CORE Group’s Michael Graves ended the year on a high note closing two big deals within days of each other.

He sold a 1,782 s/f condo at 100 West 18th Street for $2.6 million. Then he followed up that deal with a $1.1 million sale at 100 Jay Street in DUMBO.

The Chelsea apartment building was designed by… Read more...

More than half of the brokers working in New York City believe the housing market will get worse before it gets better.

And 85% said the recession has negatively impacted their personal situation, one even claiming it caused her divorce.

The findings are the result of a survey of 200 brokers working in New York City by Entitle Direct, the parent company of EnTitle Insurance Company, a direct-to-consumer title insurance service. Read more...

Representatives from the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations (RAB) and Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union will resume talks today (Wednesday) in a bid to reach a new agreement for services workers before their contract expires at midnight December 31.
Officials from both sides have vowed negotiations will go on “round the clock” if necessary.

The talks resume after some city politicians took a swipe at building owners and threw their support behind SEIU 32BJ workers. Read more...