Plaza THE HOTTEST DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND By KATHERINE DYKSTRA 865 UN Plaza With many units priced at less than $1,000 per square foot, 865 U.N. Plaza is already a bargain by Manhattan standards. But it’s actually even...
New York Post - Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Latest Info about Recent Sales - In Your Backyard and Beyond GRAMERCY $420,000 200 E. 27th St Renovated alcove studio, 450 square feet, with new granite kitchen with stainless-steel appliances and dishwasher, renovated bath with glass doors, separate dressing room, California closet,...
New York Post - Thursday, April 19, 2007

Louise Phillips Forbes, Senior Vice President with Halstead Property, LLC, will begin sales of 57 luxury condo units at the 18-story 865 United Nations Plaza. The newly renovated, pre-war building features one-bedroom and studio units on Manhattan's east side. Located between...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Pre-war BuildingOffers Studio and One-bedroom Condos Louise Phillips Forbes, Senior Vice President with Halstead Property, LLC, will begin sales of 57 luxury condo units at the 18 story 865 United Nations Plaza. The newly renovated, pre-war building features one-bedroom and studio...
Development New York - Thursday, March 15, 2007

By: Julie Satow Kenneth Horn has one eye trained on the clock and the other on his construction workers. He is rushing to get his foundation in the ground for a condominium development before December, when a lucrative tax break will...
Crains - Sunday, March 04, 2007

Financial District $2.8 million Did you know that, besides the bedroom, Americans spend the majority of their time at home in the kitchen? So, while this "exquisite" 2,200-plus-square-foot duplex penthouse on Pine Street has a range of amazing features - from beautiful...
New York Post - Thursday, February 08, 2007

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY DANIEL AND LUCIANA HYMAN are quick to admit that they are insufferably sentimental about how they fell in love. Seated on the half-finished floor of their Midtown co-op, they relate every detail about how they met at a...
New York Times - Sunday, February 04, 2007

Insiders say what's hot, what's not in New Year By Vanessa Londono Want to know where the market is headed and what the next big trends are in real estate? Forget the crystal ball. The Real Deal talked to developers and brokers...
The Real Deal - Monday, January 15, 2007

Offer prizes, parties, cash as market slows, buyers get choosier By: Dean Starkman At first glance, the glossy, full-color, full-page ads for 45 Park Ave. look like countless others trying to drum up buyer interest in yet another deluxe Manhattan condominium tower....
Crains - Sunday, January 14, 2007

Between the velvet ropes of the Meatpacking District and the landmark buildings in upper Chelsea, among the galleries and warehouses on the far West Side, something very big is happening on one very tiny block. West 19th Street between 10th Avenue...
New York Post - Thursday, January 11, 2007

$900,000 to $1.2 million East Village................$915,000 525 East 11th Street 1-bedroom, 1-bath Time on the market: 10 weeks 800-sq.-ft. condo in a 2-year-old building; h/w floors, washer/dryer in unit, common roof deck; common charge $420; taxes $600 (abated); listed at $915,000. Brokers: Halstead Property; Stribling...
New York Times - Sunday, December 24, 2006

RADIO TRANSCRIPT In New York State, officials reported this week that Wall Street is expected to pay out almost twenty-four billion dollars in bonuses, this year. That breaks last year’s record by seventeen percent. You’ve probably been hearing some of the...
BBC - Friday, December 22, 2006

By Adam Goldman, Associated Press NEW YORK — When Michael Aaron learned that Wall Street investment banks were going to be shelling out record bonuses this holiday season, the savvy wine merchant uncorked his own plan to make serious dough. He...
Associated Press - Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Following the mixed results of Related Companies' Astor Place, new projects are smaller, less expensive By Vanessa Londono The A Building in the East Village When the Related Companies' 21-story curvy luxury tower went up over Astor Place, it served as a...
The Real Deal - Friday, December 15, 2006

Upper West Side 595 West End Avenue Sales have opened for the 32 condominium units in the 16-story prewar conversion. Samson Management has renovated the 60,000-square-foot building, which was built in 1923, into one-, two-, three- and five-bedrooms ranging in size from...
The Real Deal - Friday, December 15, 2006

BY LORE CROGHAN Broker Louise Philips Forbes decided to offer something special - and pricey - at 595 West End Ave., a pre-war apartment house that's being converted into condos. Instead of sharing a floor with other occupants, buyers could have a...
The New York Daily News - Sunday, December 10, 2006

