. Crystal Green - Licensed Real Estate Salesperson - Level Group New York, NY
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Inside the Simmons mansion
After a second, $3.3 million price reduction, Kimora Lee Simmons' Saddle River, NJ home is on the market for $16.5 million. The Baby Phat designer and ex-wife of Russell Simmons is reportedly looking to acquire a Manhattan residence once she sells the 35,000 square foot, 10-bedroom mansion, set on four acres with a movie theater, indoor and outdoor pools, and three kitchens. The master suite alone is 2,000 square feet. When the home first hit the market last year, it was listed at $23 million. It was then taken off the market and later re-listed at $19.8 million before the most recent price cut. Stephanie Rosken of Prominent Properties Sotheby's International Realty has the listing.
source: http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/after-price-cut-kimora-lee-simmons-looks-to-trade-16-5m-saddle-river-new-jersey-estate-for-new-manhattan-residence
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
More Drama at cash strapped Stuy Town
Tenants win big in rent-stabilization ruling against Stuy Town owners | The Real Deal | New York Real Estate News
Jerry Speyer, founder of Tishman Speyer, owner of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper VillageThe New York state Court of Appeals ruled today that the owners of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village should not have deregulated the rent-stabilized apartments in the 11,000-unit complex, because the firm had been receiving tax breaks for renovations at the time. Nine tenants charged in a suit that the owners, Tishman Speyer Properties, BlackRock Realty, and the former owner, Metropolitan Life, had illegally increased rents on one quarter of the units to market rates. The decision, which upholds a March ruling by the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court, could have sweeping effects on landlords across the city. Half the city's apartments are currently regulated, and the defendant argued that the decision would set a precedent against deregulation of rent-stabilized apartments that would be financially unbearable for building owners. The decision also means Stuy Town's investors, who are already strapped for cash on the $5.4 billion project, could be forced to pay $200 million in rent overcharges to tenants whose apartments were illegally deregulated. Even before that expense, the company is reportedly in danger of default on its loans for the complex. TRD
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
When Love Is a Schlep - NYTimes.com
BIG cities like New York are both deeply convenient — two steps to the deli for milk in the morning — and deeply inconvenient. It is possible to live in the same city as the person you are dating, and have to travel an hour, or even two, to get together.
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When Love Is a Schlep - NYTimes.com
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When Love Is a Schlep - NYTimes.com
Friday, October 16, 2009
REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Congress Debating the Tax Credit
Dear Congress,
This should be a "no brainer"
Congress Debating the Tax Credit
Congress is considering expanding and extending the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, which expires Nov. 30.
More than 1.8 million home buyers will have used the credit by the end of November, including an estimated 355,000 who wouldn’t have bought a home without it, according to the National Association of REALTORS® and other analysts.
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REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Congress Debating the Tax Credit
This should be a "no brainer"
Congress Debating the Tax Credit
Congress is considering expanding and extending the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, which expires Nov. 30.
More than 1.8 million home buyers will have used the credit by the end of November, including an estimated 355,000 who wouldn’t have bought a home without it, according to the National Association of REALTORS® and other analysts.
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REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Congress Debating the Tax Credit
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Buyers and sellers get on the same page | The Real Deal | New York Real Estate News
Buyers and sellers get on the same page
While property values down, pricing is no longer high-stakes game of roulette
October 01, 2009 07:00AM
By Candace Taylor
Zhann Jochinke, an associate broker at Argo Residential, put an alcove studio on the market last year for $525,000. But the offers that came in were as low as $390,000.
"People were putting bids out there just to see if the person had to sell," he recalled.
More recently, however, he convinced the seller to drop the price to around $490,000.
Offers began coming in at "5 percent or less off the asking price," he said. Now, the listing is in contract, and expected to close in the next month.
After months of uncertainty, Manhattan buyers and sellers are finally making a market. In the terrifying period after the Lehman Brothers crisis, so few properties were sold that pricing an apartment became a game of roulette. Buyers, too, were unsure what a property would trade for, and their offers were all over the map.
