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Price growth in Manhattan’s sales market plateaued at the end of the year as competition tempered across the borough, according to the Q4 2016 StreetEasy Market Reports. Upper Manhattan – comprised of Harlem, Inwood, Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights and Manhattanville – continued to be an outlier in the borough, still experiencing relatively strong price growth.
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I’ve been thinking about the big decisions in life: How do people choose careers, colleges, spouses and towns. Of those decisions, buying a home ranks with the most difficult. It is difficult emotionally. Like a lot of the biggest decisions, it is more emotional than coldly rational. People generally don’t select a house; they fall in love with it.
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New York City’s Chinatown is the epicenter of the Lunar New Year celebrations with the fantastic Parade and Festival and the New Year’s Day Firecracker Ceremony. These two events have been for years the iconic NYC traditional celebrations for the Spring Festival.
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Renovation projects allow homeowners to improve the comfort and functionality of their homes, but it could also mean costly expenses especially if it’s a major work. However, it is a good move if it’s for significant reasons such as raising the property’s value for selling or preparing it for retirement.
Raising the value of a home in terms of home renovation depends on the project’s return on investment (ROI). In this year’s study of Remodeling magazine on Cost versus Value, you can regain what you invested by 64% if you decide to sell it this year. This was reported after consultants asked the average cost of 30 home renovation projects, from attic insulation to bathroom addition...
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