new york times

real estate

First Rentals: Native New York Style
Currents | Open: Where Did the Kitchen Go?
Currents | Shows: Two Decades of Blenko Glass
City Room: Big Ticket | $29.78 Million for Town-House-Size Living
On the Market in the Region
On the Market in New York City
The Hunt: Long Island City Is Where?
Developers Follow Families Downtown
Exclusive | W New York Downtown: W New York Downtown – A Trophy by a Tower
What I Love | Eli Zabar: Eli Zabar and the Flip Side of Clamor
Eli Zabar’s Carnegie Hill Town House
Streetscapes | 333 East 68th Street: A Co-op Beyond the Pale as Well as the Els

economix blog

Europeans Rate Their Neighbors
The Myth of a Perfect Orderly Liquidation Authority for Big Banks
Patterns of Changes in Health Insurance
Keynes and Keynesianism
Sales Tax Talk and Reality
The Care and Feeding of Small Business
Student Debt’s Impact on Young Graduates
Jaydens and Aidens Are Taking Over
Technology as a Driver of Growth (or Not)
Q. and A. on the ‘Shell Game’ of College Aid

wall street journal

Consumer Bureau Takes Aim at Dallas Builder
Real-Estate News: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Frank Lloyd Wright Homes
Generation Y Tastes Have Mall Owners Shifting to Entertainment
Five Takeaways From the Latest Housing Starts Report
Manhattan Condo Building Reaches Nearly $750 Million in Sales
Is Generation Y a ‘Game Changer’ for Housing?
Architect Ron Radziner Sells His Noted Southern California Home
Real Estate News: Hedge Funds Bet on Fannie, Freddie Rise
Housing Index Posts Record April Jump
Why Pets Don’t Appear in Listing Photos

the real deal

Top residential agents of the week
Lhota is No. 1 for real estate campaign cash in last two months
Connecticut house seeking $190M could be priciest in U.S., LES co-op’s natural gas boiler heats 2,700 units … and more
Check out TRD’s coverage of ICSC, starting Sunday
Credit reporting snafu burdens borrowers with past short sales
PR firm takes new digs at Minskoff’s 1166 Ave. of the Americas
New ACRIS will include co-op unit searches, more data
Rent or buy? It takes 6 years to recoup cost of purchasing a home in NYC
City to auction $48K of pol’s Harlem real estate debt
Eklund, Serhant to appear on Bravo’s “Property Envy”

new york magazine

Real Estate Déjà Vu
100-Roommate Poll
Splitting the Rent, Fair and Square
Divide and Conquer
Roommate Case Studies
Beyond Craigslist
Multiples Listings
The Art of Roommating
When Things Get Ugly
Gather These Around the Fire
Name That Mantelpiece
What’s a Hearth Worth?

crain's new york business

City seeks development partners for Sandy rebuilding
Billionaire behind major projects
MoMA reconsiders a demolition
City affordable projects get boost from state
Time Warner ready to move
A hipper South Street Seaport
Online apt. searching boasts new tool: humans
Schumer calls for bonds
City proposes limiting Garden to 15 more years
AG says banks violated mortgage accord

mortgage news daily

Consumer Mortgage Choice Act Under Fire From CRL
MBS RECAP: Reminded of Volatility via Friday Cliff-Diving
Mortgage Rates Jump Back To Recent Highs, More Volatility Ahead
Home Sales Would Rise 15-20 Percent With 720 FICO - NAR
Kickback Accusations Resolved by CFPB Consent Filing
Senator on a Mission to Change the Way Short Sales Affect Credit Reporting
CFPB Reminds Lenders of Changes to Mandatory Arbitration Provisions
Ginnie I, II, or...III: Combining the Programs and the Advantages to Originators; Credit Unions Weigh in on QM
MBS MID-DAY: Third Time is NOT the Charm for Bond Markets
The Day Ahead: Winding Down and Range Finding; 2 Cool Charts
MBS RECAP: Purposeful Rally Helps Define Pre-FOMC Range
Mortgage Rates Move Convincingly Lower

housingwire

Proposed Ginnie Mae policy may increase buyouts
Reverse mortgage legislation approved by Texas House
Investors find private-label RMBS facing rep and warrants issues attractive
GSE profits push back debt limit fears, but Lew is not taking any chances
Sequester to shut HUD for seven days
Butler & Hosch buys Prommis subsidiary Cal-Western Reconveyance
American Banker: Wells, Citigroup halt foreclosure sales in several states
Back to the Future: The cost of mortgage rates
Kocherlakota: Fed needs to lower interest rates more
Connecticut mansion becomes most expensive home on market
$2.2 billion in foreclosure review payouts cashed by homeowners
Housing looks even better today than yesterday

overseas property

Cypriot Cash-Grab Risks Damaging Eurozone Banking System; Will It Push Depositors Towards Safe Haven Investments?
Canadian Luxury Real Estate Set for a Boost From the Newly Rich
Hong Kong Housing Boom Edges Out Ghosts
U.S. Posts Biggest Home Price Rise Since July 2006
Apple’s Futuristic ‘Spaceship’ Campus Headquarters Lands in 2016
2013 World’s Ten Tallest Buildings… and a New Number One?
Michael Jordan’s New $2.8m Golf Course Home with Lakefront Access in North Carolina [PHOTOS]
The UK Loses it’s AAA Credit Rating – how this affects it’s Housing Market
Assisted Launch: Parents of Stay-at-Home Kids Raise the Rent
Ring of Gratitude: Homeless Man’s Act of Honesty Garners Him $170,000

knowledge@wharton

Research Roundup: Foreign Diversification, Social Comparisons and Consumer Identity
Still an Elusive Goal: Measuring the Impact and Success of Microfinance
The Mysterious World of Bitcoin: Does It Have Staying Power?
CDOs Are Back: Will They Lead to Another Financial Crisis?
How VCs Are Driving a Tech-valuation 'Feeding Frenzy'
When Dividends Pay Dividends -- and When They Don't
Global Currency Battles: A Waiting Disaster or a Win for All?
Tightening the Noose: Can the SEC and Its New Chairman Be Tougher on Wall Street?
Edible Economics: Making Food Choices Through an Economic Lens
Michael Mauboussin on the 'Success Equation'
Kilkenomics: A Festival Where the 'Dismal Science' Meets Comedy
Why Long-term Debt Solutions Require a Break from Sequestered Thinking