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woodchip

in Home Buying 10 years and 9 months ago

NYC Commissioner of Social Services mortgage on ACRIS?

Was looking up a property on ACRIS and saw that the (apparent) owner took out a “mortgage” in the amount of $200,000 from NYC COMMISSIONER…

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stuyheights

in Home Buying 10 years and 10 months ago

Rent in Bed Stuy/ stuyvesant heights

Hello Brownstoner, Im curious to know the going rent as of Feb 2014 in bed stuy for nicely done apartments in prime areas of Stuy…

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bedstuytownhouse

in Home Buying 10 years and 10 months ago

Evans and Nye team now at Halstead

Fellow brownstoners…wanted to let you know that our Bed Stuy neighbors at Evans and Nye have all gone on to Halstead. Ban’s mobile number is…

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hea

in Home Buying 11 years and 2 months ago

Converting a 2 Family to Coop/Condo vs Straight Investment?

Hi all – I hope the Brownstoner community can provide some insight on the following scenario. I currently rent the top floor of a brownstone…

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lizlewiscasting

in Home Buying 11 years and 4 months ago

HGTV Casting Families Looking to Buy a New Home

Liz Lewis Casting Partners is casting families who are outgrowing their current home for a new show on HGTV. In this series, two of the…

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emilyfrances

in Home Buying 11 years and 5 months ago

Seller Not Closing Open Permits

Hey Folks, We’ve been in contract on a house since early January. The seller had open permits. When we first went into contract I went…

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guikazoid

in Home Buying 11 years and 5 months ago

Whats the deal w/ 659 Bergen?

A friend of mine went into contract sometime in November and has yet to close. Anyone know what’s going on w/ the building? (related: http://brownstoner.staging.wpengine.com/blog/2013/02/problems-continue-at-659-bergen/)

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hqsuoabon

in Home Buying 11 years and 5 months ago

does anyone have experience condo-izing a 2 family house

Hello, My husband and I bought a 2 family house in Prospect Lefferts Garden with our friends which we would like to turn into two…

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