Plummeting prices made matters worse.
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Buyers and sellers get on the same page | The Real Deal | New York Real Estate News
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
NEW 2 THE MARKET Clinton Hill Jr 4 (click link for more info)
Top floor apartment available in the Clinton Hill Cooperative. True 1 bedroom with windowed dining/alcove (often used as a home office or child's room) Renovated windowed kitchen has new appliances, Oak cabinets, and white ceramic tiles. FOUR deep hall closets. Over-sized bedroom easily fits a king sized bed and has two closets. Original Parquet floors. 24 hr secured entry. Laundry in basement. conveniently located to transportation G train on corner, 5 mins to A/C. B38, B25.
Monday, September 14, 2009
~Understated Elegance~
NEW TO MARKET: Quintessential Brooklyn brownstone located on a beautiful tree-lined street in the highly sort after and recently Landmarked area of Prospect Heights. This circa 1901 brownstone sits on a 17' x 131' lot, sprawling near 3100 SF over four floors and currently configured as three separate residences, the garden level and top floor apartments offer full floor 1 BR layouts, and the parlor & middle level are duplexed creating the ideal owners residence. With a versatile layout this could either be kept as is or easily reconfigured as a single family home.
A recent extensive restoration truly sets this home apart. Whilst being updated to include many modern day amenities, the elegance, grace, and charm have been meticulously preserved, as you enter the parlor level lobby, spectacular craftsman details immediately catch the eye, the hand carved door motifs and mirror surround really must be seen to be appreciated.
The spacious owner's duplex features a huge open kitchen, with custom all wood cabinets, granite countertops, a restaurant quality DCS range, stainless steel GE monogram dishwasher, wood paneled twin door fridge/freezer, and an LG washer-dryer combo unit. Enjoy your meals either on the adjacent patio deck or inside in the huge parlor level dining and living room area. Follow the spiral stairs to the upper level with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, of which the master suite is nothing short of breathtaking, this exquisitely designed bathroom has a cast-iron claw foot tub, glass waterfall inspired sink, and crystal chandelier. This residence also has 4 wood-burning fireplaces that have been stripped & restored to their original detail, and slimline A/C units on both levels.
The garden level apartment could either be left as a second rental unit or easily combined to triplex with the owners residence. The same high quality renovation continues throughout this 1BR apartment and the enormous bathroom features a large soaking Jacuzzi tub that is the perfect place to relax and unwind. However, if you prefer to be outdoors the backyard and garden itself are even more relaxing, this tranquil garden provides an ideal spot to sit and let the days pass by, it also functions as the ultimate entertaining area and is the perfect spot for that 4th of July BBQ.
On the top floor you have the option of further expanding the primary residence or reaping the rewards of a great 1BR rental unit.
Throughout this extraordinary home you'll find beautiful strip & parquet hardwood floors, wood trimmed window & doorways, and a total of 7 fireplaces each with its own uniquely crafted mantelpiece.
Occupying only 17' x 45' of this large lot, there is also an additional 0.65 FAR or 1472 SF of buildable space. New C of O effective 01/2007. Zoned as R6B.
Situated only blocks from some of Brooklyn?s best attractions including the Botanic Gardens, Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Library, Grand Army Plaza farmer's market, and many of the area's finest restaurants. Also convenient to all major transportation.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
~NEW EXCLUSIVE~
~New to Market~Murray Hill 1 bdrm priced to sell! very high floor, maximun sunshine. Spacious living room with dining alcove. Separate kitchen has mirrored backsplash, granite countertops, and marble floors. tons of closet space, 2 deep closets in the hall and 2 deep closets in the bedroom. Enjoy breathtaking views from the rooftop terrace or have an intimate BBQ in the private garden. Pied-e-terre allowed, parents buying for children allowed, storage, 24 hr Drmn bldg. Make an offer!
Monday, April 27, 2009
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