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Staten Island Real Estate Forecast for 2018
2017 was a killer year for the Staten Island real estate market! With increasing activity and property values continuing to rise, we saw some very strong results for our clients. Over the past five years we have seen values of property on Staten Island increase up to...
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Amazon and the Real Estate Housing Market in Staten Island
There has been a lot of buzz recently about Amazon moving to Staten Island. Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world, and it has committed to building a new warehouse and is considering opening a new headquarters in New York City. However, Staten Island...
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Real Estate Roundup: The Not So Forgotten Borough
As you may have heard either from local media outlets or the updates on my Facebook page, the real estate housing market in Staten Island is experiencing a number of changing dynamics. One especially important indicator that has formed many Staten Island real estate...
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Affordable Curb Appeal for a Quick Summer Sale
If you’re looking to sell your Staten Island home this summer, remember to factor in that old adage your grandparents (well, at least mine) taught you from a young age: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Now, this may not hold true across all...
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Staten Island Real Estate Forecast for 2017
A hyper-partisan era, a transition of power, predictions ranging from boom to bust ... it can be hard to know what to expect when looking toward the future. It is best, perhaps, to take a quantitative view on the current and future state of the housing market,...
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5 Reasons Why Staten Island is Becoming an Even More Desirable Place to Live
Staten Island is hot right now. Our borough boasts an influx of dynamic development, a burgeoning arts scene, and the continuing qualities that have always made it a great place to settle down. And millions of proud New Yorkers who live in the other boroughs, tired...
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Summer in the City – 2016 NYC Real Estate Rundown
Summer is here, and that’s always a good time to take the pulse of the local real estate market. Unlike winter weather-related ups and downs, during the summer a truer picture of the market emerges. Throughout New York City, real estate has never been more valuable....
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Here Come the Arts to Staten Island
If you have been reading these news updates during the past year, you know that I have been following the development of the North Shore rather closely. Investors have been flocking to the North Shore, as witnessed by accumulating stories like Karl’s Klipper putting...
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A 2016 Housing Forecast From Your Staten Island Real Estate Attorney
The new year is upon us. Happy New Year to you and yours! If you research real estate trends locally or nationally, or ask various experts about the topic, you will receive a wide range of predictions. Take each with a grain of salt. Trends in the real estate...
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Pros and Cons of Holiday House Hunting in Staten Island
It has been an especially busy season for me so far. My office continues to handle Staten Island real estate transactions at a clip more common to summer months. (And I thank all of my clients for their continued trust.) This is unusual because outside of those in...
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Beer and Tompkinsville Real Estate
I finally checked out the Flagship Brewery Company the other day with my girlfriend. It’s been on my list of places to try since it opened last year. But time flies, and so we only recently got around to Staten Island’s first microbrewery in Tompkinsville. The...
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The New York Wheel Project is Changing But the Bottom Line Remains the Same
You may have noticed on your way through Staten Island’s North Shore: construction of the New York Wheel has begun. The wheel will cost $500 million (although if you had to bet the Under/Over on the final cost, which way would you go?) The wheel will be 630 feet...
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Urban Ready Life in Staten Island
Could a neighborhood in Staten Island be the next NYC hipster haven? It just might be. The Stapleton area in Staten Island is getting a facelift due to Ironstate Development’s “Urban Ready Life” project. The project will include 900 apartments with amenities amid...
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