Steve Eisman, the hedge fund manager who bet heavily against subprime mortgages, has come back into the Manhattan co-op market to buy a larger, more gracious apartment.
Entries from October 2009
Big Deal: Applying Realism to the Apartment Hunt
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments
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Big Deal: Room for the Eight-Legged
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Louise Bourgeois, the French-born sculptor, who lives in a 15-foot-wide town house on West 20th Street, is about to get some additional elbow room.
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Big Deal: A Season of Adjustment
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Scott Bessent’s 11-room duplex apartment at One Sutton Place South could be considered a bellwether for the fall season and the possible recovery of the Manhattan real estate market.
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In the Region | Long Island: Custom-Built; Customer Opted Out
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments
This house, built for an owner who invested three years and $11 million and then changed his mind, can be had unfinished for $9 million.Long Island has several nearly finished ultra-high-end “dream homes” on that market that were built to the personal specification of owners who changed their minds near the end of the process.
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Streetscapes | The Evelyn: The Building Denies It Ever Met That Showgirl
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments
The Evelyn, an 1885 apartment house, wasn’t named after Stanford White’s mistress, Evelyn Nesbit, despite the rumors.
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Habitats: A Makeover as Homage to the Past
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Instead of moving, Helen Pearlstein renovated her Brooklyn home.Helen Pearlstein, an ebullient blonde in her 60s, is one of the best-known residents of Concord Village, her Brooklyn co-op.
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In the Region | Westchester: Agents Find Benefits in Teaming Up
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Real estate agents who once plied their trade solo under the aegis of their companies are increasingly joining teams.
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Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview: Charles S. Cohen
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Mr. Cohen is the president and chief executive of the Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation, which owns more than 12 million square feet of office and design center properties nationwide.
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Mortgages: Fraud Watch for Homeowners
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
A new online service offers free help to keep homeowners safe from a form of fraud known as “house theft.”
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Detroit Casinos Fare Well in Slump
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
The city’s unemployment rate is 29%, but gaming revenue at its three casinos has been off only 2% from a year ago so far this year. Atlantic City’s gaming revenue has fallen 14%, and the Las Vegas Strip is down 14%.