Boroughs & Burbs, the National Real Estate Conversation

Send us a text The Value of High Style The Value of High Style is where we talk to a top designer and a top art collector, two men who make their living knowing the difference between good and great, as we try and understand the relationship of great design with real estate.   John Barman has been honored as one of the AD100 by Architectural Digest, one of “The City’s Best 100 Architects and Desig...

Send us a text Christopher Peacock is a very big deal. I thought he was just a kitchen designer. He is a lot more than that. He is an international brand with 11 showrooms across the USA, Cannes, France and Jakarta, Indonesia. According to a New York Times feature on the business his company installs over 210 kitchens and 100 or so mud rooms, bathrooms, dressing rooms, libraries, wine tasting room...

Send us a text Disruption, Dislocation & Details This week's show is built around what you need to do and who you need to get help from when things go wrong before, during and after you buy or rent a home. "I want to buy that house but should I be concerned it is in a flood zone?" "The co-op apartment above me had a major plumbing issue and now my apartment and fine art has been ruined by wate...

Send us a text This week on the show we get back to our roots, New York and Connecticut, with a top agent in each market.  Mike Lubin is unquestionably one of the brightest stars in New York real estate for the past decade. Ranked by the Wall Street Journal as #12 in New York City and #135 in the nation for sales volume, he sells real estate at the very highest levels. You'll see over 335 co-op an...

Send us a text Brooklyn is New York's most populous borough, and Queens is the largest, but is it fair to say Palm Beach has overtaken Manhattan as New York's most expensive and exclusive borough?  Home to only 8,348 people (and 30 billionaires) Palm Beach is definitely in a class of its own.  The average property sells for more than $7 million. This year, during the high season (October to March)...

Send us a text This week on the show we have 4 of the most talented interior designers in the greater New York area. I mean really top-drawer talent. We want to know from the very best designers about how they are thinking about the market for 2021.  Let's discuss the intersection of designers and realtors, architects, builders and buyers.  How can top designers and real estate professionals help...

Send us a text Greenwich and The Hamptons These two towns are recognized throughout the world as being extraordinary, maybe the "best" and certainly the most expensive suburbs of the greatest city in the world. (and for very different reasons) What makes Greenwich and The Hamptons so great? How did these 2 agents rise to the top of these markets? Timothy O'Connor and Rob Johnson will join us for a...

Send us a text This week we have only ONE GUEST, the finest real estate mind in New York, Chief Economist Greg Heym. Today, we think we can pin Greg down on exactly what he sees in his crystal ball. 10 Questions we asked ask New York's top economist:  1.  Consumer confidence rose in September (101.8) and fell a smidge in October (100.9) Heading into a "second wave" how strong is confidence now and...

Send us a text Last month (April 2020) 30,000 people opened the Market Report. One reader took offense that I used the word "exodus" to describe the current imbalance in the markets. Exodus is not debatable. The question is whether the trend is temporary during the pandemic or something more permanent. In Connecticut we are seeing a healthy number of transactions despite a sharp decrease in the le...

Send us a text The conversation is hosted by John Engel in Connecticut and Roberto Cabrera in New York. We are excited to share with you our weekly wide-ranging zoom conversation with real estate experts from around our area.   We want to know what the top agents in New York and Connecticut are seeing and hearing.  We want to know which neighborhoods and towns are poised to take off. We want to kn...

Send us a text The conversation is hosted by John Engel in Connecticut and Roberto Cabrera in New York. We are excited to share with you our weekly wide-ranging zoom conversation with real estate experts from around our area.   We want to know what the top agents in New York and Connecticut are seeing and hearing.  We want to know which neighborhoods and towns are poised to take off. We want to kn...