Bernie Madoff’s penthouse pulled from market: No buyers

The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom property at 133 E. 64th St. on the Upper East Side sat on the market for 7 months without an offer, according to a report. Continue reading

Bess Freedman, Serhant butt heads (again) after bizarre pitch to BHS

In a bold move to start the new year, a SERHANT. representative pitched the brokerage’s training and coaching programs to BHS CEO Bess Freedman, although BHS already has its own in-house programs. Continue reading

Luxury holds steady despite overall Manhattan market slowdown in Q4

As prices and transaction volume both fell in Manhattan’s market at large year over year, luxury properties priced at or above $10 million still managed to perform well to close out 2022. Continue reading

Luxury in ’22: Market slowdowns, reality TV, the metaverse and more

Luxury buyers finally decided to take a pause in 2022 as economic volatility shook the market. But despite a market slowdown, luxury companies and agents continued to make interesting moves. Continue reading

‘Proud to be geeky and nerdy,’ BHS and Metaverse Institute partner

Brown Harris Stevens’ agents will gain access to 8 learning modules powered by The Metaverse Institute, a company founded this year by real estate professionals from CORE and Compass. Continue reading

President of Greenwich Association of Realtors joins BHS

Bryan Tunney will serve as executive vice president and managing director of sales in Greenwich and help support and manage the office’s roughly 30 agents. Continue reading

Brown Harris Stevens launches a new digital hub for agents, ‘BHSOne’

The in-house-built, internal digital hub includes features like an agent design studio, a video library of educational content, a marketing center, a region-specific document library and more. Continue reading

Deals will hinge on negotiations this fall. Here’s how buyers’ agents win

“There was no negotiation over the last couple of years,” Max Stokes of Compass says. But that’s beginning to change — gradually. With a few tips, buyers can prevail at the negotiating table. Continue reading

Crypto executive spends $18.9M on Brooklyn Heights townhouse

Coinbase executive Joseph Lallouz and his wife Chloe Thevenoz paid $18.9M for the five-story brownstone and a separate carriage house in the ‘beacon of hope,’ reports say. Continue reading

Broker Spotlight: Philip Gutman, President of PGutman

This week the spotlight shines on Miami real estate broker Philip Gutman, President of PGutman and Managing Director at The Continuum Company’s La Baia Bay Harbor. Continue reading