Monthly Archives: March 2022

Start Planning Your Outdoor Dining Decor for the Return of the Prospect Park Soiree

Mar 16, 2022 |

After a pandemic hiatus, the Prospect Park Alliance is bringing back its annual giant outdoor dinner party to celebrate Brooklyn’s backyard. Attendees to the Prospect Park Soiree usually come decked out in festive attire and loaded down with all the makings for an impressive tablescape. Tables and chairs are provided,… Read More > The post […more]

Despite queue of buyers, homebuilder sentiment drops again

Mar 16, 2022 |

For the first time since September 2021, homebuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes has dropped below the 80-point mark, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), which was released on Wednesday. In March, the index dropped to 79, two points below its February reading. This is […more]

How Rising Fed Interest Rates Affect Home Buyers, Homeowners

Mar 16, 2022 |

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com. What the Federal Reserve did and why The Federal Reserve raised a bedrock interest rate on Wednesday. As a result, mortgage interest rates probably will go up, and rates on home equity lines of credit certainly will. The Fed raised its target for the federal funds rate by […more]

NYC launches online platform with free access to 9.3 million historical birth, death, and marriage records

Mar 16, 2022 |

Courtesy of The New York City Municipal Archives The New York City Municipal Archives has launched a digital search platform as part of a mass digitization project that will ultimately provide online access to 13.3 million historical birth, death, and marriage records. At 70 percent complete, the NYC Historical Vital Records Project currently has 9.3 million genealogical […more]

UWM rolls out bank statement loans for self-employed borrowers

Mar 16, 2022 |

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale lender, announced on Wednesday it will accept personal or business bank statements in self-employed borrowers’ loan applications.  The step comes as rising interest rates slow the flood of refinances, reduce lenders’ origination volume, and companies prepare to boost their non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) products.  According to UWM, only […more]

See new looks for the massive mixed-use ‘transit-oriented’ project headed to the Hoboken waterfront

Mar 16, 2022 |

All renderings courtesy of LCOR After 16 years of deliberation, plans to revitalize Hoboken’s waterfront are moving forward. New Jersey Transit, the City of Hoboken, and developer LCOR on Wednesday released new renderings of Hoboken Connect, a mixed-use transit project that aims to bring major investments to the city. The development will include a 20-story office building with retail, […more]

Plans for Massive New Distribution Center(s) Closer to Reality

Mar 16, 2022 |

It was that back in 2014 that we first noted that the LaSalle Industrial Park complex at 749 Toland Street, upon which four single-story warehouse buildings with a total of 448,000 square feet of space currently sit, bisected by I-280, was on the market in western Bayview.  And as we outlined at the time, the […more]

Another Friendly Local Business Open in Waldo-Front Range Coffeehouse

Mar 16, 2022 |

Welcome Neighbors!  That’s the greeting on the door of the new Front Range Coffeehouse and Provisions shop at 400 E Gregory (NE corner of Gregory and Oak).  This isn’t your usual coffee shop; there is so much more here to explore, brought to you by the same folks who created Made in KC. Keith Bradley […more]

What you should know about this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in NYC

Mar 16, 2022 |

Photo by James Felder on Flickr The world’s largest Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is back after two years of pandemic-related disruptions. On March 17, roughly 150,000 people will march up Fifth Avenue for the 260th event honoring St. Patrick and Irish culture in New York City. In March 2020, the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade was […more]

Riverhead, N.Y.: A Long Island Community That’s Suddenly Popular

Mar 16, 2022 |

To many, the Suffolk County town has long been a signpost rather than a destination. But recently, it has been giving people a reason to hang around.