Real Estate

Award-winning film producer Lisa Muskat, of “Beckett,” “Bones and All” and “Joe,” is listing her Catskills home for $1.97 million. Built on a mountain, the charming three-bedroom, three-bathroom home sits on 33.12 acres. It was built in 1920 in Arts and Crafts style. Muskat bought the home, at 5280 Cauterskill Road in Catskill, NY, for

A Hamilton Heights townhouse once rented by Emmy award-winning TV personality Sherri Shepherd, of the nationally syndicated daytime talk show “Sherri,” has hit the market for $3.2 million. Shepherd is an actress best known for playing Angie Jordan in “30 Rock” and Evette Chase in “The Sex Lives of College Girls.” She is also a

For Gen Zers and millennials, sex sells out for homeownership. Gen Z is happy to give up sex if it means meeting this one huge life goal. Overall, more than a quarter of Brits would forgo sex for a whole year if it meant they’d finally have enough money to put down a deposit on

An office building once owned by John Jay Astor has sold for the first time in 82 years. Jay Properties  bought 8 W. 38th St. from the Felder family for $35 million, or $250 per square foot. MIdtown office building once owned by John Jay Astor was recently sold for $35 million. Handout The buyer

The cities of the future may take the charge in progress for a very unexpected reason — with skylines doubling as massive energy storage units. And the idea? Not solar panels and wind turbines — think giant battery blocks lifted to the heavens and dropped back down to keep the lights on. Skidmore, Owings &

When you’re a billionaire, it’s not just about living large — it’s about surviving the apocalypse in style. Gone are the days when a panic room in the basement was enough to calm the nerves of the world’s elite. Now, the ultra-wealthy are turning their palatial homes into state-of-the-art fortresses, complete with all the bells

Jillian Lovato loved living in Orange County, CA, but she hated the area’s high home prices. “My wife Jamie and I knew we wouldn’t be able to buy the home we wanted in California,” Jillian explains. “We felt like we would have been stuck renting our whole lives.” So in 2021, they decided to move to

This historic Hudson Valley estate known as Overlook is where the legendary musician Billy Joel found inspiration to compose songs including “New York State of Mind,” released in 1976 — which he started to write on a Greyhound bus on his way back home to 26 Kings Road in Highland Falls, NY. This is also

New York City’s most expensive neighborhood just got even pricier. That’s according to a new study from real-estate data portal PropertyShark, which has crowned Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s far west side for the top spot with a median home sale price of $7.5 million. For nearly five years, this district — known for its shops,

The secret to a long, healthy life is just 65 miles southwest of Manhattan. Rural Hunterdon County in western New Jersey has been named the fourth-best community in the nation for health outcomes, a metric that takes into account the number of adults in poor health and life expectancy. The rolling countryside that served as the

While some older buildings atrophy, others thrive. Two new deals totaling 104,000 square feet have brought George Comfort & Sons’ 960,000 square-foot 498 Seventh Ave. to 95% occupied. Public technology firm PubMatic, Inc., signed a 60,000 square-foot direct lease. The company, which was a subtenant will roughly double its space in the first quarter of 2025.

Not many years ago — before the miserable mayoral reign of Bill de Blasio and the troubled one of Eric Adams — the Big Apple truly was “The City of Yes.” The wildly optimistic slogan Adams recently chose for his worthy but slow-moving struggle to generate  new housing development belies how puny his vision is — compared with

Kanye West has finally found a buyer for his gutted Malibu mansion, but not without leaving a trail of controversy and lawsuits in his wake. The property, which the rapper bought for a whopping $57 million in 2021, is now in escrow, according to TMZ. The mansion, known for its stunning Pacific Ocean views, was

The housing market has been decidedly stuck of late. Sellers with low mortgage rates are holding on to their homes, leaving buyers with scant listings to choose from. And buyers who do find a house face substantial economic challenges as median home prices and mortgage rates remain high. With sellers and buyers at an impasse, misconceptions and outright

A majority of current renters in the US say they can’t afford to buy a home, with over half of Americans saying that they are pessimistic about ever achieving their goal of homeownership, per a new CNN poll.  CNN’s study found that 86% of current renters in the United States can’t afford to buy a home

