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November 2006
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Cracking down on phony ads

Web sites and City Council increase scrutiny of rental bait-and-switch scams..
By Jennifer Benepe

Staying office in Downtown

Downtown real estate activity is building up an encouraging head of steam as companies lease office space and people buy into condo conversions, but a handful of buildings remain on the sidelines as their owners try to figure out which way the market will go.
By Vanessa Londono

The negotiation limbo: How low can buyers go?

With properties sitting on the market longer, buyers and their brokers are exploring how low they can go with offers, and a once unspoken word is getting much more common in real estate transactions.

By Philana Patterson

Brooklyn condo building boom echoes onward -- in some places

Enclaves like Williamsburg and Bushwick only gather steam, while Bay Ridge, Dumbo and others peter o
By Tom Acitelli

New condos on Gramercy Park

Salvation Army selling one of the last developable sites overlooking the exclusive park
By Lauren Elkies

Ken Harney  - Feds want to make exotic mortgages less risky

New guidelines seek to dissuade those who can't afford payment-option, interest-only loans
By Ken Harney

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The new building boom

Manhattan's tight commercial market and renewed focus on outer boroughs spawns office, retail projec
By Tom Acitelli
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A passage from India to Manhattan

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More buyers and investors from fast-growing economy putting money in city real estate
By Vanessa Weiman

Eighth Avenue retail: More than porn meets the eye

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Spurred by development, Eighth Avenue drawing better grade of retailers
By Matthew Strozier

Encouraging signs in office market: less room, everywhere

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Manhattan office vacancy hits lowest level since 2001; Downtown grabbing big share of large leases
By Tom Acitelli

High apartment rents fuel "bounceback"

Prospective homebuyers trying to ride out the rising prices of the last housing boom thought they'd blunt the high cost of living here by renting, but many who did found higher rents as the Manhattan vacancy rate dropped below 1 percent. Many reluctant renters are now victims of what some analysts are dubbing a "bounceback" effect, which is pushing them back into the sales market. By Vanessa Londono

Balazs targets young Wall Street buyers

'Playful' project at 15 William to have glass-enclosed Jacuzzi atop lobby, marketing by cartoon beav By Steve Cutler

Prices remain above last year's levels in outer boroughs

Sales plunge in Staten Island; inventory rises in Brooklyn, Queens; Bronx sales sluggish
By Tom Acitelli

Empire State Building readies for makeover

Empire State Building readies for makeover
By Vanessa Londono

Landlords get reprieve from higher costs

New York City renters may be at the mercy of landlords, but landlords say they are helpless in the face of rising operating costs. Escalating rates for insurance, energy and construction prices top the list of major expenses, said Steve Hakimzadeh, a principal at HH Realty Group, who personally owns and manages two Manhattan buildings along with his brother.
By Lauren Elkies

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