Co-op / Condo News: Refinancing, Hot Neighborhoods, Hank Azaria, More

Read all the latest co-op /condo news for buyers, sellers and board members in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup. Also included: Permanent archival links: If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org.

Co-op / Condo Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Ask an Expert: How much cash can I take out when I refinance? Do I have to tell the co-op board why I need it?" by Teri Karush Rogers (BrickUnderground.com) 

• "Manhattan Home Prices Rise Amid Few 'For Sale' Signs" by Les Christie (CNNMoney); "Upper West Side's Manhattan Valley Making an Upward Climb" by Lana Bartolot (The Wall Street Journal); and "Prices on Rise [in Sunnyside] as Eager Buyers Shell Out More for Slice of Queens" by Holly Dutton (Real Estate Weekly)

• "Couple Pays $1M for Gritty Apartment in Bed-Stuy Because 'Reminds Us of What the Lower East Side Used to Be Like'" by Jennifer Gould Keil (New York Post) and "Why [a Condo] Apartment in Bed-Stuy Just Sold for $1 Million" by S. Jhoanna Robledo (New York) 

• "Loft Added [to a Condo Apartment] Without Permit" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "Bye, Everybody! Hank Azaria Sells $8 M. SoHo Pad" by Stephen Jacob Smith (New York Observer)

• "Late Oscar-Winner Celeste’s Home Sells for $10.5M" by Katherine Clarke (TheRealDeal.com)

Co-op / Condo Board Issues...

• "Super Financing: In a Red Hot Residential Market, How Do You Fund the Cost of Superintendent Units?" by Robbie Gendel (Real Estate Weekly)

WebCitation archives:

Ask an Expert • Manhattan Home Prices • Price on Rise • Couple Pays • Bed-Stuy •  Loft Added • • Hank Azaria • Late Oscar-Winner • Super Financing

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