new york times

real estate

• Restoring a Sag Harbor Eyesore
• Mortgages: Reducing Refinancing Expenses
• New York Real Estate Questions and Answers
• Streetscapes | Lower East Side: Lower Second Avenue in Its Well-Behaved Youth
• Big Deal: The Year of Audacious Real Estate Pricing
• The Details: At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Going for the Remix
• Market Ready: Add a Handrail to a Tricky Staircase
• Currents | Goods: The Shabby Chic Dollhouse Recreates a Victorian-Style Cottage in the Catskills
• Currents | Shows: ‘Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907’ Opens at the Neue Galerie
• Currents | Books: ‘Furniture Makeovers’ by Barb Blair Covers 26 Restoration Techniques
• Currents | Q&A: Geoff Manaugh, the New Editor of Gizmodo, on Adding Design to the Tech Blog
• In the Garden: The Hard Road to a Vegetable Plot

economix blog

Debating Doctors’ Compensation
The Changing Face of Community Colleges
How a Big-Bank Failure Could Unfold
Massachusetts Employees Will Keep Their Health Plans
The Bush Tax-Cut Failure
Redeeming Bangladesh
Bernanke Says Better Days Lie Ahead
Europeans Rate Their Neighbors
The Myth of a Perfect Orderly Liquidation Authority for Big Banks
Patterns of Changes in Health Insurance

wall street journal

New Report Shows Higher Rents World-Wide
Four Reasons Why Home Sales Are Looking Healthy
Small Footprints, Tall Towers: Skinny Condos Take Manhattan
Real Estate News: Investors Brave Loans That Fly Solo
Less Work for Architects; Blip or Turning Point?
Lawmakers Want More Flexibility on Mortgage Rules
Waypoint Files for Latest Foreclosure-to-Rental IPO
House of the Week: Kayaking for Coffee or Farming on a Landmark?
Real-Estate News: China Property Gains Defy Government Plans
Home Inspired by ‘The Great Gatsby’ Gets a Price Cut

the real deal

Clinton Hill manse asks record $4.88M: PHOTOS
Airbnb users fear lost profit after court decision
Bonjour Capital takes over Bed-Stuy rental building stalled for last six years
Red Hook townhouse’s $2M ask may set record, Lehman to sell major shares of AvalonBay and Equity … and more
At the desk of: Samantha Kleier Forbes and Sabrina Kleier Morgenstern
Former Williamsburg noodle factory to become solar-paneled apartment building?
Speedy sale of Chelsea buildings spells doom for sex shop
Willett to sell mixed-use building in prime Soho spot
Morgan Stanley takes nearly 150K square feet at Vornado’s 1290 Ave. of the Americas
Williamsburg parents rail against Brooklyn Flea’s arrival

new york magazine

The International Exchange
Negotiate, Negotiate, Negotiate
Rent Here, Not There
Rent the Life
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

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

MBS RECAP: Attempting To Consolidate After Wednesday's Sell-Off
Mortgage Rates Carried Higher Still By Yesterday's Momentum
Can't Count on Low Rates Forever, Right? Why QE3 Could be Expensive; HUD disaster relief
New Homes Hit Record Median Price in April, Sales Rise
MBS MID-DAY: Treasuries Green, MBS Red
Home Price Gains Triple Inflation, but Not Without Distressed Sales
FHFA Watchdog Sends Milestone Report to Congress
The Day Ahead: MBS in Full Melt-Down Mode. What Next?
MBS Annihilated After Fed Confirms The Hype
Why Did Mortgage Rates Skyrocket Past 2013 Highs on Wednesday?
House Rejects CFPB Testimony on Qualified Mortgage Rule
Distressed Sales Fall Under 25 Percent in California

housingwire

Offers remain high even in depreciating markets
CMOs offer significant yield: RBS
FNF buyout talks launch LPS stock
Asset Management Specialists finds a consultant in Distressed Asset Logistics
See how Barbara Corcoran turned into real estate royalty
Freddie Mac securitizes $1B of modified loans
Agency MBS gross purchases shrink
Injured Yankee Alex Rodriguez dips toes in real estate business
Some say housing may not lead the recovery
Ellington Management Group hires executive to lead growing originations space
Oregon House passes bill to expand foreclosure mediation program
Latest JPMorgan Chase RMBS deal carries geographical risk

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

Investing in Gold: Does It Stack Up?
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