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High prices are nothing new for the Dakota, a gorgeous, gabled palace overlooking Central Park, best known as the home of John Lennon and the scene of his 1980 assassination. Yoko Ono still lives there and its apartments routinely sell for many millions of dollars.

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Skip to next paragraph Then there is New York City’s recent condominium boom: Its in-your-face ubiquity and fantasy-minded marketing have raised the bar for apartment seekers exposed to an excess of spa bathrooms, Zen gardens and Boffi kitchens. That’s fine for those willing to pay new-construction prices and wait up to a year or...

It turned out to be "easy breezy," he says. An Upper East Side couple with a baby took the house for Memorial Day to Labor Day and agreed to his asking rent of $40,000 (last year's tenants paid...

"We have had an astronomical rental year," the president of Town & Country Real Estate, Judi Desiderio, said, adding that her firm has rented some 19% of its properties this year to international clients, compared with just 5% last year. "Main Street is going to sound like...

According to a survey by appraisal company Miller Samuel, the median price of a Hampton home dipped by 7.1 percent to $882,500 while sales tumbled by 29 percent compared to the last quarter of 2007.

Jonathan Miller, chief executive officer of Miller Samuel, explained to Bloomberg, "There's caution because of more potential layoffs in the future, so people are...

The median price declined 7.1% to $882,500 and sales dipped 29% from the last three months of 2007, according to a survey by appraisal firm Miller Samuel for Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

"There's caution because of more potential layoffs, so people are taking longer to make buying decisions," Miller Samuel CEO Jonathan...

"What we are seeing overall on the East End is a market moving modestly upward price-wise, with significant strength at the luxury end," said Dottie Herman, President and CEO of Prudential Douglas Elliman. "The characteristics of this market closely mirror what we are seeing at the same...

The median price declined 7.1 percent to $882,500 and the number of sales dipped 29 percent from the last three months of 2007, according to a survey by appraisal firm Miller Samuel Inc. for New York-based Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Part- time Hamptons residents include Lazard Ltd. Chief...

"What we are seeing overall on the East End is a market moving modestly upward price-wise, with significant strength at the luxury end," said Dottie Herman, President and CEO of Prudential Douglas Elliman. "The characteristics of this market closely mirror what we are seeing at the same...

A total 400 sales were recorded, down from 613 in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sales also fell 41.4 percent from 683 sales in the first quarter of 2007.

Listing inventory increased as a result, up 5.8 percent from...

The first-quarter median price was actually higher than the $775,000 median a year ago, but much of the report reflects an ongoing slowdown in the high-end market, which early last year seemed...

Home prices in the Hamptons, New York’s hot summer vacation area, took a hit in the first quarter as Wall Street job cuts and a pending recession took their toll on home buying.

The median home price in the Hamptons, which includes Southampton, East Hampton, Bridgehampton, Amagansett and Sagaponack, fell to $882,500 during the first quarter, down 7.1% from fourth quarter 2007, according to a report prepared by appraisal...

More than half a million New Yorkers -- or about 30 percent of those who rent -- spend at least half their paycheck on housing, according to a report from Weiner's office released yesterday. In 1999, about...

Average Manhattan home prices increased 41% from 2007 to $1.6 million, while prices in Brooklyn climbed 3%. The average cost of a home in the Bronx fell by 1% and dropped by 5% in Queens and Staten Island. The number of home sales...