Prominent Big Apple developer Michael Shvo was slapped with a lawsuit by a disgruntled couple who plunked down $6.1 million for a pad at the Mandarin Oriental Fifth Avenue, claiming the luxury building is riddled with problems — including an “algae-infested” rooftop pool. John Goodman and his wife, Diane Johnson, alleged that the building developed

Whole Foods signed a lease for a new store in the East Village in a space that has been empty since before the pandemic, Realty Check has learned. The Amazon-owned market will open at 409 E. 14th St., which went dark after an Associated supermarket closed in December 2019, as the company rolls out a

The Jersey Shore house known for serenading beachgoers with the sweet sounds of Frank Sinatra music has finally been sold. Located on the boardwalk of Point Pleasant Beach, the not-so-humble 8 bedroom 4,000-square-foot abode was built in 1987 for the late Sony Music exec and Ol’ Blue Eyes fan Paul R. Smith, who would play Sinatra

This former fortress has a new lease on life as 26 luxury flats, all of which are now seeking buyers.  In the English countryside between Sheffield and Birmingham, the meticulously renovated Riber Castle is ready for its market debut as an apartment complex that’s fit for a king.  Built in 1862 as the private residence

You’ve heard of Miami’s “Billionaire Bunker” and Star Island, playgrounds for the ultra-rich like Jeff Bezos and Ken Griffin. But what about Fort Lauderdale? Once notorious for its rowdy spring break scene, “Fort Liquordale” is now a haven for millionaires being priced out of Miami and Palm Beach — by billionaires. Fort Lauderdale is seeing

Tech entrepreneur Jody Glidden, who is dating Lisa Hochstein of “The Real Housewives of Miami” fame, sold his Miami Beach mansion for $11.85 million on July 18, Gimme Shelter has learned. Glidden is currently CEO of Postilize, an AI firm. The home, at 250 S Hibiscus Drive, first went on the market for $13.95 million last

If you’ve ever wanted to be neighbors with the British model and actress Cara Delevingne, now’s your chance. A historic Gramercy Park penthouse, sharing the ninth floor with Delevingne’s triplex, has hit the market for $2.39 million. And it comes with those coveted keys to Gramercy Park, New York City’s only private park. Actress and

A Mediterranean-style estate in Malibu that long belonged to the late Tom Petty is listing for $19 million.  Petty — who passed away in 2017 at the age of 66 — and his widow, Dana York, bought it in 1998 and hosted many a Thanksgiving, Christmas and Heartbreakers hangout there, according to Mansion Global, which

Just outside Austin, in Lakeway, Texas, a renowned local home is seeking a new proprietor for $1.99 million.  The abode is a local icon known as the Sand Dollar House (or “the mushroom house,” depending who you ask) for its aerial resemblance to the sea urchin species thanks to the teardrop-shaped skylights dotting its roof.

Florida, with its miles of coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, draws more than 140 million tourists annually and entices many to settle in the sunny state. However, despite its appealing climate, numerous activities and no state income tax, Yawar Charlie, a senior real estate agent and director of the Aaron

A property previously owned by both the actor Sylvester Stallone, and separately the cookbook author and Vogue food columnist Barbara Kafka, has hit the market in Garrison, New York.  Perched high on a hill in the hamlet and offering 180-degree views of the Hudson River, the residence offers more than 4,600 square feet of living

A notorious New Orleans manse is seeking a new owner — one who’s undaunted by its dark history.  The Big Easy’s legendary Lalaurie mansion has hit the market, with seller and energy trader Michael Whalen seeking $10.25 million for the historic, ghost story-steeped Empire Style estate, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The over 10,000-square-foot

It’s major news that Sweden’s Ingka Investments, which owns most Ikea stores, formed a “strategic alliance” in Extell’s planned, one million square-foot mixed-use tower at 570 Fifth Ave. Developer Gary Barnett has long planned to build a large new skyscraper at the precious Midtown site. Ingka will hold a one-third stake in the project and have full

The notorious Colorado home where Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife to death has finally attracted a buyer, after several months on the market and two price cuts. The Frederick, CO, house, which was the subject of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary “American Murder: The Family Next Door,” was initially listed in April for

What a flex! It’s not even built, but fitness guru Anne Mahlum, founder of the cult-favorite workout Solidcore, just signed a contract to buy a massive condo asking $14.6 million at the St. Regis Residences in Sunny Isles, Florida. The 53rd-floor unit will be in the St. Regis North Tower and is slated for completion in