Today, and rightfully so, parties to a real estate transaction are loath to sit in close proximity to each other regardless of the degree of social distancing being used! In certain instances they may also be unavailable for a sit-down as they are quarantining themselves voluntarily or, because they feel ill, have been exposed to […]
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The owners of office buildings, office parks, multifamily apartment buildings and other types of commercial property, find themselves facing decisions that they didn’t know existed two months ago! With the spread of coronavirus, in the event that a management company and/or building owner is put on notice that a tenant or visitor is exhibiting symptoms […]
For anyone thinking about moving to a new apartment, it can often be impossible to find out beforehand, what the living experience has been for current or past tenants on a variety of important subjects! Enter Rentgrata, a PropTech firm that provides feedback from actual residents to the questions that potential tenants really want answers to. […]
With the 10-year treasury hitting an all-time record low yield today (February 25, 2020) of 1.31%, and mortgage rates at or near historic lows, does it seem to anyone else as if the banks are basically ‘giving’ their money away? For current homeowners with a mortgage already outstanding, or a property owner with far less […]
Risk is a small word that covers a large range of issues and scenarios including health, investing, recreation and of course, real estate! One need only look at the stock market futures this morning to understand the often-used phrase of ‘risk-off’ that describes the environment where investors take some money off of the table and sell. At-the-same-time, […]
“Time Is On My Side” – When a “Time of the Essence” Closing Date Keeps Rolling Like a Stone for 60 Days Over the weekend Hallmark Abstract Service was the sponsor of a 16-credit CLE class that was headed-up by real estate attorney Vince Gallo of Staten Island. Much time was spent during which he […]
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This headline from an article at The Real Deal describes the situation that title closers, and by extension real estate attorney’s and title companies, in New York began facing as of yesterday, December 18, 2017! This is the day that the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS) Regulation 208 officially went into effect […]
The topic of New York City air rights is somewhat arcane, and an area of commercial real estate development that is not TRULY understood by many in the marketplace! Recently the Hallmark Abstract Service blog had published an article titled, ‘Are Manhattan Air Rights Losing Some Of Their Luster?‘, that examined how as ‘the market for […]
