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Breaking a New Construction Closing Contract
Updated almost 6 years agoSo I'm in contract for a new construction condo in February pre-Covid. Have 10% deposit down. Building should probably be completed early Fall assuming we open up in... -
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Rent Declines and Concessions in the Age of COVID
Updated almost 6 years agoDoes anybody have any data points yet on rent decreases/concessions - for both listings and renewals? I’d think we’d start seeing the impact on renewal... -
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Better to break the contract?
Updated almost 6 years agoHi all We signed a contract to buy a 1-bedroom condo in upper west side (right near 96th 1/2/3 station) for about ~$1.2M in February right before covid started, and... -
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3 Bedroom?
Updated almost 6 years agoCan the two back bedrooms really be listed as bedrooms? They have pretty low ceilings... -
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Discount for all cash offer
Updated almost 6 years agoI'm looking at an apartment for $1.3M. Initially was going to get a jumbo mortgage, but the rates are significantly higher compared to conventional mortgages. If I... -
Rentals
4% Increase when 40 million are out of the job!
Updated almost 6 years agoManagement just sent a renewal contract for an increase of 4% from the previous year. I will erform a renter strike, pay nothing (they cannot evict me) and leave... -
Sales
Incentives run as high as 20%!
Updated almost 6 years agoSomehow management at this building is tone deaf to the fact that a massive change has started in Manhattan real estate. The largest tenant in the city (JPMorgan)...