Co-op / Condo News: No Crunch in Tribeca, No Cablevision in Co-op City

Read all the latest co-op /condo news for buyers, sellers and board members in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup. Also included: Permanent archival links: If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org.

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "Luxe Tribeca Condo Battles Crunch Gym" by Adam Pincus (TheRealDeal.com)

• "Co-op City Fails to Muster Support for [Five-Year Bulk] Cable Deal [with Cablevision]" by Denis Slattery (New York Daily News)

• "Ask an Expert: My Neighbor's Son Is a Registered Sex Offender. Can We Kick Him Out of the Co-op?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Air Rights: A Cash Bonanza?" by Ronda Kaysen (The New York Times) See also Habitat article "Selling Your Building's Air Rights: Easy Money That's Not Pie-in-the-Sky"

Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Manhattan Cool-Down" in co-op sales prices, whereas condo prices are up, by Robert Milburn (Barron's), and "Prices Fall on Still-Pricey High-End Co-ops; Everything Else Gets More Expensive" by Chris Pomorski (The New York Observer)

• "Sellers: Here's How to Get a Fair Appraisal in a Rising Market" by Tripp Whetsell (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Weighing the Pros and Cons of Hybrid Mortgages" that are fixed-rate for a period than turn adjustable, by Kenneth Harney (TheRealDeal.com) 

• "Drew Barrymore Makes It Past Co-op Board in 830 Park" by Jeremiah Budin (NY.Curbed.com)

WebCitation archives:

Crunch Gym • Co-op City • Ask an Expert • Air Rights • Cool-Down • Prices Fall • Fair Appraisal • Hybrid Mortgages • Drew Barrymore