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NYC Coop Sales Price Now Public Information
It's an old axiom that, despite increasing numbers of condos, coops still account for around 80% of NYC's apartment inventory. Yet, until recently, the sales figures were shrowded in mystery. No more. A recently passed law allows access to these figures through use of the City's ACRIS system. While the link may not be up for long, you can find a pdf guide to how the system works at NYC.gov/html/dof/html/jump/acris.shtm.
Noah's Ark 2006
In the year 2006, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a Few good humans." He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights." Six months later, the Lord looked down and...
Commercial Rent Prices Up - Square Footage Down?
A recent article in Business Week suggests that the open space model of the dot com era may, actually be a paradigm to enable businesses to reduce one of their largest expenses, namely, commercial office rent. Yet, the position of the author is hardly universally shared, eliciting a number of rejections and criticisms in the posted comments following the article. From my own experience, there is no doubt that, technologically, more and more things can be done in more and more places....
Bubble Metrics
I came across a very interesting website, that of the Center for Economic Policy Research, an organization that's done alot of looking into the housing bubble issue and that has alot of articles that you'll find interesting and informative. What's really noteworthy, though, is a unique bubble calculator that seeks to measure whether you'd be better off renting or buying by plugging in the price, mortgage terms, location and projected hold time into the fields, which then takes into...
Expected Report of Year Over Year 2nd Qtr Condo Price Declines
Today's NY Sun reports that an expected industry report on condo prices will show softening on a year over year basis for the second quarter. As the article recites, industry analysts opine on whether they foresee a repeat of the coop collapse of the late 1980's when oversupply combined with softening demand and tax reform to cause a sharp drop in prices. Some, according to the article, feel the City's overall healthy economy will prevent this recurrence in the case of...
Worried about Interest Rates? Tell that to the Rent Guidelines Board
In an unusually raucus session of the Rent Guidelines Board's annual spectacle on guidlines increases for rent stabilized apartments in NYC, the Board members could hardly hear themselves over incessant drum beats from Tenant activists, yet still managed to outrage them, while disappointing landlords in the process. Read about the meeting and the increases at <a...
Problems When the 1031 Tail Wags the Dog
Here's an interesting article about what happens when investors, in their zeal to meet the stringent time requirements of a 1031 exchange, invest in properties in areas they're unfamiliar with and do so without their usual degree of due diligence. <a href="http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/markettrends/20060615-hagerty.html?refresh=on" >http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/markettrends/20060615-hagerty.html?refresh=on</a>
Everybody into the Pool!
When it comes to Terrorism Insurance, the government's days as a reinsurer of last resort are numbered, ending in 2007 following one extension of a temporary act intended to restore confidence among the Nation's insurers and reinsurers following the huge losses suffered as a result of the 9/11 attacks. A lobbying group called the Real Estate Roundtable, <a href="http://www.rer.org/," >http://www.rer.org/,</a> recently proposed modeling a future system after that...
Taxes and Commercial Real Estate Activity in NY
Today's NY Sun has an interesting article sure to reinvigorate the timeless intellectual arm wrestling about whether booms and busts in real estate are primarily driven by tax policy or the business cycle. This article focuses on the infamous "Cuomo Tax", formally known as the Real Property Gains Tax, enacted in the '80's by then Governor Mario Cuomo. In short, the tax that excluded townhouses and one and two family houses, surcharged capital gains on most other...
Another View on the Bubble-No Bubble Coin Toss
Glenn Roberts, Jr. of Inman News today quotes from findings of the Anderson Forecast, an economic report out of UCLA. According to the report, housing is more likely to head for a crash rather than the gradually deflating balloon we've all be hearing about lately. For more, check out the article ( subscription required) at <a href="http://www.inman.com/hstory.aspx?ID=53488" >http://www.inman.com/hstory.aspx?ID=53488</a>

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Selling Your Own Home - Pet Issues
By Raynor James, Fri Dec 9th

If you are selling you own home, you need to consider the effectof pets. People who are working with a real estate broker aresure to get coached about the potential negative effect of pets.If you aren't working with a broker, this article discusses thepet issue.

When You Show Your Home

If you are selling you own home, you must realize a lovable petmight cause the following problems:

1. The potential buyer may be so nervous about dogs that shedoesn't picture herself living in the home,

2. The potential buyer doesn't like pets and thus doesn't seeher furniture in the home in her mind's eye,

3. She doesn't picture the route she'd drive to and from work,and doesn't imagine where she'd stop for errands or fun alongthe way home.

In short, the presence of pets makes it difficult for thepotential buyer to see the house as their own. Is a potentialbuyer in that

frame of mind likely to buy that home? No.

Defense Against Pet Damage

If you have pets and you're selling your home as a FSBO, takeheed. Board your pet or pets while your property is on themarket. You can visit it, and take it for walks and to the park,but don't take it home. Have carpets shampooed. If they'rereally holding odors, you might even replace all or some of thecarpet. Get any damage the pet has done repaired. Store or getrid of furniture you do not want to repair. Reseed the lawn andrepair any damage to plantings. You'll find this is money andlabor well spent.

Pets are an integral part of many people's lives and rightly so.While you may love your pet, keep in mind potential buyers maynot.

About the author:Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - providing FSBOhomes for sale by owner. Visit our "sell my home" page athttp://www.fsboamerica.org/seller.cfm to list and sell your homefor free for one month. Visithttp://www.fsboamerica.org/buyer.cfm to see homes for sale byowner.