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Corcoran Dominates NYC Residential Brokerage Report
We’re not going to say that the Blumstein Team was responsible for another great year at Corcoran. We’re not gonna NOT say it either 🙂 We’re proud of Corcoran as it continues to be a best of breed. Hazaah!
Posted in: Blumstein Team
New Blumstein Exclusive Gets New Virtual Staging Treatment
April 19, 2011
First the exclusive. The Blumstein Team has joined Diane Henning to sell condominium apartments at 144 East 30th street. This historic townhouse has been meticulously gut renovated into 5 full floor units, with a penthouse on top and a duplex garden apartment. the three floors in between each feature a 2 bedroom floor through apartment with […]
Posted in: 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedrooms, 3 Bedrooms, 4+ Bedrooms, Full Building, Gramercy, Loft (various room counts), Murray Hill, Patio, Properties, Roofdecks, Sales
New Blumstein Exclusive! 4BR/3.5Ba @ 521 West 23rd Street
April 13, 2011
New to the market (as of this post) is a gigantic loft in the Gallery District of Chelsea. This boutique condo comes with 3,900 square feet of space and an additional office/den on top of the four bedrooms. Photos and description below. Click here for up to date availability and pricing information. From Corcoran.com: A MODERN […]
Posted in: 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedrooms, 3 Bedrooms, 4+ Bedrooms, Blumstein Team, Chelsea, Loft (various room counts), Rentals
Amazing 5th Ave 2Br/2Ba in Greenwich Village, Top Floor with Elevator!
April 12, 2011
Available 5/1, this is a great opportunity for a large apartment in a pre-war elevator building in one of most central areas downtown. At 29 5th ave on the top floor (7th) sits a large 2 Bedroom 2 Bath unit with skylights and a wood burning fireplace. Currently asking $4,600/month, with only a partial broker fee. […]
Mortgage Rates Down in March 2011
March 16, 2011
Kira Silverman, one of the mortgage brokers we recommend has given us the current mortgage rates for NYC. Rates do vary based on LTVs and your credit history, but generally market turns generally affect all levels of borrowers. Please reach out to us or Kira for more information!
Posted in: Market Watch, Mortgage Rates
Smoking Bans Coming to the Table in NYC Condos & Co-ops
March 16, 2011
Picture by Bryan Derballa for The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a move is afoot to ban smoking in various condos and coops throughout Manhattan. Half a dozen have a vote coming up to ban smoking anywhere in the building, and another dozen are considering a vote. Currently, tenants are […]
Posted in: Blumstein Team, Real Estate Style
Corcoran Market Snapshot for February 2011 – Sales Volume and Price Per Square Foot Both Jump Over 10%
March 9, 2011
Even though February is the runt of months, it managed enough oomph to pour paint all over the illustrious ‘1st month of the year’. Co-op sales were up 34% over January 2011, and condos saw a 21% rise. Compared to a year ago February, the jump is 5% and 17% respectively. Price per square foot […]
The Blumstein Team Makes Corcoran’s President’s Council for 2011
March 7, 2011
For another consecutive year the Blumstein Team has made Corcoran’s elite President’s Council for 2011. Corcoran’s President’s Council is made up of Corcoran’s top 25 agents and teams from the previous year. This recognition follows a #1 position for Corcoran’s Village office and a notice that put the Blumstein Team at #14 out of NRT’s 400 teams. NRT is […]
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LES Resident Fights for the Historic Essex Street Market
March 1, 2011
originally posted on Nearsay.com by contributor Grant Braswell Cynthia Lamb, a resident of the Lower East Side is trying to rally together resistance to SPURA’s potential efforts to ‘relocate’ the Essex Street Market.  The Essex Street Market (ESM) has been at its current and only location at Essex and Delancey for now 70+ years. According […]
Posted in: Grant Braswell, Lower East Side
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This Braswellian Life 
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