Short reads on the buildings, neighborhoods, and numbers that matter. No SEO sludge.
It is not a discount you keep. It is a schedule attached to the building, and it steps up on a date that is already set.
5 minRead →A 9.5 percent across the board increase is on the table as a last resort, and a reform plan would change how condos are valued in the first place.
5 minRead →Your tax bill is not built from your purchase price. Understanding the four steps between them explains most of the confusion.
5 minRead →The building owns the apartments. Someone else owns the dirt. That one fact drives the price, the monthlies, and the exit.
5 minRead →Buying new construction from a developer moves costs onto you that a resale never would. Almost all of it is contract language.
5 minRead →It is six hundred pages and you do not need most of them. Six sections tell you whether the building is a good buy.
6 minRead →The monthly number in the brochure is a starting point, not a fixed cost. Four things move it, and three of them are predictable.
4 minRead →The list price moves less than everything around it. Knowing which levers a developer will pull is most of the negotiation.
4 minRead →Fewer condo starts is not a sentiment story. It traces back to how the current incentive program is written.
4 minRead →It is not the mortgage payment. It is how long you stay, and everything else is a rounding error against it.
5 minRead →A sponsor sellout is a competitor with a marketing budget, a model unit, and no emotional attachment. Here is how to sell into it.
4 minRead →Two paths, one decision. The tax rules on the way out often matter more than the rent you would collect.
5 minRead →Price per square foot says co op. The approval process, the resale pool, and the financing rules often say otherwise.
5 minRead →Approving you is the easy part. The lender also has to approve the building, and that is where deals slip.
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