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As Abatements Expire, Some Condo Taxes Are Tripling
April 15, 2019
A tough seller’s market is made tougher by rising tax bills.
Live for Free in This Unloved Luxury Condo Tower
April 12, 2019
In sluggish luxury market, One Manhattan Square offers “insane” incentives.
Death of Pied-a-Terre Tax Another Win for the 1 Percent
April 04, 2019
Mid-level buyers to bear brunt of new transfer tax and mansion tax.
Developers Flex Muscles, Pied-a-Terre Tax Dies
April 02, 2019
“Real estate has driven politics, really, forever.”
Rich absentee homeowners don’t ride the subway. Why should they pay to fix it?
Co-op Boards Need to Rethink Resistance to LLCs
Written by Marianne Schaefer on March 14, 2019
When selling professional office space, boards need to shed old taboos.
Is a Pied-a-Terre Tax Part of the Subway Fix?
March 08, 2019
State budget director says tax on rich absentees would raise $9 billion.
Now a Condo-Hotel Is Enjoying a Dump-Trump Bump
March 07, 2019
Hotels are seeing the benefits of scraping the T-word from their facades.
Amazon Sparked Boom in Long Island City Condo Sales
March 01, 2019
Will the company’s surprise pullout turn the brief boom into a bust?
Pied-a-Terre Tax Could Soon Hit the Absent Rich
February 27, 2019
City council resolution supports tax on high-end, non-primary residences.
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