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October 2007
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Ground shifts for borrowers

Shifts in the New York real estate market aren't as drastic as in the rest of the country, but credit questions are getting tougher to answer. The Real Deal looked at the moving target of credit offerings and its effect on the residential market as part of an in-depth series of stories this month examining the shifting climate...
By Jen Benepe

Q & A: Sounding off on the health of the market

Senior brokers say Manhattan is holding its own
By Melissa Dehncke-McGill

For renderings, the sky is fake, so what's real?

How condo renderings differ from what gets built
By Kate Pickert

All's not well in suburbia

Growing foreclosures, inventory in markets ringing NYC
By Dorn Townsend

Credit crunch: Much ado about (almost) nothing

 Third-quarter numbers show Manhattan residential market still healthy
By Lauren Elkies

Trumping the Soho skyline

Jaw-dropping prices at controversial hotel-condo top $3,000 a square foot
By Steve Cutler

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How they did it

Real estate bigs describe their paths to success
By Melissa Dehncke-McGill
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Building over trains

Earlier this century, urban planner Robert Moses did what he thought necessary for New York City's growth, including building highways that displaced homes and ripped apart neighborhoods. Now, as a space-starved city looks for places to put more housing, a construction concept called "platform building" may be gluing the city back together.
By Abby Luby

Spending the night in Times Square luxury

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Owners upgrade with more boutique and branded properties in New York City's biggest hotel market
By Cara Tabachnick

Heeding the siren call...of Elmhurst

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Developers try to lure Manhattanites to a quiet Queens neighborhood
By Cody Lyon and James Kelly

Macklowe's mess

The fate of New York City's most valuable office building -- and the man who owns it -- has real estate insiders on the edge of their seats. The General Motors Building is just one of the many gleaming skyscrapers real estate mogul Harry Macklowe put up as collateral when he borrowed billions to finance his purchase of seven Class A properties from the Blackstone Group last February. By Adam Piore

Iron chefs forge favorable terms

When Douglas Durst decided he wanted a signature restaurant for the Bank of America tower at One Bryant Park, he homed in on a short list of six renowned Manhattan chefs. By Catherine Curan

So far, crisis just a 'temporary blip' for office market

The credit crunch has yet to rear its ugly head in Manhattan's commercial market, at least according to some real estate market watchdogs and data from CB Richard Ellis. "We're not seeing it on the street," said Gerry Miovski, a senior vice president in the Downtown office at CBRE.
By Lauren Elkies

Hotel boom meets the credit crunch

The credit crunch has started hitting New York's seemingly unstoppable hotel industry, and heavier blows will follow if the economy remains sluggish next year.
By Catherine Curan

More lending oversight for overseas shoppers

Lenders deny financing to foreign buyers
By C. J. Hughes

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