Manhattan CHELSEA $665,000 340 W. 19th St. Two-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 750 square feet, with renovated kitchen with GE appliances and granite countertops, washer/dryer, stone bath, living room, raised dining area and exposed brick; building is a pet-friendly walk-up. Maintenance $785,...
New York Post - Thursday, November 30, 2006

HILL COUNTRY Here’s your chance to purchase a studio or one–bedroom home for a song in one of Manhattan’s most favored neighborhoods. Inside this no–board–approval co operative prewar at 142 E. 49th St. are 44 units (there are only five apartments...
New York Magazine - Monday, November 20, 2006

Louise Phillips Forbes, senior vice president with Halstead Property, LLC, announced the opening of sales for 32 condo units at 595 West End Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The 16-story pre-war conversion features newly renovated one-, two-, three- and five-bedroom...
Real Estate Weekly - Wednesday, November 15, 2006

As any of the agents whose names appear in the following lists can tell you, a key to success in real estate is understanding numbers within the context of other numbers. In determining the value of a house on Maple...
Wall Street Journal - Saturday, November 11, 2006

296 E. 2ND ST.: A new boutique condo. Contact: Louise Forbes, Halstead Property. (212) 381-4278. By MAX GROSS IN the bad old days, people said of Alphabet City that if you were hanging around on Avenue A, you were all right....
New York Post - Thursday, November 02, 2006

Louise Phillips Forbes, senior vice president at Halstead Property, believes an efficient residential market is a healthy one. The moderation in the residential sales market in recent months does not indicate doom for Manhattan real estate. In this kind of...
Mann Report - Wednesday, November 01, 2006

WHEN ONLY A MANSION WILL DO Upper East Side $4.3 million What did they know about building elegant apartments in 1927 that isn't being matched today? Perhaps it's the proportions? The intricate detail? These factors and more are in play with this spacious...
New York Post - Thursday, October 19, 2006

THE CLASSICS Here’s your chance to own a Classic 4–, 5–, 6– or 7–room pre–war condo on the Upper West Side—along with a new generation of furnishings and fixtures. Units at 220 West 93rd are two and three bedrooms, and there’s...
New York Magazine - Monday, September 11, 2006

By VIVIAN MARINO TO escape the frenetic pace of city life, Troy and L. Camille Thornton need only slip out through the glass door of their bedroom in SoHo. There, tucked away on an expansive deck, sits a verdant garden of...
New York Times - Sunday, July 02, 2006

Upper West Side Condo $865,000 MANHATTAN: 30 West 90th Street (between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue), #PHA A one-bedroom, one-bath prewar condominium. Louise Phillips Forbes, Halstead Property, (212) 381-3329; www.halstead.com COMMON CHARGES: $939 a month, plus $389 a month in real estate taxes PROS:...
New York Times - Sunday, April 23, 2006

Upper East Side$1.425 million Bedrooms: 2 Baths: 3 Square feet: 1,350 Maintenance: $3,018The brochure on this renovated 1928 co-op boasts "countless" features. Well, we can count them, and even the low numbers are pretty good, such as two wood-burning fireplaces,...
New York Post - Saturday, April 15, 2006

East Village Condo $3,695,000 MANHATTAN: 240 East 10th Street (at First Avenue), #15AB A three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath condo. Louise Phillips Forbes, Halstead Property (212) 381-3329; COMMON CHARGES: $1,934 a month, plus $300 a month in real estate taxes PROS: People who like to entertain might feel...
New York Times - Sunday, April 09, 2006

There was a time - not yet entirely gone - when marketing a hot property was all about numbers. The labels "classic six" or "classic seven" brought an apartment instant cachet. Of course, these prized dwellings, mostly in prewar buildings,...
New York Post - Friday, December 30, 2005

By ELIZABETH WINE After spending an idyllic weekend at a spacious country home, the last thing you want to do is head back to New York City. So why not take a piece of that country house back with...
New York Post - Friday, December 30, 2005

Renovators are opening up old floor plans for today's more informal living BY ELIZABETH WINE Say goodbye to one more fragment of old New York life: The maid's room is on its way out. For years, brokers told well-heeled apartment dwellers on...
Newsday Real Estate - Friday, October 14, 2005