Co-op / Condo News: Dog Days of Summer, Find-a-Broker Tool, More
New York, NY, Sept. 5, 2011 — Recent news affecting co-op / condo buyers, sellers, boards and residents.
Facing a co-op admissions interview with your dog? They have specialists for that now! And in Co-op City, the case of an emotional-support dog gets emotional. There's a new broker-comparison tool in town, to help co-op / condo buyers ... and a real-estate analyst tells you what he thinks of it. Entourage actor Jeremy Piven and reality-show star Bethenny Frankel each buy condos in Tribeca. Plus: The New York Times asks what all of us ask: "Is Co-op Living Worth the Hassle?"
Read all the latest co-op / co-op 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 Archive.org.
Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling...
"Panting Through the Co-op Interview," on specialists who train dogs for co-op admission interviews, by Sarah Kershaw (The New York Times)
"'Splitters' Can Save You Thousands on a New Condo" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
"Shop for a Broker" real-estate broker comparison tool (StreetEasy.com), and "New Search Tool May Make Brokers Squirm" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
"Feds Raise Conforming Loan Limit in NYC: Change will make it harder for average buyers looking to buy property" by Amanda Fung (Crain's New York Business)
Co-op / Condo Living...
"HUD Barks at Co-op City Policy Keeping Resident from Having Emotional-Support Dog in his Apartment" by Daniel Beekman (New York Daily News)
"The Appraisal: Is Co-op Living Worth the Hassle?" by Diane Cardwell (The New York Times)
"AFL-CIO Invests $134M in Penn South Co-op" by Carl Gaines (GlobeSt.com)
"A New Start for an Ambitious Queens Condo Complex" by Fred A. Bernstein (The New York Times)
"Chinese-American Condos Planned at Delancey and Pitt" by Jennifer Strom (TheLoDownNY.com)
"[Hurricane] Irene Knocks Down Controversial 80-Year-Old Brooklyn Heights Elm Tree" belonging to Mansion House co-op, by Jesse Green (New York), and "[Co-op's] Giant Elm With Contentious History Felled in Heights" by Mary Frost (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
"Piven Purchases [Mike] Piazza’s Pre-War [Condo Penthouse] in Tribeca" by Elise Knutsen (The New York Observer)
"Reality TV Housewife Bethenny Frankel Buys $4.9 Million TriBeCa Condo" (BusinessInsider.com)
WebCitation archives:
Panting • Splitters • Shop • Squirm • HUD • Appraisal....Hassle? • AFL-CIO • Chinese-American • Elm Tree • Giant Elm • Piven • Frankel