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  • Sales
    Reasonable prices on lower fifth?
    Updated about 14 years ago
    Is this a very good deal? $840 for a move-in condition Jr. 4 on lower fifth seems cheap in comparison to other apartments on lower fifth. Looking at comps, though,...
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  • Sales
    Sponsor unit in co-op
    Updated over 14 years ago
    What are some of the advantages/disadvantages in buying a sponsor unit in a co-op? Thanks for any info you can provide. Bob the Newbie
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  • Renovation
    Anyone have any opinions about this company?
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Relatively new, local company out of Long Island City. Been dying to try them. They hire and subcontract out the work for renovations, but hold the money in escrow...
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  • Sales
    How can people afford to buy in Manhattan
    Updated over 14 years ago
    I have two adult children living in Manhattan. My son who is 29 years old is ready to buy. He is looking at a one BR apt and his preference is Gramercy Park. I live in...
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  • Renovation
    Architect vs Contractor
    Updated over 14 years ago
    What types of projects require an architect to draw plans? Let's say it's an estate renovation requiring new kitchen, updated baths, skim-coated walls etc. But...
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  • Financing
    % of assets in home
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Looking to buy sometime in the near future. Having never purchased real estate in NYC I am still getting comfortable with the price of housing, so I ask this: are...
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  • Sales
    355 rsd 5w
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Curious what folks think this might sell for. The price ($2.7) seems aspirational, especially given that 10WN (same footprint) traded a year ago for $2.65. The river...
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