Tweet Manhattan apartment vacancy rates have climbed to 1.19% in August 2012, in August 2011 the rate was 1% , .88 in 2010 and 1.62% in 2009. As rents have risen,people have been really weighing their options. Some people are deciding they will stay put, others are delving deep and evaluating their finances and deciding if…
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Warburg Realty 2011 Year End Market Review
Tweet Frederick Peters President, Warburg Realty In New York, a slowing real estate market characterized the fourth quarter of 2011. Fewer purchasers at every level signed contracts than in the preceding three months, and the market retained the highly stratified characteristics which had marked it throughout the year. Co-ops at the lowest end of the…
Year in Review : Warburg Realty’s web stats -Why and How This Matters to YOU
Tweet We’ve all seen the statistics. But what does this mean to YOU as a buyer,a seller,or a landlord. More than eighty-five percent of buyers begin their home searches on the internet. Warburg Realty’s cutting edge website, warburgrealty.com, incorporates the tools to make the search for the perfect property even easier. Buyers and sellers alike…
By the numbers- July stats for Warburg Realty website
Tweet The highlights: July 2011, just under 30,000 pages were viewed per day – which translates into just under 11,000 hits per hour. The blog continues to be a must read and ranked as our second most popular entry page. With more than 400,000 hits, our top traffic day of the month was Thursday, July…
TAKE YOUR PICK- latest from Warburg President Frederick Peters on the Warburg blog
Tweet By Frederick Peters, President For all you customers out there in the NYC real estate market- you only have three options: rent, buy, or stay put. Each of these options has its benefits and drawbacks which vary as the market ebbs and flows. Here is where I see it at the moment: OPTION 1: If…
By the numbers : Some stats from the Warburg Realty website in April 2011
Tweet A world of statistics and data.Its important to track and measure while determining levels of success. Its no different in real estate. And as is oft repeated,these days more than eighty percent of buyers begin their home searches on the internet. The cutting-edge Warburg Realty website, warburgrealty.com, incorporates tools to make the search for…
Manhattan Market Mondays : TMI ?
Tweet In the mid to late 90s,I had some knee issues and I was consulting with an orthopedic surgeon on the Upper East Side. As part of the process,he directed me to several resources on the internet so that I could learn a bit more about what was going on,the various potential courses of treatment,and…
I LIKE NEW YORK- latest blog post from Warburg president Frederick Peters
Tweet Frederick Peters, President Sitting on the plane flying home from London, I am thinking about the ways the British system of selling real estate differs from ours. I met last week with a firm of high end estate agents, who do a significant amount of business in both rentals (or “lettings” as they are…
An Island In The Sun- latest post from Warburg President-Why Manhattan is such a unique market
Tweet Frederick Peters, President Throughout the country real estate is beginning to recover. Unevenly, with false starts and disappointments, as the economy strengthens, inventory is being absorbed. Prices are still depressed, time on the market still extends into the multiple months, foreclosures still abound, but the situation now improves a little bit each month. Against…
Why Do We Do It ? – Warburg President Frederick Peters looks back on the why in his latest blog post
Tweet Frederick Peters, President Every now and then I like to reflect on why I became, and remain, a residential real estate broker. When I started, in 1980, men didn’t pursue this job; they became commercial brokers. Residential was a “woman’s business.” Over the years I have been treated like a servant (that happens a…
