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upstate
An Anti-Airbnb Activist Rented Her House on Airbnb
And the city collectively lost its mind.
By
Clio Chang
curbed glossary
May 19, 2022
Cuck Money Is the New Key Money
Get ready to raise your own rent.
By
Bridget Read
operators
May 12, 2022
The Ugliest Divorce in Manhattan Real Estate
HFZ’s luxury developers staked their futures on Bjarke Ingels’s High Line debut and lost everything.
By
James D. Walsh
housing
May 4, 2022
Landlords Can Now Screen Your Pet’s ‘Credit Score’
And charge you accordingly.
By
Clio Chang
the real estate
May 2, 2022
Japanese Company Realizes the American Dream, Buys Single-Family Homes
If only everyone else could too.
By
Kim Velsey
dividing assets
Apr. 29, 2022
All Split Up and Nowhere to Go
Are pandemic breakups behind the city’s insane one-bedroom shortage?
By
Bridget Read
the real estate
Apr. 26, 2022
What’s Wrong With Steve Roth’s $21 Million Montauk Beach House?
The developer behind one of Manhattan’s most successful condos can’t find a taker for his own Hamptons place.
By
Kim Velsey
housing
Apr. 25, 2022
Housing Court Is Breaking
Watching the quiet chaos unfold in a Queens courtroom.
By
Bridget Read
housing
Apr. 18, 2022
More Luxury Developments Are Apparently Falling Apart
We are spotting a trend.
By
Clio Chang
dividing assets
Apr. 8, 2022
The Townhouse That Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olsen Never Moved Into Is Back
The astounding ballroom with 22-foot coffered ceilings remains intact.
By
Jenny Xie
listings edit
Apr. 7, 2022
We Unearthed 10 Actually Excellent Rentals in NYC Right Now
This week’s finds includes a Boerum Hill two-bedroom with multiple skylights and a 700-square-foot Fort Greene apartment asking $2,600.
By
Jenny Xie
under a million
Apr. 5, 2022
A $335,000 Upper West Side Studio and a Parkside Windsor Terrace Two-Bedroom
Plus a loftlike one-bedroom near Yankee Stadium.
By
Jenny Xie
gone upstate
Apr. 1, 2022
Just an Extremely Lovely Greek Revival House in Hudson
The first floor is especially grand, with ten-foot ceilings and
three
parlor rooms.
By
Jenny Xie
housing
Mar. 31, 2022
Is This a Boat?
Miami officials say no.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
Mar. 29, 2022
A $650,000 Bed-Stuy One-Bedroom Condo and an Upper West Side Brownstone Duplex
Plus a 1,000-square-foot prewar two-bedroom in Inwood.
By
Jenny Xie
on the market
Mar. 29, 2022
Rebel Wilson Is Selling Her House on Instagram
But she won’t tag her broker.
By
Zach Schiffman
out of order
Mar. 28, 2022
The 59-Story Walk-up
No one can figure out what’s wrong at the luxury Financial District high-rise.
By
Clio Chang
a truly terrific new york listing
Mar. 25, 2022
A Greenwich Village Townhouse With a Massive Antique Door and Colorful Tiles
Since 1968, the townhouse has belonged to the family of George Pitt, who, as his son Alexander says, was “the Don Draper of Greenwich Village.”
By
Jenny Xie
housing
Mar. 24, 2022
How Airbnb Reinvented Itself As the World’s Crisis-Housing Provider
In times of disaster, from war in Ukraine to wildfires in California, the platform is hoping to become something closer to critical infrastructure.
By
Molly Osberg
under a million
Mar. 22, 2022
A $565,000 Gramercy Park Studio and a Renovated Condo at the Ansonia
Plus a prewar one-bedroom in Chelsea with an arched brick fireplace.
By
Jenny Xie
the real estate
Mar. 22, 2022
StreetEasy Tries to Dominate Field and Placate Agents
The listings giant will no longer ban agents for not following its prompt posting policy, but it’s not ceding much (if any) power.
By
Kim Velsey
buy it for the architecture
Mar. 18, 2022
A Pristine William Lescaze Modernist Townhouse on East 70th Street
It’s Lescaze’s third and last townhouse in Manhattan — and the most thoroughly restored.
By
Jenny Xie
the real estate
Mar. 17, 2022
The Supply-Chain Shortage Hits Home Stagers
The supply-chain shortage in sofas and everything else has forced stagers to stockpile pillows and drive hours for used furniture.
By
Kim Velsey
under a million
Mar. 15, 2022
A $595,000 Gramercy Park Studio and a West Village Corner Spot
This week’s roundup also includes a Morningside Heights two-bedroom with 10-foot beamed ceilings.
By
Jenny Xie
a truly terrific new york listing
Mar. 10, 2022
An Architect-Historian’s Carefully Preserved 1894 Townhouse in Park Slope
Its most recent steward is the family of Elliot Willensky, who lived here while working on the very first
AIA Guide to New York City
.
By
Jenny Xie
a truly terrific new york listing
Mar. 4, 2022
A Soaring East 57th Street Duplex Last Sold More Than 50 Years Ago
The apartment has a two-story living room with 18-foot ceilings and enormous casement windows.
