Real Estate

This far out address is looking for a new owner. In Millbrook, New York, a sprawling retreat once home to Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic superfan Timothy Leary has hit the market for $65 million — a potential record-breaker for the rapidly gentrifying Hudson Valley. The approximately 2,000-acre spread, known as the Hitchcock Estate, dates back to the 1800s
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Marilyn Monroe’s former Los Angeles home was declared a historic cultural monument as the current owners — a wealthy real estate heiress and reality TV producer husband — claim the city used “unconstitutional” methods before they could demolish the abode. During a meeting on Wednesday, the LA City Council unanimously voted 12-0 to place the
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The Spiral has been a favorite Realty Check subject since we first reported Pfizer would anchor the Tishman Speyer tower back in August 2017. Its strong pulling power — enhanced by its top-floor ZO Clubhouse amenity center  with an open-air terrace — subsequently lured HSBC, Debevoise & Plimpton and Alliance Bernstein among other marquee-name tenants.
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High home prices and stubborn mortgage rates make the current housing market seemingly difficult to navigate—particularly for underserved populations. Several grim numbers tell the story: The gap between Black and white homeownership is worse today than in 1968, when the Fair Housing Act was passed. Lower-income families are 22% more likely to be denied a home
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A prominent south Florida lawyer abruptly withdrew Monday from repping twin accused rapists and real-estate heirs Oren and Alon Alexander. A well-placed source told The Post that lawyer Jim Ferraro’s decision to step down from the troubling Manhattan case was made at least partly because of his personal ties to the 36-year-old millionaire brothers —
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While the Appalachian region of the U.S. might conjure up unflattering stereotypes of coal mines and opioid addiction, residents Greg and Missi Moore don’t mind the rumors that circulate about where they live. They even joke about them. “They call me ‘The Anomaly’ down here, because I have all my teeth,” quips Greg, who is 6-foot-5 and also
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One of the real-estate-heir twins accused of two Manhattan rapes has stepped away from the company he co-founded — with the firm describing the claims to staffers Tuesday as “extremely disturbing.” The development came as the alleged victims’ lawyer told The Post that accused 36-year-old brothers Alon and Oren Alexander tried to negotiate a deal
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In recent years, mortgage rates in the US have soared to their highest levels in more than two decades, leaving many potential homebuyers and sellers wary. The Federal Reserve’s efforts to combat languishing inflation have played a significant role, as the central bank raised interest rates 11 times from 2022 to 2023, taking the benchmark
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Two just-signed, major, new deals demonstrate the sustained appeal of Related’s Hudson Yards complex — and the preference for newer buildings over highly-regarded older ones.   Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the largest tenant at 2.6 million square-foot 30 Hudson Yards, has been consolidating operations since AT&T’s Warner Media merged with Discovery in 2022. The resulting space shakeout freed
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New measures are in the works to solve the city’s housing and office crises — but they depend on whether Mayor Eric Adams has what it takes to push them through the obstructionist City Council. The housing-starved city will need 473,000 new apartments by 2032, according to the Regional Plan Association, but only 11,000 new
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Several markets where high-end home prices haven’t skyrocketed are dense population centers that people left during the pandemic, when remote-work options allowed folks to live farther from their big-city jobs. These already high-priced housing markets meant there wasn’t much room for prices to grow, especially given buyers’ ongoing affordability challenges, points out Hannah Jones, a
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