Real Estate

  Taylor Swift is accumulating properties in Tribeca at an astonishing pace – and for astonishing prices. 155 Franklin StreetGregory P. Mango Her most recent purchase – a second-floor apartment at 155 Franklin St. – brings her total spending on the block to an eye-popping $47.7 million. Sources confirmed the latest acquisition, a 3,540-square-foot unit …

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Savitt Partners has landed two educational tenants, at 218 W. 40th St., a 166,000-square-foot boutique office address that’s now 100 percent full. Ever-growing Touro College, which recently purchased a 67,000-square-foot condo unit for dormitory use at the new One West End, signed for a 49,300-square-foot direct lease on four floors at Savitt’s building, to be …

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  Julianne “Jules” Wainstein, a former star of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” has sold her penthouse apartment at the legendary Apthorp on the Upper West Side for $995,000. The historic property, at 390 West End Ave., has been home to stars like Al Pacino and Nora Ephron. Julianne “Jules” WainsteinTamara Beckwith/NY Post …

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  Great American Songbook archivist Michael Feinstein and husband Terrence Flannery have sold their Upper East Side townhouse for $15.22 million. It had been asking $15.9 million. The listing brokers were Douglas Elliman duo Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon. Michael FeinsteinDia Dipasupil/Getty Images The 16-room, 25-foot-wide townhouse – a combo of two separate homes – …

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  “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner may have told friends that she isn’t planning her wedding to DNCE lead singer Joe Jonas until after filming the eighth and final season of the hit HBO show, but that hasn’t stopped her from browsing future pads with her man. One spot the couple, who announced their …

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  Back in the day, 333 Park Ave. South was the Tiffany Glass Building, which Louis Comfort Tiffany used as a glass-blowing studio from 1881 to 1905. Since then, the Flatiron District building became home to creative types, including photographer and director Jerry Schatzberg. Celebs like Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol and the Beatles trekked there …

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Rowland Coffee Roasters heir Jose Enrique Souto has listed his elegant home in Coral Gables, Fla., for $23 million. The manse, at 23 Tahiti Beach Island Road, is a sprawling 14,899 square feet. It was designed by architect Ramon Pacheco with interiors by Bea Pila. The modern property features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a screening …

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  So you’ve tried Tinder, OKCupid, Bumble and a few blind dates. But have you checked the laundry room? It could happen! We have proof: eight couples who got hitched to the boy or girl next door — in their New York City apartment building. From a divorced rock star who met his now-wife in …

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  Nicky Hilton and husband James Rothschild are living in an idyllic penthouse in New York City’s Noho neighborhood. Stephen Kent Johnson The couple opened up their home to Architectural Digest, showing off their living room, nursery and dining room, with many of the pieces being Rothschild heirlooms that have been restored. While designing the …

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A palatial pad once owned by a powerful Saudi prince has finally sold — for more than half off its original $75 million asking price. Prince Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud first put his 10,500-square-foot pied-a-terre at the Upper West Side’s Trump Place building on the market in 2012. Following multiple broker swaps, the pad, located …

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  Marketing Expert Kelly McDonald offers indispensable advice for connecting with prospects and clients. Think of the U.S. as a “salad bowl”—rather than a “melting pot”—that integrates many different cultures as you develop marketing strategies to reach a diverse set of prospects and clients. Marketing expert and author Kelly McDonald offered attendees a range of tips …

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  “Are you ready to own it with me?”  asked Elizabeth Mendenhall, a sixth-generation REALTOR® and the sixth woman to become president of the National Association of REALTORS® in the past 110 years. “We absolutely have the power to make a difference.” Mendenhall was sworn into office by her father Richard Mendenhall, who was 2001 …

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  Kevin Tengan told attendees at the REALTORS® Conference & Expo to remember that home buyers are looking for “a place for their life to happen.” To help your listing stand out from the competition, focus on the lifestyle the property will help buyers achieve, in addition to common details such as square footage and …

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  Of all the itemized deductions, the one for charitable contributions might seem to come out the best under tax reform. That’s because it’s the only deduction under both the House and the Senate versions of the bill that is largely undiminished. And yet charities complain donations will dry up under tax reform. What gives? …

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  Whatever you think of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law just before Christmas, much of it goes away on Dec. 31, 2025, which means many of the changes will revert back to what was in place before the bill was signed unless Congress acts to extend the …

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  The technology industry’s mega event, known as CES, kicks off in Las Vegas this week, and thousands of companies are gearing up to show off their latest innovations. And this year’s trade show promises plenty for the real estate industry as well. This will be my third run covering CES from Las Vegas, and …

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