In 2021, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO Mat Ishbia set a three-year goal to make UWM the No. 1 lender in the country. Ishbia, who started running his father’s mortgage firm in 2013 and has since grown it into the country’s No. 2 lender, isn’t satisfied with second place, behind Rocket Mortgage. “I don’t have […more]
All photos courtesy of New Yorkers for Parks As a living memorial for those lost during the September 11 terrorist attacks and the Covid-19 pandemic, the open-space advocacy group New Yorkers for Parks last week launched The Daffodil Project. As New York’s largest annual volunteer program, the project distributes hundreds of thousands of daffodils to be planted […more]
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It’s relatively rare to find a renovated, true 2-bedroom apartment in New York for under $1 million these days. That’s why 327 MacDonough St. #D is such a stellar find. Our Deal of the Week is a 2-bedroom unit on the top floor of a brownstone in Stuyvesant Heights. Not only has it been renovated […more]
All photos courtesy of Eitan Gamliely for Sotheby’s International Realty After nearly a decade on the market, a Tribeca home that has its own skybridge has sold for $24,000,000 in an off-market sale. The unusual listing included a townhouse at 9 Jay Street and a separate loft condo at 67 Hudson Street, connected by the famed footbridge […more]
Nationwide Appraisal Network (NAN) was the top-ranking appraisal management company on the 2022 Inc 5000 list at No. 1427, with an average 451% in revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. We sat down with Steve Sussman, NAN’s chief business development officer, to find out how the company is growing so fast and what they see […more]
The longtime home of Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, has come on the market. The hilltop estate in La Jolla, CA, is available for $12 million.
New York City’s housing laws can often be complex, confusing, and mysterious. One of the most challenging things to understand is the rules on subleasing. Landlords often make it difficult… The post How to Sublease an Apartment in NYC appeared first on ELIKA New York.
Photos courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens From the two south-facing balconies at this Upper West Side penthouse, you get picture-perfect views of New York City’s towering skyscrapers that dot Central Park’s edge. The rarely-available 3,000-square-foot penthouse takes up the entire 19th floor of 160 West 86th Street, a boutique condominium off Amsterdam Avenue. While looking outward is nice, the […more]
Williamsburg’s Marsha P. Johnson Park is getting a new “ornamental entryway” that honors the spirit of the park’s namesake to cap off park renovations, Governor Hochul announced on August 24, which would have been Johnson’s 77th birthday. The seven-acre waterfront park, which sits on Kent Avenue between North 8th and North… Read More > The […more]