Allison Berger

New York, NY - May 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy’s Quarterly Housing Update reports that housing prices declined between the last quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011 in every borough except Queens, where prices remained essentially flat. Manhattan home prices declined 1.7 percent in the first quarter of 2011, but were still 2.5 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2010, and only 11 percent lower than in the peak of the market. Home values in the Bronx and Queens have each depreciated by almost a third since their peaks in the second quarter of 2007 and fourth quarter of 2006, respectively.

NEW YORK, NY - April 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced that average asking rental rates rose slightly throughout much of Manhattan's office market in the first quarter of 2011. While Midtown South recorded a significant drop in vacancy rates in all property classes, the Midtown submarket posted the first increase in Class A vacancy rates in more than a year.

New York, NY - March 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today submitted a revised financial plan for Fiscal Year 2011 that protect homeowners and employers from a 21.5% property tax increase. The plan includes reductions through layoffs, the elimination of vacant positions, furloughs and by freezing wages and longevity pay

NEW YORK, NY - February 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released Subprime Foreclosures and the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform, the latest article in its Economic Policy Review series from the Research and Statistics Group.

Jersey City, NJ - January 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- SILVERMAN, the developers of Hamilton Square, a premier adaptive reuse and new construction development in the Hamilton Park neighborhood of Jersey City, today announced that a new grocery store committed to local, organic, and conscientious consumerism, Downtown Co-op (http://www.downtowncoop.com/) is now open.

New York, N.Y. – January 13, 2011 – BRP Companies today announced that Greene-Ville Gardens, an organic grocery store is now open on the ground floor of The Clermont, a high-end residential rental development located at 150 Clermont Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Carousel Children’s Center, a daycare center, is also set to open soon.

New York, NY - December 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- West 147th Associates LLC and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 50% of units are sold at PS90, a circa 1905 gothic style elementary school restored into a residential condominium in Harlem.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With consumer interest in environmentally sustainable homes remaining strong despite the economic downturn, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is formally announcing a program to spur the building and certification of more green homes across the state.

New York, NY - November 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ekstein Development announced today that construction has been completed and TCO was received last week at +aRt, a new premium condominium development located in the heart of West Chelsea’s art district at 540 West 28th Street.

October 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ms. Caldwell, you and the Department of Treasury deserve substantial credit for pushing an industry towards mortgage modifications and preventing avoidable foreclosures when that industry failed to appropriately act. In this way, Treasury’s HAMP program has shown great potential. Thanks to your work, we have a new industry standard that has kept more people in their homes than otherwise would have been able – certainly more than HAMP’s monthly reports demonstrate on their own.

New York, NY - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) wrote to the Federal Housing Finance Agency...

New York, NY - August 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- West 147th Associates LLC and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that TCO was received last week, construction is now complete and move-ins are slated for later this month, a former school converted into a luxury condominium development in Harlem.

Ten Units Remain at The Douglass; FHA & Fannie Mae Financing Available. New York, NY - July 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- BRP Companies and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 75% of units are sold at The Douglass, a new high-end condominium development in South Harlem, which also just received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO)

Buffalo, NY - July 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced today the award of a $104,500 grant to People United for Sustainable Housing

New York, NY - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing and RGS Holdings, LLC, in conjunction with Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and JP Morgan Chase Community Development, announced that 2280 FDB in Harlem has received a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO)

New York, NY - May 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- West 147th Associates LLC and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that PS90, a new development in Harlem, has been approved by the Federal Housing Administration’s mortgage program.

New York, NY - May 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing and Ekstein Development announced today that sales have resumed for +aRt, a new premium condominium development located in the heart of West Chelsea’s art district at 540 West 28th Street.

New York, NY - May 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- BRP Companies and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 61% of units are under contract at The Douglass, a new high-end condominium development located in South Harlem at 2110 Frederick Douglass Boulevard and the corner of 114th Street.

New York, NY - January 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing and Loewen Development today announced they have signed four new contracts at Graceline Court (www.gracelinecourt.com), a new residential development in Harlem. With eleven units remaining, Graceline Court is currently 66% sold.

New York, NY - November 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) --BRP Companies and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced the commencement of sales for The Douglass, a new high-end condominium development located in South Harlem at 2110 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at the corner of 114th Street.