Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.nyret.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.nyret.com/files.php?file=rssng_757881884.gif http://www.nyret.com/ http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/508.html Real Estate News Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:26:00 -0400 Several upscale restaurants will be opening their doors in NYC in the near future. Their draw, however, isn't just the food; it's the price as well. WIth at least one offering a three-course dinner for less than 50 dollars, it's not hard to see how these will be a success! http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/507.html Real Estate News Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:12:00 -0400 Sallie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two largest holders of mortgages in the US, were offered assistance by President Bush. However, confident in their own solvency, they turned down the help; nonetheless, the government stands ready to write the big check if necessary. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/506.html Real Estate News Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:05:00 -0400 Many of the people who, a year ago, would have been considered the most qualified in the city are having trouble finding co-ops that will let them in. Many Co-Op boards and mortgage companies and adjusting how the treat bonus money, no longer allowing the financial pros to count their 6 and 7 figure bonuses as income. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/503.html Real Estate News Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:26:00 -0400 In the State of NY, lenders can base the amount of your loan off of your potential future earnings. In doing this, they limit their exposure to making bad loans and can generate new business even during a market slowdown. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/500.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:04:00 -0400 Which candidate would do a better job of handling housing prices? http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/496.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:26:00 -0400 A recent U.S. Census Bureau report shows that while New York City is getting bigger, even the largest of cities in upstate New York are getting smaller. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/494.html Real Estate News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:07:00 -0400 Brooklyn apartment and townhouse sales fell 44 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier and prices dropped 1.9 percent as buyers struggled to obtain mortgages from banks battered by the credit crisis. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/498.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:49:00 -0400 Since prices started to drop in mid-2006, each U.S. homeowner has lost $50,000 in real housing wealth; and, even if the market proves to have already bottomed out, the collapse has “eliminated most, if not all, of the gains that families had made in accumulating wealth over the last two decades." http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/495.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:12:00 -0400 Since the beginning of the U.S. housing downturn two years ago, builders have strived above all to slim down, selling off land and homes to buttress their balance sheets, even at the expense of profits. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/491.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:43:00 -0400 An Abu Dhabi sovereign-wealth fund has purchased a majority stake in the Chrysler Building, an iconic New York City skyscraper. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/493.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:02:00 -0400 The number of Americans losing their homes to foreclosure continued to soar in June, according to a report released Thursday. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/492.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:54:00 -0400 The New York Times announced it removed many of the horizontal ceramic rods that cover its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, a few hours after a man climbed up on the skyscraper. It was the third man to do so in the past few weeks. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/497.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:37:00 -0400 Residents of a polluted neighborhood sued the city and a waste recycling company Wednesday, saying that putrid odors emanating from two nearby sewage facilities are ruining their lives. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/499.html Real Estate News Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:58:00 -0400 U.S. immigrants are taking their hard-earned money and spending it on homes in their native countries, thanks to private lenders and other financing that makes the real estate purchases possible. Particularly popular are developments with American-style amenities. http://www.nyret.com/Real-Estate-News/482.html Real Estate News Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:04:00 -0400 Record high foreclosure rates in the second quarter were reported in Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami and New York, according to a report issued by PropertyShark New York Real Estate Times