Is There REALLY Other Buyer Interest? The Buyer’s agent submitted a request to show a home to their client, and — along with the confirmation — received the “heads up” (above) about the home’s status from the listing agent (representing the Seller). How do you know whether: a) it’s a bluff — that is, there’s...Read More
The Downside of Customization That’s what I can imagine some unlucky Manhattan rental broker hearing from their client as they show units at 8 Spruce Street (formerly known as “Beekman Tower,” Manhattan’s tallest residential building — and the subject of an August City Lakes post, “Frank Gehry and the Bilbao Effect”). How come? While the...Read More
Answers Depend on Who, Where You Ask I got two, very different answers to that question in New York City yesterday, barely 2 hours apart. “Terrible,” said the owner of a Forest Hills title company, who noted few transactions, and a stalemate between owners who are in disbelief about current prices — and buyers who...Read More
