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November 2010 Rental Market Report for NYC, Intricacies Explained

December 9, 2010

The new Citi Habitats ‘State of the Market’ report just came out and gives us some insight into how the rental market is looking. Topline: – Relative to October 2010, Vacancy rose .05%, meaning 1 more apartment per 2000 was on the market than in October. Compared to a year ago however, vacancies are down […]

Most Expensive East Village/Lower East Side Rentals (December 2010)

December 6, 2010

Some talk has been floating around about a new rental on the market at 38 East 1st for $30,000/month. This makes it the most expensive rental currently on the market in the East Village/Lower East side. Well why the big fuss? Oh right, it is asking $30,000 per month. the rental price tag may make it the […]

Corcoran Sunshine wins best “New Development Marketing Division” by The Real Deal

December 2, 2010

Each year the Real Deal, a real estate focused publication, comes out with a “Best of NYC Real Estate“. This year Corcoran Sunshine took the cake for best marketing division for new development. We on the Blumstein Team knew how well Corcoran Sunshine works as we corepresented 151 Wooster in SoHo and 311 East 11 […]

Q3 2010 – Blumstein Team ranked #14 out of 1,400 NRT Teams!

November 19, 2010

The National Realty Trust (NRT) has released their results for the 3rd Quarter of 2010 and the Blumstein Team made the top 100 list out of approximately 1,400 teams. Specifically, we were ranked #14, putting us in the 99th percentile of teams across the country! A letter from Bruce Zipf, the President and CEO of NRT cites our […]

How Does the GOP Shift in the House Affect Housing?

November 3, 2010

With nearly all votes tallied for the 2010 election, it appears as though the House will be held in the majority by republicans. This shift in governance brings ideological changes to how our government will approach a variety of issues. With Real Estate being such an important aspect of wealth in America, undoubtedly new policies will […]

East Village and LES Rental Round-Up – November 2010

November 2, 2010

originally posted on NearSay by Contributor Grant Braswell With the ensuing holiday season comes a lull in rental activity. The downtown students matriculating to Parsons, NYU, Cooper Union and FIT among others have (hopefully) locked in their apartment to focus on their scholarly pursuits at Bar None and Pommes Frites. For everyone else, the prospect […]

Walking a Tight Rope – Development in the East Village

October 25, 2010

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 […]

Corcoran Sunshine’s Fall Open House Extravaganza This Weekend

October 18, 2010

A few times a year Corcoran’s new development arm Corcoran Sunshine holds a large Open House at all of their properties. This weekend on the 23rd and 24th from 11am-5pm all of the properties will be staffed. There are 4 on the Upper East Side, 1 in Midtown West, 3 in the Financial District, 2 in the […]

Digital Media in Real Estate – Leveraging the New Landscape

October 14, 2010

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 […]

Corcoran on Facebook

October 12, 2010

Corcoran is well-known for its commitment to development of its digital technologies and social media involvement. After all, this business is about being connected to the most current information and bringing together people to make real estate transactions happen as smoothly and efficiently as possible. As written about before (with great excitement), Corcoran has applications for […]