• NYC rental listings shrink as housing debate
intensifies,
The Real Deal

    NYC rental listings shrink as housing debate intensifies

    Apartment hunting in New York City has never been for the faint of heart — and the latest numbers suggest it’s only getting tougher.  Rental listings across the five boroughs fell about 6 percent in February compared to the same month last year, marking two full years of inventory declines, accordin

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  • Tax liens and the curious case of Fillmore Brown,
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    Tax liens and the curious case of Fillmore Brown

    The mayor is trying to reform the tax lien sale. Sound familiar? I’m not sure what’s worse — that the city implemented such a flawed debt-collection process or that it has failed for decades to fix it. How hard can this be? “It’s a very difficult balancing act,” tax lien sale expert Jennifer Polovet

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  • The Daily Dirt: Eliot Spitzer is once again fighting Adam
Leitman Bailey over his condo project ,
The Real Deal

    The Daily Dirt: Eliot Spitzer is once again fighting Adam Leitman Bailey over his condo project 

    Former New York governor and real estate scion Eliot Spitzer is facing opposition to his Fifth Avenue development from a familiar foe. Spitzer is tantalizingly close to replacing the rental building at 985 Fifth Avenue, built by his father in 1970, with luxury condos. He’s received approval from the

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