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Moving on Up! Harlem Continues to Attract Investment, Conflicted Feelings

November 1, 2010

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Clients and people we meet off the street are constantly asking where to find the next Alphabet City, the next Williamsburg (that hopefully wont stagnate).  Those who are thinking more longterm want to find the next good investment, and who could blame them.  Our own team has good personal experience with this type of foresight as […]

Doug Sundheim’s Leading Idea – Don’t Stop Bad Behaviors…Start Good Ones

October 26, 2010

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There is little to add to this week’s Leading Idea by Doug Sundheim.  We all have our own shortcomings, vices and bad behaviors that if we’re lucky enough to recognize we want to fix.  Doug’s solution makes a lot of sense. Don’t stop bad behaviors…start good ones “Nature abhors a vacuum” — François Rabelais (1494?-1553), […]

Buckling Down on Appraisers – Increasing the Fairness of Appraisals

October 26, 2010

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Market watch just dropped an article on the new laws coming into effect for the appraisal community.  This is an important issue in the real estate world as appraisers bridge the gap between actual value and what a new buyer wants to pay, be it too low or high.  Traditionally they are constantly pulled in […]

John Paulson – Buy a Home (I have faith in you… this time)

October 26, 2010

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John Paulson, the man who made billions of dollars of the recent financial meltdown, is now encouraging a practice he once shorted for immense personal gain ($3.7B salary in 2007).  While many dispute the integrity of someone keeping mum while anticipating a tsunamic meltdown, he is undeniably smart and in tune with the mortgage market, one […]

Walking a Tight Rope – Development in the East Village

October 25, 2010

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  originally posted by Grant Braswell of the Blumstein Team on Nearsay.com This last weekend, Corcoran Sunshine (Corcoran’s new development arm) held a gigantic open house spanning the entire city and all of their new developments.  Hundreds if not thousands of brokers and buyers came out in force to check out the properties. My team was […]

Biking Downtown in New York City – A Dream Tough to Get Right

October 19, 2010

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Originally posted on Nearsay.com by contributor Grant Braswell   One goal of any urban area should be to make available options for clean, quick and relatively cheap transportation. We can’t ask people to not use cars – that would (lamentably) be un-American. Buses are helpful, but they are painfully slow.  While a full bus is one smallest […]

Harvard Review the State of the Nation’s Housing

October 19, 2010

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Recently the Joint center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released their State of the Nation’s Housing 2010.  It is mind-numbingly thorough – diving into many subfields of housing (new development, resale, reconditioning, foreclosures, etc) and provides a basis for the rational breaking down the data into a myriad of variables (first time buyers, immigrant buyers, joblessness […]

Sydney Blumstein a Music Video Phenom!

October 14, 2010

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OK OK, so perhaps the title is a bit over the top.  However, in an exicting turn of events, our own Sydney Blumstein is in a music video by the Pimps of JoyTime.  The track, entitled “Blues Wit You” is a funky jam that was filmed in a loft in Brooklyn (Bushwick).  You may also […]

Intermix Hosts HelpUsAdopt.Org Fundraiser in the UES

October 14, 2010

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From Grant Braswell on NearSay.com Last night a sleek and successful charity event for HelpUsAdopt.Org graced Intermix on Madison at East 78th street.  The stylish clothing store for women opened their doors and provided event-goers with a space to gather.  They also generously gave people a 15% discount for anything purchased during the event. Men and women alike […]

Digital Media in Real Estate – Leveraging the New Landscape

October 14, 2010

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The following is Grant Braswell’s first article on NearSay.com, a new website providing neighborhood level information on the arts, real estate, food and more. Within 3 blocks of the corner of East 10th and Broadway, you can find 2 Corcoran offices, a Halstead Office, an Elliman office and a handful of smaller brokerages.  The offices have […]

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