All Posts Tagged With: "NYC brokers"
Why Good Loans Are Now Also Frozen?! Banks Screwed Up, Homeowners Are Paying
(post by Dee) A comment from Robby clearly was due in part to misunderstanding of BT’s post from the other day about Banks Bringing Market Down. We obviously welcome all comments, but wanted to clarify this…
Here is what Robby wrote: “sounds like a paranoid and jilted broker complaining about a deal that didn’t go [...]
Banks Trying to Bring Down the Real Estate Market?
(post by BT) I have a multi-family property that went into contract back at the end of July. The building is a 4-family located in a very stable neighborhood in the outer boroughs. The buyer had already been qualified through his lender (bank-direct mortgage). The contract price was $750K. Ah, the appraisal! Now, as Realtors, we always know a property’s real market value. [...]
8Nov2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
NYC Property Sellers Keeping NY Real Estate Market Stable
(post by BT) I think that our real estate market has remained relatively stable due to the fact that our local NYC sellers are the most ignorant and stubborn sellers in the world! I am sure every real estate agent can vouch for this! Here, in many neighborhoods, sellers don’t seem to give a crap [...]
22Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued8 Types of NYC’s Landlords: A Question Renters Should Ask
(post by BT) Next time you are renting an apartment in NYC and decide to work with a Realtor to find your dream apartment (well, a dream rental – a short-term dream) then consider asking the following to your list of questions about the place…. What category does the landlord/owner fall into?
Here are eight types [...]
Unlock the Frozen Wall Street Credit - A $700-Billion Band-aid!
(post by BT) This is truly insane! Wall Street is NOT the US economy. “Paralyzed banking system”, “free up credit lines”… who gets this money? How is it going to be split up? The government needs a new agency - an economic business agency, ran by successful businessmen of this country, not some politician whose [...]
1Oct2008 | | 0 comments | ContinuedProperty Seller: No English. Buyer: No English, No Manners.
(post by BT) I have a listing with a seller that speaks no English, Spanish only. A Realtor from another office called me to set up an appointment. He said (in good English) that someone else would come to show the property. The agent who arrives, just like his buyer speaks 2 words of English: [...]
21May2008 | | 0 comments | ContinuedMisrepresenting Square Footage of NY City Apartments
(post by Ardie) There may be many “reasons” for square footage being advertised incorrectly, ranging from ignorance (hello FSBOs!), to shadiness (hello grimy Realtor and greedy sellers), with confusion somewhere in-between. I won’t attempt to solve this problem. Just trying to expose the truth and help out a bit…
In Manhattan, where prices for apartments basically [...]
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