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– Ms. Sabell, Investment Professional, New York

“I have enjoyed living in NYC, it has so many of the best things the world has to offer including great people”

– Mr. Dilloff, Midtown East, New York

Critical to our success is our knowledge of the iconic neighborhoods and buildings that distinguish New York as the extraordinary city that it is. We have the skilled ability to identify the exceptional properties that fit the needs of our clients. Through the years we have matched our clients with rentals and sales in such notable locations as:

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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.

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.

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.

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...

New York renters would be the first to tell you that rents go in only one direction: up. But after a long and relentless climb to historic highs, the momentum has stalled. With renters unwilling, or unable, to pay ever higher sums, rents have largely flatlined. And it seems we have come to the year of the renter’s market.

Monday commemorates the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a revered civil rights hero whose activism and oratory skills were crucial in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act. King would have been 88 years old today. Here are 10 things you need to know King.