Last week it slipped under our radar, however, The Blumstein Team was given a top 5 nod for all residential agents in the city by The Real Deal, the primary real estate publication in New York City. This was for the sale of 250 west 10th, a gorgeous townhouse nestled in the West Village. The sale […]
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 […]
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 […]
October 6, 2010
A few days ago we wrote about the more confident landlord mindset heading into the fall of 2010. However, due to a small increase in vacancy in the city from the lows of July/August, there was a question of if it would last. Well, an article just released by Reuters discusses how the national vacancy rate […]
September 7, 2010
Another bit of Wisdom from Doug Sondheim, this time focusing on the little voice inside that drives for excellence. It is relevant to everyone, as only that which is truly unique and forward thinking can be set apart from the pedestrian. Listen to the whisper inside you “None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent […]
August 10, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has named us #40 in the country! This is the second year in a row we’ve cracked the WSJ top 100, and if hard work continues to produce the same level of service and results, we can gun for a hat trick 🙂 Check out the full rankings at WSJ.com: WSJ Top 100
August 4, 2010
A report just came out from Radar Logic (covered in WSJ) regarding current trends in Condo sales. It appears that these have been relatively strong year over year, both with a slight increase in cost per square foot, but more significantly with a near doubling of actual sales. The biggest gain comes from the financial district. […]
July 20, 2010
WSJ’s Smart Money just came out with an article checking in on the ongoing study of the psychology of real estate. The article quickly covers a variety of issues, but they are a bit enlightening. For instance, buyers are savvy to broker speak. I say broker speak because anyone who has searched for a rental or […]
December 16, 2010
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