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Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Living In | Koreatown: Exotic Flavor, Beyond Just the Food

Koreatown has exotic groceries, handmade dumplings and a buzzing vertical village that has shot up along West 32nd Street.

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Like Old Times (Almost)

Some buyers and sellers have been engaging in that old-fashioned Manhattan pastime: the bidding war.

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

The Hunt: Starting All Over Again

After a divorce this summer, Leesa Shapiro Willett couldn’t wait to return to the city she had lived in and loved before her marriage.

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Concern for 2009 as Manhattan Real Estate Market Slows

While Manhattan real estate prices are higher than they were a year ago, there are signs that the market nonetheless has slowed.

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Failed Deals Replace Boom in New York Real Estate

After seven years of nonstop construction and skyrocketing rents and sale prices, the credit crisis is bringing an end to the city’s real estate boom.

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Streetscapes | Readers’ Questions: A Lord’s Garden, and Grand Plans at the Water’s Edge

Can you give me more information about the original house at 15 East 91st Street, owned at one time by Lord Joseph Duveen?

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

The Hunt: Meet the Urban Homesteaders

After living upstate, Doug Menuez and Tereza Machado-Menuez found an apartment at 90 William Street that was bathed in sunlight.

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Big Deal: A Royal Ruckus

The 14-room duplex at the Pierre Hotel owned by Lionel Pincus is back on the market, over the objections of his longtime companion, Princess Firyal of Jordan.

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Big Deal: Main Street Pauses

On the co-op and condo-lined streets of Manhattan real estate was on everyone’s mind, as always, last week, but the nature of the conversation had changed.

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

For Buyers, Many Roadblocks

People are eager to buy in Manhattan, but are finding they must have near-perfect credit and much more cash on hand to satisfy lenders and co-op boards.