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Roth-Sporn Group leaves Elliman to start firm targeting foreign buyers

November 17, 2009 06:00PM Prudential Douglas Elliman brokers Meir "Mickey" Roth and Lenny Sporn have left the brokerage giant to start a new firm. Roth and Sporn, formerly partners in the Roth-Sporn Group, parted ways with Elliman two weeks ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Douglas Elliman

Gumshoes probe buyers' backgrounds

From the November issue: In post-Madoff, post-Lehman Brothers New York, co-op and condo boards are taking a turn as gumshoes. Experts say buildings are now conducting increasingly extensive, and often costly, background checks of prospective buyers. ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andrew Harris

New Web site looks to become Zagat's for residential real estate

November 16, 2009 06:30PM Ask any Manhattan resident how to go about finding the right real estate agent, and you'll likely get a flood of horror stories about high-pressure sales and terrible apartments. A new Web site is trying to change ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Good Housekeeping,  Douglas Elliman,  Sotheby's

Shh!! The art of selling quietly

Brokers see more ‘whisper listings’ from skittish owners who don’t want to draw attention November 16, 2009 10:30AM From the November issue: In the fall of 2008, real estate broker Michael Garr was approached by a former client who had ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sotheby's

Prodigy replaces Marketing Directors at Cassa

In a bid to attract more foreign buyers, the developer of Midtown condominium-hotel Cassa has hired brokerage Prodigy International to handle sales, replacing new development firm the Marketing Directors. Developer Solly Assa, a head of Assa Properties, ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  13 Nov 2009

Cutting brokers out

Some dollar-conscious buyers sneak around agents in hope of saving money on their purchase November 02, 2009 07:00AM Edward Longley of City Connections Realty at 88 Greenwich Street, where a client tried to go around him to buy a ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sotheby's

C21 NY Metro absorbs small Queens firm

November 11, 2009 06:30PM In a continuing bid for aggressive expansion, Century 21 NY Metro told The Real Deal today that it has acquired Queens-based sales and rental firm MQ Realty. MQ Realty, a nine-agent firm that previously specialized ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  11 Nov 2009

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So many reports, so little time

Paul Purcell, a partner with Braddock + Purcell Looking to drum up some business in these tough times? Try issuing a market report. During the roller coaster ride that has been the residential real estate market of the past year, brokers and ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Brown Harris Stevens,  Douglas Elliman,  Corcoran Group

Daun Paris talks about working with her husband, yoga retreats and why cows make great presents

The Real Deal reserves the right to delete any comment it finds to be rude, obscene, racist, sexist, bigoted, irrelevant or repetitive, as well as inappropriate comments about anyone's personal appearance. The Real Deal does not endorse any comments ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  11 Nov 2009

Rents drop, transaction volume goes up, Citi Habitats report shows

Citi Habitats saw rents continue to fall last month but reported an increase in transactions, according to the firm's October rental market report, released today. The average rent for an apartment leased by Citi Habitats, the city's largest rental ...

From CANDACE TAYLOR, The Real Deal: New York,  11 Nov 2009

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