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NYC Median Asking Rent Hits New Record High

NYC Median Asking Rent Hits New Record High

by Phil Hall | Jul 28, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The median asking rent in New York City soared to a new record high of $3,707 in the second quarter, up by $164 or 4.6% year-over-year, according to a data report from Realtor.com. The median asking rent for New York City units with zero to two bedrooms rose 7.3%...
Mamdani Publishes Searchable Database with Names and Addresses of Pied-à-Terre Tax Targets

Mamdani Publishes Searchable Database with Names and Addresses of Pied-à-Terre Tax Targets

by Phil Hall | Jul 27, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push for a so-called pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes took a bizarre turn with the city’s Department of Finance uploading a searchable database of the addresses and names of property owners with homes valued at over $1...
Landlords Sue to Stop Mamdani’s Rent Freeze

Landlords Sue to Stop Mamdani’s Rent Freeze

by Phil Hall | Jul 22, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A group of New York City landlords has filed a lawsuit to overturn the recently enacted rent freeze in stabilized apartments. The Real Deal reports six landlords are asking the New York Supreme Court to void the freeze approved by the Rent Guidelines Board and...
Mamdani Proposes Turning NYPD Parking Lot into Affordable Housing Project

Mamdani Proposes Turning NYPD Parking Lot into Affordable Housing Project

by Phil Hall | Jul 14, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is seeking to turn an underused NYPD parking lot into an affordable housing development. The project is designed to create 131 affordable housing units, with 30% of the new apartments reserved for formerly homeless New Yorkers. The...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of July 6-10

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of July 6-10

by Phil Hall | Jul 10, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Hits and Misses, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A university tries to kick an 89-year-old man out of his home, a new wave of young buyers arrives in the housing market, and long-overdue closure at the site of the 9/11 attacks. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week...
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