Boroughs & Burbs, the National Real Estate Conversation

Send us a text Welcome to our Hamptons show. World-famous towns, villages and hamlets on Long Island's South Fork between Westhampton and Montauk, the Hamptons have long been a weekend and summer retreat for the world's wealthiest people, from movie and TV stars, dignitaries and socialites, hedge fund managers to hip-hop artists and more. We'll ask these two Hamptons insiders to tell us about the...

Send us a text Episode 61: State of the Market with industry powerhouses Lisa Lippman & Louise Phillips Forbes Lisa Lippman , last years #1 agent at Brown Harris Stevens, now with 35 listings Louise Phillips Forbes , top team leader at Brown Harris Stevens, now with 23 listings With so many conflicting headlines and opinions out there... What are they telling their clients? What's really happe...

Send us a text This is definitely going to be a different kind of show. These are two incredibly well-connected men in the world of New York real estate whose business it is to know the major trends, who's getting in, who's getting out, and why.     While most of us focus on a few listings at a time we have with us on the show Aaron Feldman , co-founder of Benchmark Real Estate Group a man who has...

Send us a text Fire Island is a 1-mile-wide barrier island with 32 miles of pristine white sand beaches and no paved roads. It began in 1653 like Nantucket as a whaling community. Real estate boomed in the 1950s, and Fire Island emerged as "the premier bohemian summer retreat"  Newly established beach bungalows lit up with creative New Yorkers. Over the next ten years, the landscape became a colla...

Send us a text Ordinarily in September New Yorkers rivalry with Boston is heating up. Not this year. With the Red Sox 16 games back on the Yankees and neither the Patriots, Jets or Giants contending it might be time to focus on real estate and snag that second home on Nantucket you've been thinking about. Boston seems to be on pace to set new records this year despite fears of a national recession...

Send us a text What is Downsizing? Downsizing and the Small House Movement. 📝 "The ongoing pandemic has changed the way we live. Many have left the big city, are working from home, and not going out as much. We have all heard about how our homes have to be healthier, more efficient, more flexible, and perhaps a bit bigger to accommodate all of this. Nobody follows these trends more closely than a...

Send us a text "Bracing for an Economic Hurricane"          " That hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way. We don't know if it's a minor one or Superstorm Sandy. You better brace yourself ," said Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorganChase onstage at a conference just yesterday. What does this all mean? What does it mean for the luxury real estate market? What does it mean for the not-so-...

Send us a text The Vero Beach Show       Known as the "Hamptons of the South" and as Florida's "Treasure Coast" Vero Beach is a 28-mile island connected by three bridges to the mainland. About 90 minutes southeast of Orlando, and 90 minutes north of Palm Beach, Vero Beach is served by its own airport with 26 direct flights a day (most importantly for New Yorkers to Newark and Westchester County). ...

Send us a text The Martha's Vineyard Show Martha's Vineyard has a reputation for being a popular and affluent summer community with fabulous beaches and authentic New England charm. Who is coming to Martha's Vineyard, and why? And how has that changed? As New York area realtors we want to know why Martha's Vineyard is not like other affluent beachy communities like the Hamptons or its island neigh...

Send us a text Where Is the New Normal? The news is very confusing these days. There are many contradictions. We hear talk of a bubble and runaway housing costs are met with Fed tightening and the end of the stimulus. We know Millenials are starting families, experiencing record-low unemployment and rising wages. And yet record inflation, supply chain problems, rising energy prices and rising comm...

Send us a text "Everything he turns his attention to is done artfully" clients say of Sergio Mercado Roberto and I periodically ask expert Lisa Ben-Isvy when we want to talk to the very best in design business. Why? We look to design when we want to make sense of a turbulent real estate market. New York's best designers are the tastemakers for the world. They are good listeners and the best of the...

Send us a text In this episode we'll talk to two of Manhattan's Top Agents: Mike Lubin and Matthew Cohen. What are they are personally experiencing on the ground? What's different from last year? How might the rest of the year playout? What are we not talking about now that we will likely be talking about tomorrow? With wide ranging factors shaping our collective sentiment, from inflation and risi...

Send us a text Review of the First Quarter Market Report  New York and Connecticut  "Sales in Manhattan continued on a tear, setting records for the third straight quarter as the market catches up with the region. The quarter saw the highest number of sales for a first quarter in thirty-three years of tracking. Overall price trend indicators were higher than in the same period before the pandemic....

