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Brooklyn | WILLIAMSBURG $760,000
34 N. 7th St.
One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 717 square feet, with Miele and Bosch kitchen appliances, subway-tiled bath and central AC; Edge building features doorman, pool, basketball court and screening room. Common charges $586, taxes $5. Asking price $749,000, on market five weeks. Broker: Ian MacDermut, MNS
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DNAinfo reported that Greenpoint has seen a 20 percent rent hike this year, according to a rental survey compiled by MNS. As DNAinfo said, “Average studios skyrocketed from $1,875 to $2,688, one-bedrooms from $2,411 to $2,685, and two-bedrooms from $2,722 to $3,036.” That’s an average of $457 higher than last spring. New development 60 Franklin [...]

WILLIAMSBURG — Average rents in “prime” North Williamsburg are nearly $1,600 more than in parts of South Williamsburg, a new map shows.
Average residential rents for studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments are now $3,499 in North Williamsburg, north of the Williamsburg bridge between the BQE and the East River, the MNS Real Estate graphic shows. The [...]

As anyone who is planning on moving here soon knows, if you don’t live in Williamsburg then you’ll be really far from your friends and your job and you’ll find life really frustrating and impossible when it’s supposed to be new and exciting and easy. You might as well stay in D.C.! This may explain [...]

Call them the in-betweeners. They’re too small for the top firms list and too big for the boutiques. They’re New York City’s mid-size residential firms.
And for the first time this year, The Real Deal compiled a list ranking these firms by dollar volume of listings.
The firms — which this year had between 50 and roughly [...]

More than two years ago, a ceremonial groundbreaking took place for a project known as Triangle Court. The site of the 50-unit building (plus a diner and retail) is 456 Grand Street at the corner of Borinquen Place, once home to a gas station. The six-story building is designed by Koh Architecture, and the DOB [...]

CLINTON HILL — At the end of 2012, the average sales price for new condos in Clinton Hill was $505,000.
Just three months later, Clinton Hill has seen an increase of $240,000, according to a report put out by real estate company MNS.
“In general there is a lot more activity in Clinton Hill,” said Luke Gorz of MNS. [...]

HELL’S KITCHEN — After three straight quarters of plummeting real estate prices in Hell’s Kitchen, the cost of homes in the neighborhood shot up by more than 15 percent in the first quarter, a new report shows.
The report by real estate firm MNS found that the median sale prices of apartments jumped by 15.7 percent [...]

MNS, the Brooklyn real estate firm published their first quarter 2013 Brooklyn New Development Market Report (pdf). MNS’ New Development Market Report tracks the market trends with a quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year comparison throughout Brooklyn on both a citywide and neighborhood basis. New development data was compiled from the Automated City Register Information System (ACRIS) for [...]

There are hardly any new homes available for sale in Brooklyn, and that is pushing prices sky high, reported several outlets, based on a report from real-estate firm MNS. Lenders have been reluctant to lend for condo buildings, so most of the new builds coming on the market now are rentals, even if they were [...]