By
Jenny Xie
rich people
Mar. 3, 2022
Secret Staircases and Gold Everything: A Tour of Russian-Billionaire New York
If the government seizes any of it, we call first dibs.
By
Kim Velsey
tenant tiktok
Mar. 2, 2022
TikTok Is the Hot New Place to Melt Down About Rent Increases
“Tell me you just got your NYC rent increase notice without telling MEEEE”
By
Clio Chang
oligarch hgtv
Mar. 2, 2022
I’m a Contractor for New York City’s Wealthiest, Most Secretive Clients
On NDAs, skirting the law, and $6,000 hinges.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
Mar. 1, 2022
A $375,000 Sunset Park One-Bedroom and a Brooklyn Heights Cul-de-sac Two-Bedroom
This week’s roundup also includes a Prospect Heights corner two-bedroom with at least one window on all four sides.
By
Jenny Xie
long island
Mar. 1, 2022
A Brief History of Glen Cove’s Very Own Alleged Spy Hub
The Russian-owned mansion at the center of geopolitical (and beach pass) disputes.
By
Clio Chang
a truly terrific new york listing
Feb. 25, 2022
A Perfectly 1989 ‘Barbie House’ in Mill Basin
Glass blocks and formica built-ins are everywhere.
By
Jenny Xie
bad bosses
Feb. 23, 2022
Employer Promises Just 0.08* Deaths in a Year If Their Office Reopens
*If everyone returns and is between the ages of 30 and 49 and is vaccinated.
By
Clio Chang
sweatpants city
Feb. 23, 2022
Eric Adams Hates Remote Work So Much
Now he’s making fun of your pajamas.
By
Clio Chang
surge pricing
Feb. 18, 2022
85 Appointments, 600 Inquiries, and the Bid That Finally Won Out
The bidding wars behind three especially popular apartment rentals.
By
Jenny Xie
shady deals
Feb. 17, 2022
Checking Out the Scene at Paul Manafort’s Foreclosure Auction
Featuring a surprising number of people in wraparound sunglasses.
By
Molly Osberg
under a million
Feb. 16, 2022
A $399,000 Park Slope Studio and a Sprawling Jackson Heights 3-Bedroom
This week’s roundup also includes a Gramercy Park one-bedroom with dark-stained hardwood floors throughout.
By
Jenny Xie
boom time
Feb. 15, 2022
Despite $405 Million Write-Down, Zillow Is Just Fine
iBuying debacle aside, it turns out that it’s hard to screw up in this real-estate market.
By
Kim Velsey
divorce
Feb. 14, 2022
Inside the Drama (and Possible Curse) of This Real-Estate Billionaire’s Divorce
Blame the Chrysler Building?
By
Clio Chang
dream homes
Feb. 14, 2022
Barbie’s Mortgage-Backed Offer Wouldn’t Have Won Her the Dreamhouse
A Realtor weighs in.
By
Clio Chang
a truly terrific new york listing
Feb. 11, 2022
An Extremely Quaint Kitchen in an Upper West Side Classic 7
It comes with a rolling library ladder — for easy access to cookie jars.
By
Jenny Xie
smells
Feb. 11, 2022
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Montecito Neighborhood Smells Bad
Meghan and Harry haven’t commented yet.
By
Clio Chang
the real estate
Feb. 10, 2022
Local Building to Be Constructed for Wealthy
The West Village was supposed to get 500 units of affordable housing. Instead, it’s mostly superluxury and Google.
By
Kim Velsey
bad landlords
Feb. 10, 2022
Landlord Scammers Invented Fake Tenants in Rent Grift
And are walking away without a fine.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
Feb. 8, 2022
A $450K Kips Bay One-Bedroom and a Carroll Gardens Spot With a Private Roof Deck
This week’s picks also include a Ditmas Park two-bedroom with a built-in home office.
By
Jenny Xie
the real estate
Feb. 4, 2022
Jeff Zucker Is Hardly the First to Have an In-Building Affair
New York’s long history of keeping wives and mistresses apart in the elevator.
By
Kim Velsey
gone upstate
Feb. 4, 2022
A 193-Acre Zoo Is Up For Grabs in the Catskills
It comes with a six-bedroom inn fashioned out of the old giraffe house.
By
Jenny Xie
celebrity watching
Feb. 3, 2022
Gwyneth Paltrow Has At Least Two Ruth Asawa Knockoffs
One looked real enough to fool
Architectural Digest
’s editors.
By
Willy Blackmore
bad landlords
Feb. 2, 2022
Can New York Really Ban a Nightmare Landlord From Real Estate?
Yes, and Raphael Toledano learned that the hard way.
By
Caroline Spivack
under a million
Feb. 1, 2022
A $450K Park Slope Fixer-upper and an Upper East Side Loft Condo
This week’s roundup also includes an Upper West Side one-bedroom with a renovated open kitchen and decorative fireplace.
By
Jenny Xie
the real estate
Feb. 1, 2022
In Praise of Shared Toilets
A communal restroom in the hallway? It’s not the end of the world.
By
Kim Velsey
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