I took a walk through 28 2nd Place the other day, the wide and centrally located Carroll Gardens brownstone that we hope to convert to roomy three- (and one four-) bedrooms. The architect who worked on the floor plan for us was with me, as well as a general contractor who is very experienced with [...]
We keep hearing that now is the time to buy (of course, most real estate agents will say that no matter the economic climate). But fire sales and declining asking prices aren’t the only reasons to buy. The value of a property is affected by so many factors — the schools, the neighborhood amenities and [...]
How the Real Brooklyn Fares Better in a Depressed Market Real Estate in the middle of this decade was all about gambling, making more and bigger buildings on the assumption that there would always be bodies to fill them. In Brooklyn, that gamble came in the form of Manhattan-style skyscrapers dotting the edges of established [...]
