Tweet Once upon a time,I might have said I was a bleeding edge adopter of technology.In truth it was also a part of my job…these days,while I love to ‘tinker’….I don’t do well with the sharp edges on the bleeding edge. I still have some memories that make me shudder…. Thus,I did NOT jump on…
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Trading Places – latest from Warburg CEO Fred Peters on the transition from buying to selling and vice versa
Tweet Frederick Peters, President Every buyer is at some point a seller. But the personality of a buyer changes completely when that transition occurs. The same person who, as a buyer, offers low and doesn’t want to raise the offer to meet the seller’s “unrealistic expectations” becomes a seller and behaves in an identical fashion…
Tech Tip Tuesday : …so I finally gave in…
Tweet I’ve been contemplating sharing a tech tip or two a week on my blog here….and I could think of NO better way to start off,than by..what else,getting an iPad 2 last Thursday evening ! (it just happened to ‘fit’ the timing) I intend to for the moment set up my iPad 2 very much…
Manhattan Market Mondays : What If…you could turn back time
Tweet It has been an interesting and incredibly busy week.Working on the sublease of a new rental exclusive in Kips Bay Towers. A closing that finally occurred (certainly something to celebrate)…and over the last few days…an interesting experience that has left me,for now three days running,humming ‘If I could turn back time’ Allow me to…
Manhattan Market Monday : …but wait isn’t it Tuesday ?
Tweet Unintentional,but yes,its Tuesday night. The last week has been a whirlwind. As I started to write last night,exhaustion won the battle. My last post talked about taking if offline. I am by no means a technological neophyte,however,there is something to be said for being belly to belly. For me,this last week that included attending…
MLS? What RLS?- latest blog from Warburg President Fred Peters
Tweet Frederick Peters, President The New York City press loves to write about our lack of an MLS. In article after article, the reader can learn that there is no formal mechanism for sharing listings in the Manhattan market, and that agents and agencies are motivated by greed in NOT sharing listings so they can…
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood- latest blog post from Warburg CEO Fred Peters
Tweet Frederick Peters, President I grew up on the Upper East Side. There was no mistaking it. It was a village, as I have written about before. My village was bounded on the south by Grand Central Station on 42 Street, on the north by 96th Street, on the east by Third Avenue, and on…
Terrific Tuesday Tip : Museum Mile Festival !
Tweet One of my absolute favorite NYC events is happening tonight ! Every year in June,there is the Museum Mile Festival. Museum Mile is not only home to some of the finest residential real estate in the world,but also to some of the most world renewed museums in New York City. So,on Tuesday evening, from…
Manhattan Market Mondays : Making it Matter
Tweet After a brief,unintended hiatus,back to regular Monday posts ,on my reflections of the real estate market in New York City. Sometimes you need to take a step,and recalibrate….but whilst this was going on a few great things to update you on….. Board approval on a listing ,and a scheduled closing,and contracts signed on another…
On the topic of seasonality : Summer Switch from Warburg Realty President Frederick Peters
Tweet Frederick Peters, President My friend Noah Rosenblatt, who runs the site Urban Digs (an absolute must read for all you real estate statistics geeks out there: www.urbandigs.com), recently wrote about the impending summer slowdown which takes place every year. It inspired me to think, as I do every year, about whether our business…
