http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives TREGNY in the Press Archives Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:39:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:35:58 -0500 IN the contest for Brooklyn’s priciest condo, a Brooklyn Heights triplex with sweeping Manhattan and harbor views has just taken the prize, with an $8.495 million sale price. The 9,486-square-foot apartment at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, with a 900-square-foot waterfront terrace, went to the founder of an investment management firm, who ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/02/04/one-costly-condo/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:01:46 -0500 BY Jason Sheftell DAILY NEWS REAL ESTATE CORRESPONDENT That real-estate swagger might just be back. For the first time in two years, top real-estate executives, marketers and salespeople are starting to see strong sales in certain neighborhoods as New Yorkers pull the trigger on home purchases again. In Queens, fourth-quarter housing sales ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/29/real-estate-leaders-see-good-buys-in-select-new-york-neighborhoods/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:39:17 -0500 Yes we've been blitzed by rental market reports lately, but the scary numbers for landlords at the end of '09 make the findings in The Real Estate Group New York's January Manhattan rental report feel almost uplifting. Almost. Rents have stayed relatively flat month-to-month, though they have fallen 6.5 percent ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/26/report-claims-manhattan-landlord-testing-rent-increases/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:18:21 -0500 Ask and ye shall receive: Tenants who bargained their landlords down By JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN Renters of New York, rejoice! The long tyranny of ever-rising rents is crumbling under the strain of global recession. Once it was a question of how much the rent would increase in any given year. Now, for the ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/15/down-with-rent/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:04:41 -0500 As New York City residential renters reach the end of their leases, many are are getting their rents slashed. Rents dropped in the fourth quarter of 2009 over the same quarter in 2008. "A lot of tenants have been successfully renegotiating rents," said Daniel Baum, CEO of TDG/TREGNY. Prudential Douglas ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/14/tenants-ask-for-and-receive-lower-rents/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:49:29 -0500 01/11/2010 02:23 PM By: Shazia Khana Manhattan rentals prices continued to plunge in 2009, according to a report released this month. NY1's Shazia Khan filed the following report. A year-end report on the Manhattan rental market shows few surprises. “What we found for the year ending in 2009 was what most consumers would expect, ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/11/manhattan-rental-prices-dropped-in-09-report-finds/ Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:46:03 -0500 NEW YORK CITY-As a gauge of the multifamily sector’s health, a trio of new reports on Manhattan apartment-unit sales offer some encouraging indicators and dovetail with a recent report on the island’s rental market and Real Capital Analytics data on apartment property transactions nationwide. The fourth-quarter 2009 Prudential Douglas Elliman ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/06/manhattan%e2%80%99s-apartment-market-stabilizes/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:56:34 -0500 Think the dropping of a big fancy ball means the real estate industry can forget about a horrific 2009? Not so fast! Tomorrow the brokerages will release their quarterly sales reports for the Manhattan market, but before that, The Real Estate Group New York is tying a bow on the bag ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/04/09-manhattan-rental-report-has-the-answer/ The 2010 rental market may is expected to start off slow, though there is potential to see a return to stability, according to the 2009 year-end report from TDG/TREGNY, released today (see full report below). The Manhattan Rental Market report, which conflates the group's monthly Manhattan rental market reports, shows that ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/04/2010-residential-rental-market-to-start-off-slow/ Think the dropping of a big fancy ball means the real estate industry can forget about a horrific 2009? Not so fast! Tomorrow the brokerages will release their quarterly sales reports for the Manhattan market, but before that, The Real Estate Group New York is tying a bow on the ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/04/rent-too-high-09-manhattan-rental-report-has-the-answer/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:14:07 -0500 Volume 22, Number 34 | The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan | January 1 - 7, 2010 The owner of 69 Reade St. has filed an application to demolish the building. On the demo block Eight months after a five-story Tribeca building partially collapsed, the owner of the 154-year-old loft building has filed for ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2010/01/01/mixed-use-5/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:13:41 -0500 by Avi - December 23, 2009 at 2:28 am Average rents for small apartments on the Upper West Side dropped considerably again this month, with studios in apartment buildings without doormen falling more than 5% month-to-month. Larger apartments, however, actually got more expensive, according to the The Real Estate Group of ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/23/report-small-apartments-on-uws-keep-getting-cheaper/ By Dawn Wotapka Manhattan’s two-bedrooms have long been popular for young professionals and couples with a young child. But the market appears to benefiting as renters double up to shave costs. In such addresses lacking a doorman, December’s rents dipped 1% from a year earlier to $3,672, better than a 3.8% ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/23/demand-relatively-stable-for-manhattan-two-bedrooms/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:25:08 -0500 By Oshrat Carmiel Before we close the book on 2009, brokerages everywhere want to leave you with some December market stats to take into the new year. Consider it their coal in your stocking! The good folks at The Real Estate Group New York have released their latest rental report, which, ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/22/rental-market-is-stable-enough-for-christmas-to-proceed/ By Oshrat Carmiel Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Manhattan rents fell as much as 7 percent in the year ended Dec. 15 as the recession helped some tenants move up to larger apartments for less. Rents for studio apartments dropped 7 percent to an average of $2,247 a month in the period, the ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/22/manhattan-apartment-rents-fell-7-on-unemployment/ December 22, 2009 11:00AM By Amy Tennery Manhattan rents remained relatively flat month-over-month, according to TDG/The Real Estate Group of NY's December Manhattan residential rental market report released today (see full report below). Doorman units saw a 1.19 percent drop in price in December, according to the report, which covers Nov. 15 ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/22/rental-market-shows-signs-of-stability/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:45:05 -0500 Rentals cut back, but incentives are still on offer By KATHERINE DYKSTRA For the New York City renter, 2009 likely felt like just deserts. After decades of consistently rising rents, landlords — perched atop a glut of rental stock — were forced to resort to desperate measures, including more or less paying ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/17/gimme-a-break/ Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:56:02 -0500 For buyers looking at condos and townhomes, it's ‘location, location, location' not just for the building – but also for the unit within December 11, 2009 10:57 AM By Charles Scutt When you’re searching for the ideal condo or townhome, the tried-and-true “location, location, location” rule of real estate is more important than ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/11/finding-the-right-spot/ BY JASON SHEFTELL DAILY NEWS REAL ESTATE CORRESPONDENT Friday, December 11th 2009, 10:57 AM Christmas came early for some real estate developers and marketers, as more than a few holiday shoppers have added new homes to their wish lists. Across the city, fair-priced, ready-to-move-in new condos are experiencing unseasonably high traffic and sales ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/11/fast-furious-these-local-condos-are-flying-off-the-shelves/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:27:41 -0500 By Patrick Hedlund Where to rent New York City renters looking for the luxuries of a doorman building Downtown should head for the Lower East Side, where prices for many unit types have fallen precipitously from a month ago. According to the Real Estate Group New York’s Manhattan rental market report for November, ... http://www.tregny.com/content/press_archives/2009/12/04/mixed-use-4/