Send us a text Every Thursday at 4pm Eastern Use the Meeting ID: http://zoom.us/j/92135931351  Subscribe now: http://bit.ly/399yevL What About Mexico?    With more than a million expats estimated to live there, Mexico is far and away the most popular destination for North Americans looking to move abroad. But—with so many places to choose from—where in Mexico should you move? It’s a very large cou...

Send us a text Noah Rosenblatt CEO of Urban Digs and host of Talking Manhattan on the New York City Market  Urban Digs is the source for real-time stats on the New York real estate market. Nobody tracks movement in the market like Noah. Given that we are coming out of a pandemic crisis, and war dominates the headlines, what can we expect? Manhattan Supply is below the levels of the last three year...

Send us a text Boroughs & Burbs Episode 45: Governor Ned Lamont & DECD Commissioner David Lehman Conversation on Real Estate and the Connecticut Economy   What's the outlook for the Connecticut economy and our real estate market in particular? We just experienced our best year in the last 20 years. Rising prices and record deal-flow. The state has a surplus and is cutting property taxes. B...

Send us a text "Tax the Rich, They Won't Move"    Wait, is that even true?  Join us for a conversation with University of Connecticut Professor Thomas Cooke on demographic trends, American migration and why people are more content than ever to just stay put.  Use the Meeting ID: http://zoom.us/j/92135931351  Or, binge watch all 46 shows on Youtube.  Subscribe now: http://bit.ly/399yevL “We’re havi...

Send us a text Affordable Housing - Who Needs It?  Panel w/ Tony Hwang, Ryan Fazio, Scott Hobbs & Francis Pickering It's a problem everywhere, in the cities and in the suburbs. It's been a challenge for decades but now, in 2022, when inventory is particularly tight and housing costs are rising at unprecedented rates, governments are feeling the pressure to "do something about it".  Governor Ka...

Send us a text 🧧Ari Harkov on the New York City and Brooklyn Markets and How to Run a Top Real Estate Team Here Most people know him as leader of a top team in the nation, ranked every year since 2014 in the Wall St. Journal's list of "Best Real Estate Agents" and "Top 250 Teams in the USA". They did 217 deals last year totalling $432 million and $70 million of that was in December! (Maybe Ari is...

Send us a text The Color Show "Pale green is here to stay" says Elle Decor. October Mist, a "gently shaded sage" the Benjamin Moore 2022 Color of the Year feels like the natural extension of Aegan Teal, their 2021 Color of the Year. This week we talk to the woman responsible for choosing the color of the year, Andrea Magno, and explore current thinking on color from 4 expert designers: Katie Lydon...

Send us a text Bob Stefanowski Gets Real with Realtors   Connecticut's housing market is way out of balance from Greenwich to Bridgeport. We had a very frank, LIVE zoom conversation with quite possibly the next Governor of Connecticut on the critical issues that affect our ability to be competitive, and ultimately play out in our housing market. We list 10 questions below we'll ask Bob on tax poli...

Send us a text "The Price of New in New York" Manhattan real estate hasn’t just recovered from the pandemic slump, it’s doing better than in the pre-COVID era. This week on the show we talk to the President of new development for Brown Harris Stevens in New York and top economist Laura Tomana on the crazy pace of 2021 and whether it can be sustained into 2022 and beyond. Stephen Kliegerman expects...

Send us a text In Fairfield County, Connecticut the builders are betting big on LUXURY condos. The biggest and best of them are Selling For Record Prices, Topping out at $2500 per square foot.  Who is Buying, Why and Will The Party Continue? The Mill Westport, by Coastal Construction, are 30 luxury residences starting at $1,655,000. Bankside House, along the Saugatuck River in Westport, is being b...

Send us a text Episode #37 featuring Scott Hobbs, Tony Fox II and Greg Heym Use the Meeting ID: http://zoom.us/j/92135931351  Or, binge watch all 37 shows on Youtube.  Subscribe now: http://bit.ly/399yevL We are at a critical juncture in the history of New York, the moment after which New York will remake itself once again. In the final days of the pandemic big bets are being made on the future of...

Send us a text State of the Market: Greg Heym & Kevin Kovesci We'll talk to Greg Heym and Kevin Kovesci, our experts in New York about the effect of the pandemic and the election on the New York and suburban real estate markets.  These two know where the market is moving and so we expect to have a spirited discussion on: -Where is the buying opportunity in New York right now? -Interest rate mo...